Alix Olson #3 this week

[Lasher]

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Alix is one of artists who supports Speak Out

Speak Out is the country's only national not-for-profit organization that promotes progressive voices on campuses and in communities nationwide. Speak Out works with 200 speakers and artists who represent the breadth of social movements as well as critically-acclaimed exhibits and films which inform and empower young people to take action for positive social change. Committed to social, political, cultural and economic justice, Speak Out encourages critical and imaginative thinking about domestic and international issues through artistic and educational forums.






www.outvoice.net


if you want to check Alix out www.alixolson.com

if you want music or lyrics, or have any questions, feel free to email me.


~~feedin the fire http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/Flamer.gif

[michellebuck]

I think she needs to be back to number 1 !!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[fairydana]

I just voted! If you dont remind me I will forget!!:D

[Lasher]

Now we got dear Rapunzel she’s chillin’ in the tower
waiting for the handsome prince,
she sopped up all her power
Finally one day, the handsome prince in town,
he called up to Rapunzel,
“Yo, girl, let it down!”
But our dear Rapunzel was no where to be seen
Yes our dear Rapunzel had learned something keen
“All this time alone kinda taught me how to cope,
so I shaved my head and made me a rope.”

She screams at the top of her lungs, “I’m whole!
I’m body, I’m heart, I’m mind, I’m soul”

[kelblend]

voted:D

[Lasher]

"She tangles ropes around your consciousness… Her tones fell with a pulse that jolts inspiration and life into the dullness and sadness of a world where ‘isms reign…Alix’s words are the art of change, justice, fairness, and love."
-La Salle Collegian

[Dolly<3]

:)

[Jaidness]

ok I voted for her.She is great!

[Lasher]

i wanna propose we follow those
who chose a different
way to knock.
those who banged with persistence
like the audre lordes of my existence.
who chose a different way to walk--
took a chance, didn't prance, tiptoe,
twirl thru this world.
i refuse to slide past
even if it means coming in last.
i'm gonna stomp and rage and kick,
talk hard, think thick, see it don't
take a d#ck to have b@lls.

~alix olson

[Lasher]

Alix is a red-hot, fire-bellied, feminism-spewin’ volcano. Plus she knows how to rhyme.
-Alison Bechdel

[Lasher]

Weekly Chart Summary by Daniel Jenkins: July 8, 2002

Alix Olson scores the first #1 spoken word CD ever on the Outvoice charts as "Built Like That" moves up to the top in its 45th week. Olson, a member of the 1998 Nuyorican National Championship Slam Team and winner of the 1999 OutWrite National Slam, is touring year-round in 2002. She's been making appearances at colleges, and that's where the votes for Olson are coming from - including a particularly vocal bunch from the University of Alabama. "Built Like That" is an astounding debut showcasing Olson's penchant for poetry, posturing and propaganda.

[Lasher]

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[mizjen]

I voted!;) :D

[Lasher]

Originally posted by mizjen
I voted!;) :D

if danny is not to busy with school the new poll results will be out tommorrow:D woo hoo!!!

[mizjen]

You know, it's kind of hard sometimes because I really like the Indigo Girls too.:D

[Lasher]

Originally posted by mizjen
You know, it's kind of hard sometimes because I really like the Indigo Girls too.:D


me too, but fortunately I don't really like their new album, so it makes it easier, lol

[mizjen]

I don't think I've heard anything off of it yet, so I keep voting for Alix.