was so fun. i just got back after SM-H & i took some of the high school interns to the open mic there, hosted by Bomani (D'mite) Armah. It was fun although not as packed and not as high-energy as Mocha Hut on U St on thurs nights. i read "August" because i kind of forced the high school students to share their poems, and because i wanted a chance to get in front of a big group of people and shout out both Free Minds Collective and the anniversary of the Aug 9 atom bomb on japan. i also learned that the haitian revolution happened in august. and a bunch of other things happened in august that i can't remember. a lot of FMC staff showed up and showed love too, so that was nice. besides FMC people, though, it was a hard audience. Bomani shared this song at the end of the set, it's set to a beatbox/remix of beethoven's 5th and it's called "read a book": READ A BOOK READ A BOOK READ A MAAFUCKIN' BOOK (2X) R-E-A-D-A-B-O-O-K! (chorus 2X) YOUR BO...