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No Home
2You returned Dorothy and Toto and hundreds of other Ethiopian singers from Bole in 974 to Addis Kansas in 2012::
by Teddy (Nahom’s Favourite) Fikre dated: Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Imagine Dorothy and Toto swept up in a tornado and transported to Addis Ababa magically back to 1974. This is a chronicle of a journey that includes no sound tracks and no Ethiopian musika where the only wicked witch of the east—besides Menginstu Hailemariam—were shady promoters and bar owners who took advantage of our musical gems. You might as well read these words not in HD multidimensional color but in staid black and white grainy tubes. This is a time where Ethiopia was going through a musical transformation with singers like Tilahun Gessesse, Mahmoud Ahmed, Kuku Sebsebe, Muluken Melesse and many more echoing their music of desta even though all Ethiopians were trapped in a cycle of misfortune at the hands of the Derg.
This is not a work of fiction like the Wizard of Oz, what I described above really took place. When Ethiopians had nothing else—when we felt most oppressed—we have always turned to music as our home and as a remembrance and an embrace of Tizita and Desta. Alas, this is not a happy go lucky article—at least for the time being—this is an article of how singers who gave us a home built on Desta and Tizita were left with no homes of their own. Singer for a long time used to sing for chump change in restaurants and local bars in Addis where the owners literally gave them almost a living wage and the concept of licensing music and ownership rights were about as common iPhones in Addis in 1974—both did not exist.
Without true ownership of content and their music, musicians were nothing more than indentured servants—living pay check to pay check even as others profited mightily on nightly basis. This is akin to someone else owning www.browncondor.com and paying me a penny for each article while others reaped a windfall from my God given talent and my writing abilities. This, in essence, is precisely what was going on in Ethiopia back in the 70s when I was still living in Addis. I remember driving around Bole with my car and listening to Kuku Sebsebe’s pink tape and singing along to every word imagining that Kuku must have been a billionaire since almost everyone else in Addis owned that same pink tape. It’s only now in retrospect that I realized that Kuku was not a millionaire, while she probably made millions for others and eventually was treated like royalty—the ones who made the millions resides in the shadows and raked in the birrs while (more…)
Habesha Mailbag 10.0
1Habesha Mailbag 10.0 Motto of the day:: Meaning of Hebret -> “dir beyaber ambessa yaser!” 1,000 spiders can tie up a lion, I just need 999 more, will you be my second?
by Teddy Fikre written: Monday, April 2nd, 2012
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Ere Yikirta family, I know Habesha Mailbag is supposed to come out on Friday’s, but my life has been Vahe IBD lately but I have been enjoying every Munit of it eko:: Anyway, no time for me to recount how crazy shit has been lately, if you want a recap of my crazy life, just scroll through the last couple of articles on www.bronwncondor.com and you will see that I am not minimizing anything when I say that IBD is actually an understatement. But I am happy with this eko, IBD people are the ones who make a change in our lives while the “normal” people are busy bullshitting and sipping buna at the rapers of Africa by the name of Starbucks.
