Sheik on HARD KNOCK RADIO w/ DAVEY D (KPFA)!!!

I.Sheik was interviewed June 18 by Anita Johnson of KPFA's long-running hip-hop program HARD KNOCK RADIO hosted by Davey D. Sheik discussed the political situation in Iran around the 1 year anniversary of the mass uprising, his own background coming from a family of freedom-fighters and being raised in the U.S., and the connection between music and political action/philosophy. Listen to the interview below. Sheik's interview starts around the 35:00 minute mark and lasts for the rest of the hour.

Hard Knock Radio - June 18, 2010 at 4:00pm KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech Radio

I.Sheik on KPFA Radio....

I.Sheik of Revolution Of The Mind was interviewed on KPFA Free Speech Radio's "Voices of the Middle East and North Africa" program tonight, discussing the upcoming anniversary of the mass uprsing in Iran, Iranian activist activities in the Bay Area, and ROTM's music. Listen or download the show here:

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa - June 9, 2010 at 7:00pm

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Is I.Sheik gonna have to slap a b!#ch?!?!

In the space of 1 day, I went from never having heard of 23-year-old Persian-French tennis player Aravane Rezai, to having a favorite tennis player for the first time in my life, to wanting so slap some sense in her ignorant young ass. How the hell did that all that happen in a day? Well here's the breakdown.

Late yesterday morning, I get some emails that some Persian chick upset Venus Williams in the finals of the Madrid Open. Dizzam!!! I didn't know we had Persian tennis players, and she slapped Venus in two sets?!?! I had to google it right away, and I saw her standing with her trophy in hand.
Not too long after that, I am on the air co-hosting Iranican Live (if you couldn't figure it out from the title, its a talk show about Persian-Americans) and one of the other hosts tells me about a YouTube video of Rezai and her mom in Iran, gushing over how they just got to speak with punk-ass "President" Ahmadinejad. The young brainless broad starts going off about how he's upholding the pride of our country, and (here's the clincher) she gets f*%kin teary-eyed while talking about this murderous SOB (watch the clip, disgusting):

Now there have been some reports that she just talks all that pro-government garbage cuz she's in the public eye and she wants her mom to be able to travel back-and-forth to Iran safely, but at a time like this, there is very little room for these "shades of grey", especially when you're a public figure. You want your family to be safe? You don't want trouble? You don't do politics? Fine. Keep your mouth shut. Don't espouse this type of crap and expect to get a free pass. Like I said, no shades of grey, either you're down for the cause or you're not.

Then there's the other option, just as likely, that this chick is actually brainwashed enough to believe that stuff she was saying, which obviously is a hundred times worse.

Either way, no free pass. So congratulations Aravane, you just went from my favorite tennis player to my least favorite tennis player in the span of 6 hours. I hope you accidentaly mess up Serena's hair at the French Open and she puts you in a damn headlock!!