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Not About Winning: Team Philadelphia Shocks The Brave New Voices Judges + New Poet Stars On The Horizon (VIDEOS)
In previous posts, I had discussed how the “Brave New Voices” Team Philadelphia had challenged the judges on a technicality of one of the other teams who got into the finals. Apparently the other team went over their allotted time and as a result Team Philadelphia got into the finals. In the final episode which […]
Team Philadelphia Uses Their Brave New Voices to RIGHTFULLY Advance Into Finals! (VIDEO)
Drama alert! If you saw Russell Simmons’ “Brave New Voices” on Sunday night you would have seen that at first our Team Philadelphia didn’t get into the finals…BUT because of their “brave new voices”, they called the judges on a technicality of one of the other teams who got into the finals. Apparently the other […]
“Slamming” Penn Undergrads on HBO’s “Brave New Voices”
Over the years on DT, I posted about The Excelano Project, a captivating group at Penn that performs the Spoken Word. Apparently, 4 members of this group have caught the attention of Russell Simmons and will be starring in Simmons’ new HBO show “Brave New Voices” debuting this Sunday night at 11pm ET/PT. Per the […]
Best of DT 2009: My Top 21 Posts
Before the ball drops tonight, I wanted to wrap up 2009 with what I am deeming my “2009 best of” list. If I could say one thing about the type of posts I did about our alumni in 2009, I would say that self-expression was very prominent this year via the spoken word, the […]
Partners in Poetry: 2 Pros Who Make Team Philadelphia Look Real Good (VIDEOS)
Have you been watching Russell Simmons’ “Brave New World” on HBO? If you have, you would have seen great performances from our Team Philadelphia . Highlighted this week on the show were moving performances from Alysia Harris’ (C’10, The Excelano Project) and Josh Bennett (C’10, The Excelano Project, Brave New Voices 2008 slam champion). Watch Alysia’s “That […]