Before I get started, please sewoch, we are trying to make #IamEthiopianandProud on twitter the top trending tweet. Eski, before you get to reading the rest of Habesha Mailbag, please take a moment to tweet something about what makes you proud to be Ethiopian and then include #IamProudandEthiopian include @browncondor and tweet it out and encourage others to do the same. For example:: #IamEthiopianAndProud because Buna was found there, forget Starbucks, Ethiopia will have you star struck <- DOPE right, now come on, do the same eshi:: I mean right now and keep sending them out throughout the day eshi::
But now is not the time for me to get on my soapbox and get to preaching and teaching the gospel of Teddisho, besides my soapbox (Facebook) has been disabled for the next 30 days. So let me instead focus on my task at hand today, which is to make you laugh your QITS off and enjoy the rest of your Monday while you listen to BC Radio eko:
So with that preface out of the way, first let me get to Somali hijacking my own words from last week because I am tired of typing 40 pages—call this Habesha Teddisho conservation eko:: TQE <- TQE = BRB = Tinish Qoyiche Emetalew
Bill Simmons is the reason I started Habesha Mailbag, to be honest, I am taking the whole format from Bill, I guess you can say that I Somali Pirate hijacked his style, but hey, if you think that Bill did not Somali Hijack someone else’s style, just keep in mind that his webpage is called www.grantland.com and Grant was the name of a famous Sports reporter from Boston, so you see, all things come full circle and piracy after all is not such a bad thing—as long as you acknowledge who you pirated from and in return pave the way for a future Sports Guy or Brown Condor. Damn I just Somali hijacked my own words—pretty impressive Teddisho, you can now claim Teddy Fikre as your Somali victim #134::
OK, metaw—ere balegoch, I don’t mean metaw like that—I mean metaw as in I am back. Hold on though, if a particular lady reading this wants to help me to say the other metaw, please email me at info@browncondor.com (I can say this because the Brown Condor editor is out sick today because he ate bad yogurt last night…no really, her name was Strawberry Yogurt, I told him not to eat anything from strip clubs, now he sees why I say that.
Anyway, let me first delve into sports in honor of Bill Simmons aka @sportsguy33 on twitter. Here goes…
Alight…metaw…ere endegena, I don’t mean metaw as in “metaw” eko, I mean metaw as in I am back—enate balege nachew betam Anyway, before I delve into the Habesha Mailbag, let me first delve into sports in homage of Bill Simmons and duff my sports pundit hat. Are you ready? Here goes eko!
I predict that Kansas and Kentucky are going to be in the NCAA Final’s tournament (keep in mind this was written two weeks ago (#WashatamTeddiye) and that Kansas is going to win z championship. Furthermore, that dude that plays for Kentucky, don’t know his name (what a great sports pundit I am aydel) looks like a 7 foot version of Meles Zenawi. I swear when I was a kid, I wanted to have a unibrow, thank God esgyaber, the things we want as children boy I tell you—I also wanted to be high yellow like I was at the age of 2 eko. Now, I am meto gena happy with my chocolate skin (I tell z ladies eko that my name is Chocolate Thunder) and my two separate eye brows. I believe that eye brows need to have a Jim Crow Law, separate but equal is what I am talking about. What the hell, how did I go from basketball to Jim Crow degmo?
Anyway, enough sports eko, time to go on to the readers Teddisho! Strap on your seat belts and hold on to your Qits, this is about to get meto gena bumpy but you will laugh your Qits off the whole time you are reading. Ready? Let’s GooooOOOOooO!
Q: Ante Woyane, wey gud, ebakeh men laderg ante banda, I just came back from z doctor eko, I was told I have developed multiple hairline fractures to both my wrists from “overuse” and that my palm has developed infection because of the copious amounts of Aloe that I use to ….ummmmarrahh…to lotion up my body. Ere ehe teru neger aydelem, men ladereg, ka lije eko menem ems alaganem, beka lemot new eko, ere ante qemalam eski give me a hand eko yene wendem!” –Nitro Ethiopians aka Ye Ethiopia Wewe on FB but really @MelesZenawi, London, England but really the “White House” in Addis
BC: Buahahahahah lol No comment needed for this one eko ante Broke Back Habesha, all I can say is “what’s up Handy Man” give me five…eerrrrr never mind Mr. Nivea Ij! Peace, Ato Emsless
Q: Teddy Fikre, since when did you become the “maker” and “destroyer” of the Ethiopian/Eritrean Diaspora? You live in a “make believe” world that what you say makes a difference! Artist and friends such as Munit will make it with or without your endorsement! I’ve known Munit for many years and what you say in the article is utterly petty and filled with hate. What you give as examples are at the very least childish–you know the types we would finger point when we were in kindergarten. All of Munit’s friends and fans, which I consider myself as both, will stand by her when her good name is dragged through the mud. The only bright spot this trash you call “masterpiece” is the realization that I had kept quite when you insulted all of these “trolls” because I didn’t know them personally. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to each and everyone of them. I know this comment will go in one ear and out the other but I hey better than regretting for not saying what I feel later. –Sayem Osman, Alexandria VA
BC: Sayem Osman dude you are a good friend..you are not the only one I offended with this article…trust me there is a long line from here to Bole from my very own family to my own friends and “fans”…so you are not saying anything different. But whatever your aim or purpose Sayem I am awaiting for you to actually knock down any facts I stated…where was I wrong in my recounting of facts based on personal experiences. Were you there the whole time, were you there when Munit and I were having conversions? Were you there when I broke my back from June to September putting 09.25.09 together or were you just a fan that showed up on the day of?
