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Monday, March 31, 2014

Contest

Alright, ladies and gents, at the behest of Carlos Coy the blog will be running its first ever contest; the prize is a short personal letter from Coy, and an autographed picture, along with up to ten autographed picture to be sent to friends.

“Whuuuuuut,” you say, “Incandesio, how can you offer such a fabulous prize? How is this going to work?”

Well, this is all going through SPM; needless to say, if you’re not over 18, you can’t play.  If you’ve been banned, you can’t play. Answers will be accepted for four days, or until someone guesses correctly, whichever comes first. The first one to post the correct answer under this post will be notified via the blog email, and I’ll get your mailing address. DON’T POST YOUR ADDRESS IN THE COMMENTS. You’re going to need a Google account for this, if you comment as Anonymous, or don’t have an email address in your blog account, I can’t contact you and I’ll have to go on to the next correct answer.

The riddle is simple; it’s the title of SPM’s last Cold 40: “The Red Pen That Wrote In Blue”. The question is, “what does it mean?”

One entry per person, so make it count. Comments are moderated so it won't appear right away, give it an hour or two.


Happy Guessing!

Friday, March 28, 2014

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Dear Family 18

Dear Fam,                                                                                                      3/7/2014

            I’m working on mail for you, but Incandesio sent me Rob-D’s response to my last wrecking ball entitled “SPM Wrecked My Son and All I Got Was This Stupid Shirt.” He came back improved, I thought, and now he’s only two million miles away from me. He’s gained about three miles so far. Let me repost his flow:

____________________

South Park Mexican??? The fuck??
I just knew you'd be back.....

See I respect you SP but one thing I can promise you,
A lot of fools have fallen got demolished, fought the God of Doom,
Crawling from the bottom womb flaunting like the modest do, solemnly I'm only showin skill like you taught me to,
Mockin me will cause a wound, a loss to greed is all we knew,
economies have gone to be the mockery of "logic" goons,
Follow me then profit too click it back and cock it fool,
Callin me to table 3 you think I'm not gon rock it too???
Look at what you've made me do I'm sorry Bro but here's the truth,
I gotta be that guy that be the guy that sees a dying crew.
Don't tell me that I'm lying fool,
Your cell has seen you crying too,
My minds in twined with lines that rhyme with shotti hide the body soon
I'm lyrically a sonic boom and spiritually demonic soon,
No fear from thee the one who seeks unleash the beast with toxic fumes,
You say that raps a simple job but you could never cripple Rob
Comin at you for the third time call it triple hom...
Think I'm in a pickle dawg? SPM I'm pickin on,
Takin on a legend got my writing Skillz kickin on,
Poverty we livin on, robbery and petty mobs,
How the fuck we sposed to take this life se-rious-ly God??
Picture perfect home's crumbling before your children's eyes,
Keepin life disguised till they're old enough to realize and see it with their real eyes and know the truth from real lies,
Coldest roots tied up in a knot, I mean real ties,
Competition's field mice, can I get the meal price?
Chill guys I'm only in this deal cuz I'm still ice,
Y'all knew that I was fidna wreck,
No I'm not illiterate, you can paint the picture homie I can be the silhouette,
Kill it bit by little bit, "Fuck money cuz it ain't shit,
You need enough for a forty and a cigarette",
I'm a beginning vet nigga so I'm intellect
Shouldn't of hit the 'X' key homie Shoulda hit select,
And picked a different Mex Los, make you second guess,
Far from blessed yet I still pray with emptiness,
Check the synthesis, give ya best attentiveness,
Next thing on my agenda is to light a sack and reminisce
Don't want me as your nemesis, the king of Sega Genesis,
Olympic hits, tremendous gift
Yet still I'm on the menace list,
I'll end this with these sentence's every time you try ta send a diss,
Ill twist your wrist, you'll slip a disc
Rob D you best remember this......

