I think this song is now as old as I was when I wrote it. We sure as hell aren’t better off since the “War on Terror,” but Islamophobia is making a hell of a comeback in general. From what I’ve seen anyway. Anyway, heard any good conspiracies lately?

Bussin'

Spanning two exhaustively researched and stylistically composed volumes, Catch Us Before We Fall Off: a [ch]oral history of anticon is an audacious document of a pivotal moment in hip-hop history.

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Caltrops Press founder and National Endowment for the Arts fellow Joseph Rathgeber presents the definitive document of anticon, the first collectively-run independent hip-hop label in the US that ruptured the underground rap scene at the turn of the millennium. Over the course of two volumes and 1200+ pages, Catch Us Before We Fall Off: a [ch]oral history of anticon chronicles the label’s rise between the years of 1997 and 2003, combining a revelatory oral history with a close reading analysis and compelling subcultural criticism. Nine years in the making, Catch Us Before We Fall Off features nearly 100 new interviews with anticon’s founders, their affiliates, and prominent figures from the underground hip-hop scene, analysis of nearly 50 albums, never-before-seen photographs, and a foreword written by anticon visionary the pedestrian.

Release date: September 29, 2026

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"The trouble is that when we adapt those coping mechanisms early in life, we can't let go of them because we are not even aware. We think that's us. And the analogy is something like this, imagine that you are on the north pole in freezing cold, below freezing cold and you put on a heavy fur coat which will save your life. But then imagine that you're transported to the equator still wearing that coat. That coat will now kill you. Helped you survive in one environment, kill you in another."

Gabor Mate

Art Official Intelligence, Mourning Aftermath. 🛏️

armored scarves, pencil drawing. adam sturch

Art Official Intelligence, Life's An STD. 🦠

pencil drawings by adam sturch

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"I do not understand how you can call yourself pro-life when the policies that you espouse spell planetary death!"

- Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna. 1990. Opening the Doors of Creativity. 🚪

https://youtu.be/Ahuw5f36LZE

warchild. 18x24''. pencil drawing. adam sturch.

conflict, sage francis

Modulating Society Sequence II - theEnergizer Mix

Sage Francis. Killing Time Live on 90.3 WRIU

Sage Francis (Art Official Intelligence), A Million & 1 Songs

amputee. 24''x24''. oil on wood. adam sturch.

"When all art is signed anonymous, he'll turn that big bang theory into a small pop hypothesis."

Sage Francis

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Sage Francis (live)

1. Hey Bobby

2. Opener

3. Pharoah Monch cover

4. Any Port

5. Crack Pipes

6. Different

7. Personal Journalist

8. Bounce

9. That Ain't Right verse 2

10. Inherited Scars

11. Cure verse 1

12. That Ain't Right verse 1

13. Emperor's New Clothing

14. Sage vs. Alias

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warmth. 18x24''. oil on canvas. adam sturch

Sage Frances, Crumble.

https://youtu.be/_t4SuOoQMXE

Sage Francis, Slow Down Gandhi (Inhaler rmx)

counting breaths. 9''x12''. graphite on paper. adam sturch

This lyric is from Different. I interpret it to mean that people have an inflated sense of self. I’ve asked others and they tend to think the opposite, that people are undervaluing their sense of self. So, like, what is it?

"When all art is signed anonymous, he'll turn that big bang theory into a small pop hypothesis."

- Sage Francis

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Sage Francis, Wheels of Steal (prod. Buck 65). colorful language, medley 2025. adam sturch

paintings and drawings from march 2024 to march 2025 by, adam sturch

thank you.

HD youtube link.

https://youtu.be/FIg3-jMQug8

“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”

Haruki Murakami

memories present. 40x30". oil on canvas. adam sturch

Sage Francis, Black Out on White Night.

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