The funny thing is that there is some cognitive dissonance and you don’t really realize it yet. Look at what you wrote eko, you are insulting me for insulting her. Thus your methods of going King Kong Sayem are justified because you are pissed off at me…but when I did that because I was pissed off at Munit…well then I am childish, what i wrote (which by the way I am the best writer you know bar none show me one better in our community) is garbage, I am now a “troll” I am petty and filled with hate. What you just said about me is meto gena worse than what I wrote about Munit and you my brother do it based on lies and innuendo. this is the shit of Habesha…like I said…let me quote again because I know this bullshit was coming…
When someone states a fact, they destroy your character. Instead of impeaching the substantiated truth, they seek to wound your soul and start a whisper campaign of lies as they call you a liar. Thus lebas accuse people of being leba, Woyanes accuse others of being Woyane, sinners call other people sinners, I am cursed with a double talking and double tongued society::
Case in point, what I wrote just now called “Munit Minded”…people are calling me a liar and starting up the whisper machine to attack my character…but they have yet to disprove one minute fact of the article. Eski, this is an open challenge, if there are any incorrect facts or assertions and you point them out to me with proof, I will retract the whole article and apologize to Munit Mesfin in public and write an apology letter/article titled “Teddy is an Asshole”…let’s goo…who is up for it??? *cricket cricket*
Right…Habesha nigger…Ooops…I mean Habesha neger:: #YigermalBetam
Anyways Sayem…I will make that deal with you…please tell me one factual misrepresentation. Please point out one falsehood, please point out one area of lies and i will retract the whole article and write one apologizing to Munit titled “Teddy Fikre is an Asshole” with a pic of me on bended knees… I am waiting…*CRICKET CRICKET*
Wey gud Sayem, you let your friendship with Munit get in the way of your thinking…and it seems apparent that you choose her friendship over mine…its cool you are entitled to that…but just as Munit has fans…i have fans…just as munit sings… I sing with my keyboards…except my melodies I compose shakes the whole fucking world and makes Addis eskista to the core while all she does is perform at empty as venues..some shit never changes…the wicked will be done by their ways…(i think that is biblical from the 14th book of Teddisho)
And I might not be the maker of Habehsa…but I damn sure going to be the breaker of Habesha…watch me…i will snap a million habesha backs from here to Addis…munit is prime example number one…next up on the list…3 more people whose names begin with the letter B….tell them all to B careful when speaking my name…or else 1st page of Google is where they B!