"Yippie Kai Yay Motha Fucka!!"
(Bruce Willis in Die Hard)

Holla at ya Los.
-Rob D-


____________________

Here’s a message to my nigga, Rob D: Wut Up, Playa. Always good to hear from you. I’ve got a few things to say about your flow thus far. I actually rewrote the first eight lines, just to give you a different view:

See, I respect you S.P. but one thing I can promise you
a lotta fools have fallen to the wall of tombs God of Doom
bodies fill embalming rooms, movin to a coffin soon
glocks that shoot for small disputes, honest truth I’ve gotta prove
that on the cool I’ve chopped and screwed, not just a few but all da crews
droppin dudes in boxer shoes, I’m Mista T in Rocky Two
mommas lose and fathers sue for murdas I put on the news
double barrell shotties pointin at’cha like some college boobs......

            The last line has only one 3-syllable-rhyme-structure – at the end, of course – but the simile was decent enough to do that.
            Other lines, such as line 2, line 4 and line 5, have four 3-syllable-rhyme-structures, (the most you can have without tongue-twisting.) Lines 6 and 7 have three 3-syllable-rhyme-structures.

            The secret is delivering skill, and at the same time, connecting with the human soul, by using words that feel natural to the listener, not foreign, or unclear. You’ve got to speak to people, the same way you would if you weren’t rhyming, yet it must rhyme, and must sound like natural conversation. We’ll call it “skill they can feel”, and that’s the only way you’ll ever give them goose bumps.

            Some of your rhymes had power, others made the cut as far as rhymes, but didn’t make the cut as far as a clear, natural message. Rhymes like bottom womb, “logic” goons, and others that were cleared for use leave the listener reaching for their meaning, just as you reached for the rhyme. Every line you write has to make you smile, laugh or say, “Ooooooh!” I don’t care if it takes you two hours to write two lines, keep digging till you find the words that feel 100% right. Making real money ain’t easy, bro it’s a lot of work. Fortunately, I don’t have to work hard to wreck you, so here’s your plate of ass-whippin and gravy.

The Red Pen That Wrote In Blue
(Another Cold 40)

True street fighta, Sheedy say it again
my nigga said something like, “Let the games begin”
from the start, from the heart, fulla passion and pain
in the rain, but it’s funny cause I’m dancin and playin
two fingaz for dem boys doin time in the pen
two fingaz for my niggaz out tryin to win
one finga for a nigga think I ain’t the king
twenty Cadillacs drippin candy paint with screens
fly talka, sky walka and a sidewalk chalka
yeah, I saw the name brands, red Izod, Dockers
only problem was the shirt, used to be snow white
only problem was the fool believed his own hype
Mr. God of Doom, meet Mr. Lord of Fly
even though ya real job’s a fuckin storage guy
We’ll just act, but the fact is that, class is in
ya last flow sounded like you had to grasp for limbs
silly stabs, twisted raps, listen, man, I live for that
have ya ass floatin in the pond, like a lilly pad
it’s a fact the Billy Bad attitude you’ve taken on
isn’t healthy so ya whole family is sayin, “Rob,
leave Carlos Coy alone, no one can destroy his throne.
Son, ya getting fucked, ya even smell like the boy’s cologne!
Only worse can happen next! How you gon’ match the best?
Damn it, let ya rap suggest you’ve had it lest you ask for death!
Fans and friends will know ya tried. Yes, you’ll feel a hole inside.
But Losy is The Chosen, like, Moses on an open mike!”
roll the dice ya soul’s the price, nigga, I jus do my job
do it in the bluish fog ‘n’ post it on a Houston blog
stupid dogs’ll bark at dragons, who can squab with darkness that is
brutal, Rob, it’s art with madness, Screwed up songs so far from average
said we had a dyin crew, I’m the one who’s dyin, fool
dyin to get out this fuckin private zoo, remind ya who
da fuck I am, who we are, Dopest of rosters
this is gold verses copper we got hoes who can drop ya
Brown skin, Brown within, lived the life of-a-thousand men
made front page of-the-town you in: “Man Got Killed By A Fountain Pen” lol!

Los
PS.       The “Yippie Kai Yay Motha Fucka!” statement, from Die Hard......
            When I first saw that part on the movie, I thought to myself, “What kind of fucking nerd would think that sounded dope?”
            Well, I guess I know but, honestly – and I do mean honestly – that shows that you were raised well, brother. I’d like my sons to think parts like that are cool. But street niggas don’t feel shit like that. That was the corniest part of the movie!
____________________

            A few more words to Rob and the fans:
Like I said at the beginning, you’ve got to find the right rhyme. Since yesterday I struggled with a few of my own rhymes. Yesterday, I had:

            isn’t really healthy so ya family is sayin, “Rob
            leave Carlos Coy alone, let the man enjoy hs throne

            But I didn’t feel good about that rhyme. It wasn’t strong enough, for some reason. First of all, I didn’t like the vulnerable message of “let” the man enjoy his throne, as if you are harassing me, So, I woke up and gave it some more thought, it took some time (quarter of an hour) to find the right one, “no one can destroy his throne.” I’m not even happy with that one, because I’m not sure if “throne” is in the right context. But it’s passable. I also had:

            brutal, Rob, it’s art with madness, Bruno Mars on bars and cabbage

I also had:
            brutal, Rob, it’s art with madness, movin blocks to farms and ranches

            Still, I didn’t like it enough. I knew it would take more work, but I knew it would eventually pay off. So, I thought, in fact, I was on the toilet when it hit me, “Screwed up songs!” I had something nicer than “movin blocks,” but what could go with “Screwed up songs”? Ten minutes later, it came to me, and I knew I found it. How? Because it was the multi-syllable rhyme, but the words were so natural, “so far from average.” That was it, I was cool with that. Then I find other things that can improve. And after a while, I’m cool with it. Do that everyday, like a job, (unlike me), I never practice anymore, but work hard and you grow hard, hard on the mike, that is.

            I could show you many more that I improved, but don’t give clearance to rhymes less they pass the test, ay. Rest, play, press lay, west pay, crest yay, blessed day, fence pray, red gray, sensay. And you just keep trying variations of words that rhyme. Don’t stop till ya rhyme fucks you up. And never be easily entertained.

Gotta Go,
Los


Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Talking Points 2

Today I want to list some of the institutions involved in Coy's conviction, and give you a little bit of information about each. I've talked about each of them before, at length. These are just a few of the more glaring occurrences that I believe should be more well known:


The CAC is a medical center tasked with evaluating and treating children believed to have been molested. In 2004, the center came under fire for the misbehavior of a nurse who was apparently more interested in gathering evidence for law enforcement than following approved methods for caring for potentially abused children.

http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/child-advocates-or-hired-guns

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Nurse-s-missteps-cast-doubt-on-child-abuse-cases-1956471.php

Judge Mark Kent Ellis is, for all intent and purposes, the 351st court. I was not sure whether to put him in the ‘People’ or ‘Institution’ category. He was the presiding judge when LaDondrell Montgomery received a life sentence for a crime that he could not have committed, being in jail at the time.

"It boggles the mind that neither side knew about this during trial," Ellis said Thursday. "Both sides in this case were spectacularly incompetent."

The mind does, indeed, boggle, but consider for a moment the third party to this travesty. There was both surveillance video and eye-witness testimony presented against Montgomery. Because the man could not have been present during the crime the evidence must have been un-compelling at best; yet the court, that trusting and credulous institution, allowed it to be presented to a jury, who then turned it into a conviction.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Convicted-man-was-in-jail-when-crime-occurred-2391025.php

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_blasts_spectacularly_incompetent_lawyers_after_man_with_iron-clad_ali/


Finally, we have the Houston District Attorney’s Office. I talked about Chuck Rosenthal, the DA, in the last Talking points post, but the office is no stranger to controversy; the Houston Chronicle has labeled the office under Johnny Holmes a ‘Powerful Death-Penalty Machine’. John Bradley, the prosecutor who fought vigorously against testing the evidence that eventually exonerated Michael Morton, served under Holmes for two years.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Former-DA-ran-powerful-death-penalty-machine-1833545.php

The Houston Crime Lab is such an unforgivable cluster-fuck that I don’t think I can condense it into a few paragraphs; I’m going to give you a brief timeline of articles from the Houston Chronicle:

July 29, 2011: "HPD crime lab faces more heat; Former supervisor testifies she quit over accuracy of alcohol tests."

July 19, 2010: "District attorney calls for emergency DNA lab; Houston's backlog of cases keeps growing."

January 27, 2010: "HPD lab faces 3rd backlog problem; 300 cases are in need of firearm forensics."


December 13, 2009: "Prints and problems; HPD's fingerprint scandal reminds us how much we need an independent crime lab."

April 25, 2009: "Another crime lab bungle surfaces; Prosecutors to ask that man who has spent 22 years in prison be freed on bail. Richard could be 4th man cleared after crime lab errors."

January 26, 2008: "HPD again shuts down crime lab's DNA unit; Move follows resignation of division's leader in cheating probe."

December 12, 2007: "HPD lab analyst indicted on theft, tampering charges. His suspension triggered a review of 200 narcotics cases he'd handled."

June 17, 2007: "'Troubling' Cases Surface in Report on HPD Crime Lab; 1991 conviction for rape, murder has drawn the most concern."

January 5, 2006: "HPD Lab Probe Details More Lapses; Revelations show 2 divisions' problems amount to 'near-total breakdown.'"

December 18, 2005: "HPD's lab's troubles predate DNA testing; Experts' review finds a pattern of problems in 1980s studies of blood samples."

June 5, 2005: "Bitter pills; HPD analysts faked drug evidence in four cases. How much more fraud has gone undetected?"

November 5, 2003: "DNA evidence destroyed; pardons called possible."

June 25, 2003: "HPD ignored warnings, ex-lab man says; Retired official says he cited 'train wreck.'"

April 3, 2003: "HPD chief proposes independently run crime lab."

June 5, 2002: "Rape Kits; HPD strives to end 'embarrassment' of untested DNA."

This bullshit extends to multiple forensic laboratories even farther back than 2002, to the Josiah Sutton case in 1999 and the Timothy Cole case in 1986. It continued in 2012 & 13, with lab tech Jonathon Salvador’s “shoddy work”. The white lab coats and unshakeable science of ‘CSI’ are a myth; the reality is that just because something is printed on a lab report doesn’t mean it’s the product of conscientious research.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/09/us/houston-s-troubled-dna-crime-lab-faces-growing-scrutiny.html

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Crime-lab-analyst-kept-on-job-despite-shoddy-work-4413046.php


http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Never-ending-scandal-Will-we-ever-fix-HPD-s-2132873.php

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Dear Family 17

I received a letter from Coy this week that included a few answers to questions you’ve sent in. These were interspersed with a personal letter so I’m afraid that they’re not as nicely arranged as they usually are, but from what I understand he’s pretty busy with the release of The S.O.N. right now.


                                                                                                                  2/14/2014
There were a few questions on this letter, from fans:
* Why did Trey delete his Twitter? I thought that was where we were going to get our updates?

            Answer: I’m not quite sure why that was deleted. I’ll try to remember to ask him on our next visit. All I know is that he’s working really hard to make sure this latest release goes smoothly.

* What stores is the CD gonna be available at?

            Answer: That’s a very good question, because the answer can be all store, or no stores. You guys have to call your local stores, whether it be Best Buy, Target, Walmart or any store that carries music, and ask the store if they’re going to carry the new SPM album. You can even tell them you’d like to preorder your copy, because a lot of stores don’t order enough, and they sell out the first day. That happens in many stores, every time we release an album. This would be a good mission for all our Dope House Soldiers: Call local stores and make sure they’re going to order a healthy supply of The S.O.N. The greater the success of the album, the greater our ability to give you more dope projects. We’ve got so much we want to give you, and you can bet that whatever I release is going to be dope, from film, to literature, to clothing, to video. Always remember that your extra effort strengthens this movement which strengthens all of us.

* What’s Ingrooves/Fontana?

            Answer: Our distributer was Fontana, but they merged with Ingrooves, so now we have the power of both companies. But to answer your question clearly, they are the distributor for Dope House Records.

            Incandesio told me about a song by Sickest Villain called “Remember him, SPM.” She said it was kinda sad yet beautiful and hopeful at the same time. Just wanted to give the brother a shout out. I’m thankful for your love and support, my G.


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SickestVillain

Incandesio:


I really encourage all of y’all to call a few stores and ask if they’re going to carry the album; if they say no, ask them what you need to do to request it. A lot of stores have forms customers can fill out to request certain products, ask for one of those. Tell whoever you talk to that a lot of people have been waiting for (literally) years for this album to be released.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Talking Points


So, what are some things that you might want to bring up in conversation? Here are a few names that are significant to the case, and the reasons why. 

Heidi Ruiz was the officer who first interviewed Jane Doe. She later claimed that the recording equipment malfunctioned, so it would need to be re-done. She also threw out the written statement prepared by Jane Doe’s mother, saying that she was not educated or calm enough to write it. She single-handedly wiped out all record of the initial outcry interview, and chose to re-do it days later at the Children’s Assessment Center.

Denise Oncken was the first-chair prosecutor in Coy’s case. She gained notoriety a few years back for hiding evidence from the outcry interview in the same type of case; namely, that the abuser was black while the poor sap she was prosecuting, Glen Kahlden, was white.

Lisa Andrews, the junior prosecutor; she actually lists Carlos Coy’s case at the top of the list of notable cases up on her website. She and Chip Lewis, Coy’s defense attorney, worked together at some point in the recent past, presumably continuing the professional relationship developed before Lewis left the Harris County Prosecutor’s office.

Denise and Lisa watched Jane Doe’s testimony, and the testimony of her mother, change from one day to the next. You can see a bit about that here: http://www.spmaftermath.com/2012/06/spm-responds-part-8e.html

Chuck Rosenthal was the elected Harris County District Attorney at the time of Coy’s trial. He’s a real peach, as you can probably guess. He was eventually forced to resign after multiple scandals involving racist emails, boinking his secretary, giving her an $11,000 raise, destroying thousands of emails subpoenaed in a federal case, and then blaming the whole thing on prescription drugs.

Chip Lewis was Coy’s defense lawyer. When I started the blog, I wondered if he had not directly contributed to Coy’s conviction, either through general incompetence or from overconfidence relating to his relationships at the prosecutor’s office. He was not incompetent, that was my own lack of knowledge about the trial process coming through; however, I do get the impression that he was surprised at the tactics used by the prosecutors, perhaps because this was one of his first cases on the opposite side of the court room.


These are the names involved in the trial. One thing to remember is that each of them played a small part, and I sincerely believe that each of them acted in a way that agreed with their consciences. You may notice that neither Jane Doe, the child, or Mary Doe, her mother, are mentioned here; while it may seem easy to assign blame to them, I don’t know the extent to which they were victimized by a flawed system. Because it’s impossible to know how much of what happened was their doing, and because I don’t believe that either of them have the power to affect Coy’s case, I generally only discuss them when someone else brings them up.

In my opinion, people lie every day; that’s not significant. What is significant, and what I believe should be more well-known, is how the justice system can turn an unverifiable story into a 45 year prison term.


Saturday, March 1, 2014

Weekend Reading 83

I just wanted to share the amazing work of Angela over at the Painted Box:


These were a gift, and a delicious gift at that.It's something out of the ordinary; unexpected, and therefore attention grabbing.


If you have a talent, a gift, anything that you can use to publicize this case, do it. Painting, rapping, writing, drawing, speaking; we need all the help we can get.