James Franco and Kalup Linzy to release EP

 

In a sense it is no wonder that Hollywood’s James Franco is vastly becoming one of the more popular actors, also amongst the more Arts inclined movie goers. Franco recently starred as Allan Ginsberg (though I am not a fan of Beats movement literature) in the movie Howl, will be present at the Venice Biennale to exhibit his James Dean inspired art, kissed himself for a NY Times Magazine short, and he starred in the highly acclaimed Boyle film 127 Hours. Also, he majored in English, which are the most versatile people ever and are people that should be getting jobs. Anyway, to add to that versatility, Franco is going to release an EP with Kalup Linzy under the name of Kalup and Franco. It will be released by Dutty Artz on the 12^th of July. Linzy is a video/performance artist apparently known to drag it up, so at least it won’t be boring (contrary to the linguistic connotation). It will feature two songs, including one called ‘Rising (Both Sides Now)’.

Many, many moons ago there was a man called Elia Dieberwitzen. This man was the leader of a people enslaved for a very long time, and he would be the one to lead them to freedom. That, at least, was the prophecy, the burden put upon him. And thus he tried to not disappoint, and he would try to  lead his people to a free land, a promised land. But while leading his people he came upon a sea. How are we going to get through this?, one of them asked. I shall part the see in twain, Elia answered, Then we can go through it. And so he raised his hands to part the sea, and indeed one side went up and froze as if being held back by a glass wall. Hurrah! Unfortunately, the other side just kept on flowing, and it would close the gap in a hurry. Is anyone so quick that he can cross the sea in these few seconds?, Elia pathetically asked, but the response was mute. He tried to hold back the other side, and he did, but that only caused the previous side to fall down and close the gap again. He started trying it with vocal commands. Rise! I command you!, or Rise, Both sides now!, or Please, rise, I’m begging you, can’t you see all these people behind me, they think I’m a failure, a nobody, for I cannot even get the sea to split, so please, please rise!

After many a day and many a nigh of trying and failing, Elia at one point turned around for some moral support, just to only find one person still there. Where are the others?, he asked, upon which the one remaining person responded, They have left. They don’t mind being oppressed so much as that the waiting for something meaningful to happen without preoccupation was killing them. Luckily I brought got a couple of dice with me, which I put in a cup in order to try and get different combinations in three goes. And there ended the legacy of Elia, which wouldn’t have been so bad if not for someone else succeeding in doing this very thing only a few decades later. At that point, though, Elia had already come to terms with his failure, aided by his expertise in a dice game that he had coined Yohtza!