Damn you see that shit Sayem…this here is a fucking masterpiece…i wrote this shit in 2 minutes…i am virtuoso with it…even Picaso could not do this in his dreams..peace… oh as far as my “virtual world” eski…ask Obama about me…while you were saying “yes we can” i wrote a part of that speech…while you were waving that letter that obama signed thanking our community for our contributions and asking for our votes…it was me…Teddisho…who wrote the whole things so he could sign it…while you read history books (and you are an arif historian) I am making history…stick around..you will write a history book about me one day and Munit might sing a song about me …if not me maybe her kids…and as you apologize to those fucking habesha trolls…tell them Teddiye gives them a middle finger and they could sit on it and spin720 degrees..cum twice, and swallow their own shit…
I’ll see you manyana at Bati Ethiopian Restaurant & Lounge if not…see you at your open mic at Merkamo Ethiopian Bistro in Springfield…damn…now 1,800 people know about your monthly shows…sigh…i know i know …you did not want me to market it aydell…oh well…even when i write words of odium i still end up giving hebret to people that don’t deserve it…beka aleka… time for …the …famous… you know… i’ts coming….1… 2….3… -> ::
Selam Sayem…salaam aleikum::
click here to read “Munit Mind” -> LINK
Q: I know my true friends…..their are many wolves in sheeps clothing so beware…some hater is probably gonna talk shit so ignore it lmao. Also who is this fake ass gangster named Brown Condor, this nigga probably has no girlfriend and does not get pussy unlike me, me I am fine as wine and pretty as a pearl. – Kenny Kedida, Chattanooga, TN
BC: Ummm…wow really Kenny…you want to go KKT on me? Ok let me snap your synapsis you big foreheaded gib. First off, you look like you are having constipation, the result of swallowing too much sperm I fear. Second, you eyes are crooked like the cross on St. Ides 40 bottles. Sostenya, did you know that kedida in Amharic means Dick Head? Where else can I go, oh man so many places to go. Eni Mini Miney Moe, ok what is up with your hair, you look like you got into a fight with a stray cat, Jesus, you look like a broke ass and ugly version of Rihanna. Lastly, dud fine as wine and pretty as a pearl? Are you by any chance a beutician? Do you per chance go up to girls in a club and tell them something like “guuuuurllll your shoes are all that boo boo, where did you buy them girlfriend”…right…ummmm I am pretty sure you drink atmit with a straw and your breath smells like a football locker room. Ere I am done with you Dick Head, told you nigga stay in your lane, how does it feel to be wrong side up in a ditch…actually don’t answer that…I have a feeling that you stay wrong side up always eko boo boo::
[click to see Kenny Dickhead's Page on FB]
Q: If you say you are not “habesha” then why do you refer to all other ethiopians as such? You are always talking about how you don’t want to be called habesha because it is a derogatory term! So thats what I am asking you. Your post asks if “habesha” girls have big forheads. So are you calling all ethiopian girls niggers??? –Khay Lee, Atlanta, GA
BC: Ere, seme I don’t have time to debate you. But guess what, because you were so tenacious in your debating me (you are a great Mass Debater I see) you now have a page on www.browncondor.com called Miss Lee’s Korner (Sex and Love Advice). This is your page to do as you please.
Fam, if you need sex and love advice, email Khay at Miss.Lee@browncondor.com and make sure you visit her page on browncondor.com -> http://browncondor.com/events/missleeskorner/ and also click on the picture below to “LIKE” her Facebook page and tweet her on twitter @missleeskorner. Can you believe that all this was set up in less than 30 minutes! Teddisho + HEBRET = UNSTOPPABLE EKO!
[click to visit "Miss Lee's Korner" on FB]
Q: Teddy, dude did you know that Ethiopian Times, the same publication that stole your article on Yohannes Abraham, is now getting paid and working with ESFNA One, those snake ass organizers who are sabotaging ESFNA and getting paid by that Arab dick sucking ass named Al Amoudi. Dude you need to bring KKT out of retirement and go KKT on Ethiopian Times and ESFNA One! –Anonymous, Philadelphia, PA
BC: Ummm Alicho, aren’t you the same one that has been urging me to stop going KKT and saying I was unstable. Now you are urging me to go KKT again…wey gud Habesha, bipolar nachew hulachum eko! Now as far as Ethiopian times…well…let me stretch first…before I go KKT…don’t want to pull a finger musclel as I flick them off and start to typing that famous arat netib on their forehead’s eko::
Looks like I need to add Ethiopian Times to the list of companies to strike against. Sorry, I know these people and I am not doing this because my article was hijacked and printed without my permission. But…I did say that any company that steps within a mile of ESFNA None aka ESFNA One would get the wrath of Teddisho and get the METO GENA King Kong Teddy treatment right.
