Taylor Mali—one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the poetry slam movement—produced a brilliant spoken word performance with his “Totally Like Whatever, You Know?.” Now someone has set it to typography and made it (almost) better.
Here is a transcript of the poem.
(Via: Justin Taylor)
January 21st, 2010 | 10:22 am
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January 21st, 2010 | 11:41 am
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January 21st, 2010 | 12:16 pm
[...] must, like, if you want to that is, I mean, it would be okay with me if you read? (or better yet, watched and heard?) the entire poem, like, you know, not only to understand the question marks? but also for the [...]
January 21st, 2010 | 8:10 pm
Having seen this guy live, he’s great. That being said, as with most things, this isn’t the fault of my generation, but of the baby boomers.
Watch the interviews from the documentary of Woodstock and count the “likes” of the average hippy folk.
January 22nd, 2010 | 12:27 pm
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January 23rd, 2010 | 2:50 pm
Makes sense to me. It is refreshing to find an fellow English speaker who can actually choose be understood. I have often thought that vagueness in speech was an infection that seeped into language from the realm of politics, not quality to be admired, let alone imitated by a generation or two. Thanks to Taylor Mali for highlighting this disease.
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