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arts & entertainment/classifieds POH HOP 12 line Up Released T he line-up for this year’s POH HOP is out. The 12th Portland Oregon Hip Hop Festival – a four-day extravaganza of some of the biggest and most-promising acts in Northwest hip-hop — promises to be one of the biggest and best. Jan. 19 - The Someday lounge Headliner: Speaker Minds feat. Diezel P Animal Farm, Destro & L-Pro, Dubble OO, Rose Bent, Pale Soul, Lyriseez, Dice, Liquid Anthrax, AD, Starbuks, and Halfa Hosted by Mr. DOG & DJ Fatboy Jan. 20 - The Backspace (All Ages) Headliner: Krizz Kaliko JFK, Kenny Mack, Sapient, Maniac Lok, Meezilini, Truth Universal, Tragedy, PartyBoiNation.com, Eternal Family, Tone G & Dami, Mack Dub, Endr Won, and Stevo Hosted by DJ Chill aka Chillest Illest Jan. 21 - The Backspace (All Ages) Headliner: Freeway & Jake One Rapper Big Pooh of Little Brother, Tanya Morgan, Illmaculate, Onry Ozzborn, Mikey Vegaz, Al One, IAME, Yung Mil, Zito, Easter Sunz, Beejan, Ad-Vice, and Teddy LOKC Hosted by Cool Nutz & DJ Fatboy Jan 22nd-The Someday lounge Headliner: Oldominion Moka Only & REL!G!ON, Living Proof, Raise The Bridges, Grynch, Serge Severe, and Hives Inquiry Squad Hosted by Luck One page 6 The Portland and Seattle Skanner january 5, 2011 Simmons’ ‘Super Rich’ Is About More Than Money book review by kam Williams, Special to The Skanner News “R ather than any state of material abundance, Super rich actually refers to living in a state of con- sciousness where you’re able to see the miracles of life unfolding in front of you all the time it’s a state where your connection to your higher self is so strong that you’ll be able to recognize that there’s no difference between being broke and being a millionaire… it’s a state where you’ll be able to appreciate that your entire experience as a human being is blissful and sublime. and as a result of achieving this state, you’ll understand that you don’t need money or toys to be happy.” -- Excerpted from chapter One, “Redefining Rich” (pg. 5) When a hip-hop mogul writes a book with a catchy title like “Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All,” it’s only reasonable to expect its pages to be dripping with advice about making a mammoth fortune. It’s not uncommon for famous tycoons sitting at the top of the economic food chain to share their trade secrets in similarly-titled tomes aimed at ambitious folks who want follow in their footsteps. Just consider how Captains of Industry rang- ing from Donald Trump (“How to Get Rich”) to T. Boone Pickens (“The First Billion Is the Hardest”) to Sir Richard Branson (“Business Stripped Bare”) have previously published such how-to texts. Yet, in “Super Rich,” gazillionaire Russell Simmons practical- ly advocates the antithesis of accumulating wealth for wealth’s sake. Instead, he redefines suc- cess as not financial, but as a combination of conscious- ness and compassion, quali- ties which one can cultivate even if you don’t have two nickels to rub together. Consequently, some might unfairly consider this spiri- tually-oriented opus to be a case of bait and switch, especially if they still auto- matically associate Simmons’ name with rap music, a genre given to the wanton celebration of money and materialism. But if you’re at all famil- iar with the evolution of Russell’s career, you are well aware that he has long since sincerely shed the shells of accumulation and conspicuous consumption to walk the Earth in a man- ner more harmonious with nature and other living crea- tures. A priceless life primer stocked with the sage insights of a reformed, meat-eating, substance- abusing, bad-boy titan now championing yoga, medita- tion and vegetarianism as the appropriate paths to ful- fillment and to the satisfac- tion of one’s every acquisi- tive craving. Super Rich by Russell Simmons. Gotham Books. Hardcover, $22.50; 208 pages. ISBN 978-1-592-40587-9
