[DanaC]

Yey! I didn't just do counter culture ya know. I also listened to Erasure and T'Pau :P

Our Kid introduced me to an Canadian rapper called Baba Brinkman. He's amazing. Unlike anything I have ever heard. Raps about all sorts of stuff, including evolution and rationalism, political activism etc. Did an album where he rapped some of the Canterbury Tales. And has thrown his own take on the legend of Beowulf.

The one I really wanted to play is his retelling of the story of Gilgamesh. I found one youtube vid of it, but someone's put a video over an audio recording. Not sure if the imagery enhances or detracts from the song. It's well wortyh listening to. Clever and funny, and totally different.

here it is anyway: