Ithaka

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"So Get Up" 30th Anniversary Edition Paperback Poem Book by Ithaka Darin Pappas

"So Get Up" 30th Anniversary Edition Paperback Poem Book by Ithaka Darin Pappas (2022): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMSN6PQH

UK Grime-punk legends Bob Vylan in Los Angeles 2022 (photographs by Ithaka Darin Pappas)

UK Grime-punk legends Bob Vylan in Los Angeles 2022 (photographs by Ithaka Darin Pappas) In April 2022, Bob Vylan crashed into the Top 20 with …The Price Of Life. Having scrapped for every ounce of forward momentum, though, and with injustices ranging from systemic racism and wealth inequality to the imbalanced nature of the music industry still to be solved, frontman Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan insist they’re just getting started… (source: Kerrang

"So Get Up" original 1992 vocal now on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/album/5ybhmTGnnMT3GF0TN4qutc The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it will all turn to dust So get up! And forget the past... Go outside and have a blast. The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it will all turn to dust Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane Go out of your mind go insane! To a place that you've never been before Eat ice cream or you'll lick the floor Because... The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it will all turn to dust Goodbye my friends Goodbye world I'll see you in the next life The end of the hearth is upon us Pretty soon it will all turn to dust So get up! And forget the past... Go outside and have a blast. The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it will all turn to dust Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane Go out of your mind go insane! To a place that you've never been before Eat ice cream or you'll lick the floor Because... The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it will all turn to dust Goodbye my friends Goodbye world I'll see you in the next life vocals/lyrics by: Ithaka Darin Pappas ©1992

Filipe Toledo (2022 World Surfing Champion) photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas in Mongaguá, Brazil

2022 WSL World Surfing Champion Filipe Toledo in Mongaguá Pier, Brazil (2009) photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas after winning the Hang Loose Surf Attack event

"So Get Up" at Rock In Rio Festival Lisbon (2014)

Ithaka - Peace Palace Porridge

Ithaka "Jungle Shack Dementia"

Ithaka "Jungle Shack Dementia" from the album Voiceless Blue Raven: Volume One Ⓟ© 2013 Sweatlodge Records written, produced, performed by Ithaka Darin Pappas Publishing: Ravenshark Music/ASCAP/administered by North Music Group

List of Ithaka songs by year (lyrics and/or vocals or music by Ithaka Darin Pappas)

List of songs written/recorded by Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) by year. 1992 So Get Up (original version) 1995 ___________ "Street Loyalty?" Ithaka (featuring Ninicha) "The Umbilibus" Ithaka (featuring Lince and Marta Dias) "Fishdaddy" (featuring Mimi Travassos) "Escape From The City Of Angels" Ithaka (featuring Marta Dias) "Erase The Slate Of Hate" Ithaka (featuring General D) "Been Four Years" Ithaka "Somewhere South Of Gibraltar" Ithaka (featuring by Joao Paulo Feliciano) "The Pigeon Lady" Ithaka "Stonemobile" Ithaka "Rich Girl (Ketchup Love)" Ithaka "Sleepdriver" Ithaka "Goodcookies" Ithaka (featuring Marta Dias) "Flowers And The Color Of Paint" Ithaka (featuring Ninicha) 1997 ___________ "The Bum With Blue Blood" Ithaka "Substance-Free Exile" Ithaka "The Plot" Ithaka (featuring Mimi Travassos) "Eden By The Sea" Ithaka "Ain't No Breeze" Ithaka "Butterfly Of Wisdom" Ithaka "Seabra Is Mad" Ithaka "Stay Strong Little Brother" Ithaka (featuring Hi-Fi Jô) "Capricorn And Cancer" Ithaka (featuring X-Sista) "King Tardy" Ithaka "Sunny The Bunny" Ithaka (with Red Beans) "Sushi-Pack Subway" Ithaka (with Red Beans) "Alabama Cave Party" Ithaka (featuring Ace from Mind Da Gap) "The Rise And Fall Of A Fortune" Ithaka "Spiritual Graveyard" Ithaka "Ursula Of Ithaka" Ithaka (featuring Marta Dias) "Stellafly" Ithaka 2020 "Plastic Wings" Ana Mariano featuring Ithaka "This Life's All We Got" Armando Mendes feat. Ithaka 2021 ___________ "Money Makes The World Go Round" Melo D ft. Prophet, Johnny Def, Ithaka & Bomberjack 2022 ___________ "Get Up I'm Free" Ithaka (lyrics & vocals: Ithaka / music: Siba Giba

"So Get Up" - Aquatic Acapella (30th anniversary recording)

"So Get Up" - Aquatic Acapella (30th anniversary recording) recorded August 7th 2022 inj Santa Monica, CA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aCvwChhRZ0 lyrics ©1992 Ithaka Darin Pappas vocals: Ithaka The end of the earth is upon us. Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust. So get up. Forget the past. Go outside and have a blast. Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane. Go out of your mind go insane. To a place you never been before. Eat ice cream or you'll lick the floor. 'Cause, the end of the earth is upon us. Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust. Goodbye my friends. Goodbye world. I'll see you in the next life.

Dolphin Echolocation - Santa Monica / July 31st 2022

Los Angeles Photographs by Ithaka Darin Pappas

Conehead Mantis in Alentejo, Portugal photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas

Conehead Mantis in Alentejo, Portugal photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas The conehead mantis or Empusa pennata, is a praying mantis species native to the Mediterranean Region Both male and females, possess a tall extension from the top of their heads, giving them a very alien-esque appearance. The male also has distinctive ‘feather’ type antennae. This species be found in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy and in the costal areas of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt…but because of low-density, fragmented populations, it is very rarely observed in nature.

So Get Up (lyrics)

Lyrics: The end of the earth is upon us. Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust. So get up. Forget the past. Go outside and have a blast. Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane. Go out of your mind go insane. To a place you never been before. Eat ice cream or you'll lick the floor. Because, the end of the earth is upon us. Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust. Goodbye my friends. Goodbye world. I'll see you in the next life. ____________ International copyright ©1992 Ithaka Darin Pappas Published by: Ravenshark Music/ASCAP Administered by: North Music Group (USA)

Artist, Ithaka Darin Pappas in Gonzales, California (1997).

Recording artist, Ithaka Darin Pappas, in Gonzales, California (1997), a couple of months following the release of his 2nd album Stellafly in Europe.

Ithaka "Stay Strong Little Brother" (lyrics)

"Stay Strong Little Brother" Lyrics: Ithaka Darin Pappas ©1997 Ravenshark Music/ASCAP (administered by North Music Group) Over here, on this side of the pool what am I to think, what am I to do? Been hearing bad news about my little brother no, not my blood brother --- But he's still my little brother ten calls this week from the concerned been learning many things that I didn't want to learn the story is an old one, no it ain't new but every time I hear it it leaves a cloud of doom and this time it's worse, cuz I love the life at stake so brother quit the pin before it's too late stay strong little brother cuz you are loved little brother as the new kid around, little bro you had it all brains. Motivation. And calls from keely small and you could slice a wall, with a blade of glass with a smooth new style, that was loose and fast at the rivermouth, back in winter '85 you and T.C., you was the only ones to ride and wall for wall, you matched his best "KLING", you STRING-BEAN ... you put him to the test Rider of the year, but never saw you in no mag or in a contest heat, with a color on your back don't throw the gift away, with the light of a match don't throw the gift away, with the stick of a pin stay strong little brother cuz, you are loved little brother fresh out of V.H.S., (YOU) sarted working on the features junior editor with the alpine speakers you was bold, had the humor and the girls all over you you had the ride, the pad ......IQ, 182 but somewhere down the line, you got off your course by that old dark ugly evil force stay strong little brother cuz, you are loved little brother all sorts of poisens, flowing through your veins some say you're crazy, they say you ain't the same but bro, I know you for at least fifteen years and though I share many of their fears I know deep in your soul, you're still the kling and I'll always be there for you, if you need a hand or wing stay strong little brother cuz, you are loved little brother talls, red room, and the six of clubs it's the places, it's the people ... and little brother it's the drugs so come clean, start yourself off new drop the dope and the bottle ... and the dope and the bottle crew maybe the end of the earth is upon us but maybe it ain't and we won't turn to dust if that's the case, wanna live a long time little brother won't you join us, got to make up your mind stay strong little brother cuz, you are loved little brother ___________ "Stay Strong Little Brother"is track #8 from the Ithaka album Stellafly that was released in 1997. The duration of this song is 04:12

Portrait of songwriter Ithaka Darin Pappas (1995) on the set of "Stonemobile"

Portrait of songwriter Ithaka Darin Pappas in Lisbon, Portugal (1995) on the set of the video for his song "Stonemobile" directed by Eduardo Condorcet.

"So Get Up" Escucha los mejores sonidos de club portugueses

Letrista y vocalista de todas las versiones de So Get Up, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) Underground Sound Of Lisbon ft. Ithaka – So Get Up (1994) So Get Up supuso el ir más allá de lo que era habitual, es decir, rock y fado. Fue publicado en 1994 como cara B de Chapter One y parte de la letra dice: “The end of the world is upon us, pretty soon it will all turn to dust”, un trabajo de Ithaka (ou Ithaka Darin Pappas), un artista griego-Californiano. La versión USL de la canción es en realidad un remix de la versión original de 1992 de Ithaka (quien también es el vocalista del remix de 1994). So Get Up de USL ft. Ithaka conquistó el mundo cuando el sello Tribal America se lo dio a Junior Vazquez y Danny Tenaglia. https://www.redbull.com/int-es/sonidos-esencial-de-club-portugueses El mundillo de la música electrónica portuguesa está en plena efervescencia y es uno de los más originales de Europa. Como en otros muchos lugares todo empezó escuchando sonidos tecno y rave provenientes de EE.UU, Reino Unido y Alemania. Luego el Underground Sound Of Lisbon cambió todo el panorama durante las tres últimas décadas. El movimiento está muy influido por la lusofonía, los sonidos que los emigrantes de Angola y Cabo Verde llevaron a Portugal, que con el tiempo se ha convertido en algo más global. Mientras Lisboa se prepara para acoger el Red Bull Culture Clash, vamos a presentarte algunos de los sonidos de club más importantes de la capital portuguesa de los últimos 30 años.

Oscar Winner, Joseph Patel To Direct "Contact High: A Visual History Of Hip Hop" Documentary

Patel in 2019, shown with the image "Skate Outta Compton" (Eazy E photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas in 1989 from the book, Contact High: A Visual History Of Hip Hop). Indian-American Oscar Winner, Joseph Patel (producer of Best Documentary project Summer Of Soul, To Direct Contact High Documentary Indian-American Oscar Winner, Joseph Patel (producer of Best Documentary project Summer Of Soul, To Direct Contact High Documentary Popular book “Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop” is headed to the screen as a documentary. Universal Music Group’s Mercury Studios and Republic Records’ Federal Films, along with Jupiter Entertainment, are behind the adaptation. Joseph Patel is tapped to direct; Jupiter’s Patrick Reardon, Federal Films’ Chris Blackwell and Dana Sano, and Barak Moffitt and Daniel Seliger of Mercury Studios, along with “Contact High” author Vikki Tobak, will executive produce, along with Fred Brathwaite (aka Fab 5 Freddy). The 2018 photo book chronicles the rise of hip-hop from the music of the streets to commercial success through outtakes from more than 100 photo shoots. Likewise the doc will utilize contact sheets, stylized set pieces and archival interviews in telling the story visually. SOURCE VARIETY: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/contact-high-hip-hop-book-documentary-1235049534/

Ithaka "Get Up I'm Free" (produced by Siba Giba) Official Video

https://music.apple.com/us/album/get-up-im-free-produced-by-siba-giba-single/1616171590 ithaka "GET UP I'M FREE" (produced by Siba Giba) Original Mix Lyrics & Vocals by: Ithaka Darin Pappas (Ravenshark Music/ASCAP/North Music Group) Music & Production by Siba Giba (laVibe Music/ASCAP) Released by Sweatlodge Records / Overtime Records ©℗ 2022 ISRC: QZES82220539 The end of the earth is upon us. Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust. Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane. Go out of your mind, go insane. Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up

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[Video] Ithaka "GET UP I'M FREE" (produced by Siba Giba)

https://music.apple.com/us/album/get-up-im-free-produced-by-siba-giba-single/1616171590 ithaka "GET UP I'M FREE" (produced by Siba Giba) Original Mix

Lyrics & Vocals by: Ithaka Darin Pappas (Ravenshark Music/ASCAP/North Music Group) Music & Production by Siba Giba (laVibe Music/ASCAP) Released by Sweatlodge Records / Overtime Records ©℗ 2022 ISRC: QZES82220539 The end of the earth is upon us. Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust. Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane. Go out of your mind, go insane. Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up Get Up #HIPHOP #GOLDENAGEHIPHOP#HIPHOPTUGA https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19315966/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1

ithaka "Get Up I'm Free" (produced by Siba Giba)

ithaka "Get Up I'm Free" (produced by Siba Giba) new collaboration between Californian poet Ithaka and Brooklyn hip hop legend Siba Giba

https://www.discogs.com/release/22670378-ITHAKA-Get-Up-Im-Free-produced-by-Siba-Giba

Professional Surfer Kelly Slater and artist-songwriter Ithaka Darin Pappas - Brazil June 2009

Eleven-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater and artist-songwriter Ithaka Darin Pappas (Escape From The City Of Angels) in Imbituba, Brazil in the State Of Santa Catarina. Pappas was the English language comentator for the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro WSL [then ASP] world tour surf event.

"MIracle Dre" a portrait of Dr Dre by LA photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas featured in new video "Dr Dre Is Made In LA" produced by Beats/Apple

Source: https://www.imore.com/beats-launches-new-video-campaign-titled-dr-dre-made-la MADE IN LA Beats launches new video campaign titled 'Dr. Dre is Made in LA' The Beats Fit Pro videos just keep coming. Dr Dre Is Made In La Source: Beats Beats has released a new video highlighting its Beats Fit Pro wireless earbuds. The video features Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and more. Dr. Dre and many more stars just performed at this year's Super Bowl halftime show. To coincide with the Super Bowl halftime show performance and the brand's new wireless earbuds, Beats has released a new video featuring Dr. Dre called "Dr. Dre is Made in LA." You can watch the new video below: PROUD to be Made in LA Featuring Dr. Dre and archival footage of Anderson .Paak, Kayvon Thibodeux, Roddy Ricch, Serena Williams, Snoop Dogg and Vince Staples as well a 1988 still photograph portrait of Dre entitled "Miracle Dre" by Ithaka Darin Pappas The video, which featuring a number of stars, also shows off the new Beats Fit Pro, the brand's latest wirless earbuds. The earbuds, which feature Apple's H1 chip for easy AirPods-like connection with the company's products, also include noise cancellation and sweat resistance, making them an AirPods Pro competitor for those looking for a high quality set of wireless earbuds. The new video featuring Dr. Dre as "Made in LA" is quite timely as he just headlined this years' Super Bowl in...Los Angeles. In addition to Dre, the Super Bowl halftime show also featured Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and more:

Ithaka "Stonemobile" (1995)

Ithaka "Stonemobile" from his debut album, Flowers And The Color Of Paint (1995). Recorded in Portugal.

Eazy E and Local Venice Skateboarders (Feb. 24th 1989). Photo by: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Eazy E And Venice Beach Skateboarders (1989) Photographed by: Ithaka Darin Pappas. Image is featured in the book Contact High (Random House). https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/thrashers-use-of-eazy-e-photo-allegedly-infringes-copyright

Ithaka "Upendo"

Ithaka "Upendo" from the critically acclaimed album Somewhere South Of Somalia: Upendo is eight minutes and twenty-six seconds of superb and outrageously erotic, trip-hop. "Mr. Lapis Lazuli" receiving a language lesson from "Mother of Pearl" (50 ways to say I LOVE YOU in Swahili). For sheer mood enhancing power, Upendo stands tall in the company of Enigma's Principles of Lust (MCMXC a.D.) and Lonnie Liston Smith's Desert Nights from his hallmark Expansions album. I would buy Somewhere South of Somalia for this song alone. Review in BIG BAER-Urban Alternative Music Magazine (Nov.2001) http://www.bigbaer.com/ithaka.htm Somewhere South of Somalia Let me start by telling you the ending: "…run, don't walk, and buy this CD! Don't miss out on one of the most original hip hop releases of the year!" Somewhere South Of Somalia, the third album to be released from the artist ITHAKA, is the freshest compilation of hip hop beats, rap lyrics and spoken word that I have heard in a very long time. If you are feeling hip hop but are more than a little tired of hearing rappers spit about ho's and 4/Os; about twenty inch rims and all-nighters; if the thought of one more Jay-to-the-izzo causes you more pain than fingernails scratching mercilessly on the chalkboard, then Somewhere South of Somalia is for you. The timing of this review is impeccable. I recently sat on a panel at an Urban Music conference where I addressed the situation of originality, or rather, the lack of it in much of today's urban music. Somewhere South Of Somalia is as original as they come, written on location in Kenya and Tanzania, it is an adventurer's diary, a hip-hop recollection of one man's soul-searching escape to the east coast of Africa. Ithaka Darin Pappas is a visual artist and a writer. He is also a superb storyteller who explores the sometimes forgotten topic of escapism. The album plays out like a hip-hop adventure journal. Somewhere South Of Somalia brings us stories of tribal folklore, urban dangers, epidemics and voodoo. It recalls life threatening experiences and human tragedy. It is funny; it is serious and at times wildly erotic. There are nineteen tracks of songs and interludes on this very unique offering. Though written on location in East Africa, followed by a stay in Lisbon, Portugal, Somewhere South Of Somalia was recorded in Los Angeles with producer-engineer, Conley "Conman" Abrams (Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Queen Latifa, Heavy D, etc.), ITHAKA's distinctive laid-back but powerful rap style is complemented by first class original beats and vocal arrangements. The overall production quality is first rate. It is obvious that a great deal of thought went into the production of each track. Almost as adventurous as the album's material itself, Somewhere South Of Somalia transports you from rap to spoken word, to trip-hop, all seamlessly done lending to a true sense of discovery. Rana Linda is the story of a foreign war correspondent originally from Colorado who had been covering events in Rwanda and now struggles with the realities of difficult choices. Ugly American tells of a wealthy businessman who moves to the Kenyan coast, destroys forests, sexually abuses his maid and kills endangered species for fun. Black Rock is a song based on Tanzanian tribal tradition of a black stone reported to save lives of those bitten by venomous snakes. The catchy chorus is sung by tribal children and backed by a thick base of tribal hip-hop rhythm. Lapis Lazuli / Mother of Pearl is a spoken word proclamation of love with a melodically sung hook-line by IZREAL (from the song Rana Linda) and woven throughout by a beautifully muted trumpet jazz-like beats. The song adds to the diversity and richness of the album. Very well done. Upendo is eight minutes and twenty-six seconds of superb and outrageously erotic, trip-hop. "Mr. Lapis Lazuli" receiving a language lesson from "Mother of Pearl" (50 ways to say I LOVE YOU in Swahili). For sheer mood enhancing power, Upendo stands tall in the company of Enigma's Principles of Lust (MCMXC a.D.) and Lonnie Liston Smith's Desert Nights from his hallmark Expansions album. I would buy Somewhere South of Somalia for this song alone. Exploring the outskirts of Nairobi's notorious River Road, ITHAKA relates a tale of adventure-turned nightmare involving pimps, drug dealers and knife wielding gangs. It ends with ITHAKA sprinting for his life. Mwajuma, tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a wandering nomad, ITHAKA, and a domestic servant to Nairobi's elite. The story unfolds from a light-hearted meeting to ITHAKA's discovery that his new friend has tested HIV positive. Her husband is already dead and she ponders about the future of her children while still showing great concern for ITHAKA's well being. Cynthia Denise Farmer sings the moving gospel chorus, building to a full choir ending. The song is a powerful reminder of the AIDS epidemic that is devastating much of Africa today. ITHAKA's curiosity of places and people is revealed wholeheartedly in Somewhere South Of Somalia. His travels have taken him to Europe, Africa and the South Pacific. While in Lisbon, Portugal, a brief stint as a radio host landed him a record deal with a local subsidiary of EMI. In 1998 he released the ep, ESCAPE (Nortesul EMI/Portugal) which featured a remake of his hip-hop dance track "Escape From The City Of Angels" off of his first album. The song earned ITHAKA a SCYPE AWARD (European Radio Listener's Choice Award) and later appeared in the soundtrack of Columbia Film's The Replacement Killers starring Mira Sorvino and Chow Yung Fat. Somewhere South Of Somalia is a continuation of ITHAKA's philosophy: live it, write about it, rap about it. It is an excellent hip-hop album as well as a true collector's offering. Now I can finish right where I began: run, don't walk, and buy this CD! Don't miss out on one of the most original hip hop releases of the year!" review by
jack "papa" baer
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