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Taken from IJahMusic (April 01, 2004)
Spearhead - Michael Franti
"Soul Train is coming our way..." - Bob Marley
by IJahMusic
Photos: Michael Franti of Spearhead at the Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM& 2/07/04
...What I try to do through my art is, as I try to enrage, enlighten and inspire. And hopefully we're inspiring some other artists to do conscious music. Our goal as a band is to make the revolutionary irresistible. We want it to be a party, like I say, you know you got the democratic party, the republican party, the socialist party, whoever puts on the best party wins, you know what I'm saying.
- Michael Franti
Excerpts from an Interview with Ijah on March 17, 2000 at the Paramount, Santa Fe, NM
Ijah: ...So what would you like to say to the people in New Mexico?
Michael Franti: Really two words, that's just Stay Human.
You know, there's so many dehumanizing forces out there today, computerization, corporatization, prison-ization, you know, all type of izations. And, what we are trying really to do with our music is to bring people together for healing, you know. And like I was saying tonight in the show, there has been two forces in the world that have brought people together. The first one is war, and people have always come together for war to fight.
The second one is professional wrestling. (ha, ha, ha, ha) No, the second one is music.
And people come together around the boom box, around the campfire and the guitar, they're at a concert, in the back of a car, wherever with music. They allow themselves to be vulnerable, through the vulnerability, through opening of the mouth, and through the making of the sound, which is the power and the energy and combining that with thoughts, there's a lot of power and a lot of beauty that is created.
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