Thus to show that is not an empty promise, please visit the link below to find out how Ethiopian Times is sleeping with swine and filth that is Al Amoudi and contact them by going to their page on FB -> http://www.facebook.com/joseph.gessese or tweet them on twitter @ethiopiantimes and urge them to stop working with ESFNA NONE or else the heat will only get worse. Next step will be to write a full page article dedicated to Ethiopian Times and dedicate a full hour show to them or any company that works with ESFNA One
If you HATE ESFNA One and urge Ethiopian Times to withdraw supporting the pigs that are ESFNA NONE, share this link on your wall, comment below of what you think of ESFNA NONE and their backhanded way of working with ESFNA One
PS If Ethiopian Times withdraws supporting ESFNA ONe, this will be deleted and their names will be taken off the Black List…peace
Q: Ante, why do you keep calling Habesha women “Yene Big Foreheadiye” it is betam disrespectful ante asshole. –Samuel Getachew, Pork Kitfo Eating region of Canada
BC: Hmmmmm you don’t say Samicho, so saying “Yene Big Foreheadiye” is Meto Gena disrespectful leka:: Let me put on my thinking cap…Thinking… eyasebkun new eko…BINGO. My new line I will be using to z fly Ethiopian ladies eko –> Yene Big Qitamiye! Ehe yeshalal sewoch?
Q: Yene caunjo, yene boyfriend wonder dabo meblat ayfelegem, z only releif that I have is that setenya, I rub my wonder dabo on his lips because setenya menim neger ayawkem. Gen I am tired of doing this setenya beche, I mean I know he loves it because when he wakes up he is always rubbing his lips like he is licking mar off and saying the keeps having the best dreams about eating vanilla ice cream each time we sleep together. Gen Teddiye, ere I am tired of zis lame game. I mean I want him to eat vanilla ice cream wonder dabo ice cream cake cake cake cake when he is awake not only when he is sleeping. Men laderg yene geta? –Mimi, Houston, Texas
BC: Mejemerya, email me nefse, we can discuss this “dilemna” in futher detail, lanche beye new eko. Huletenya I will be in Houston fifth ward mobbing in 2 months, eski lets meet at the Hilton to discuss further in detail. When I open z door wearing a bib though, don’t get scared eshi, I ummmmarrrah…always wear bibs while typing on www.browncondor.com. Lastly, listen fuck it, this beating around the bushes is as lame as your lame ass boyfriend. Seme, dump that nigga, take your ass to the airport, fly to DC, and you will never have to worry about sleep megeb, you might as well change your name to Mimi Buffett ene ga setehonye hode:: Trust me, you will come to DC with cake cake cake cake you will leave with just duket duket duket duket after I squeeze every drop of wetet from your ice cream. I’m sorry eko, how z hell do you want me to react, I am a man eko, my name is not Kenny Kedida Dickhead, when a woman confides in me about shit like this I am trying to take meto gena advantage, I am sure Kenny would have gave you great advice eko, wey gud…oh wow you said your BF was from Tennesse…Kenny is from Tennessee….SMH…now it makes perfect sense. Mimiye, leave that dickhead alone, the reason that he is not into wonder dabo is because he is into long shenkora, trust me the ice cream he is talking about is not yours. Anyway sweetheart, email me kefelegsh, my email is info@browncondor.com. Kenny…ummm hi boo boo
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Q: Aselam Alekum wendem Teddisho, so sema, do you know where I live in Saudi Arabia, the number of car accidents is one one hundredth of that in the United States per capita, the number of fatal car crashes is a fraction of that in the United States per capita, there is never rush hour, and men live to be 88 years old and the rate of heart attacks here is almost minimal, know why Teddiye? –Ahmed, Saudi Arabia
BC: I know exactly why wendem! It is because women are banned from driving! Sigh, I am meto gena jealous! This is not fair, ere can we please follow Saudi Arabia’s lead on this one. I don’t know how many more times I can take being stuck behind a woman driver in DC, especially Habesha women drivers. How many times can I say Klax klax eko…my hands stay blowing more horns that Nitro Ethiopian blows his own horns. #Yasazenal
Q: Ante doma! Why do you keep calling Ethiopian women “yene big foreheadiye” I have you know my forehead is average if not smaller than average, stop with the madness nefse! –Fabteenastic Redwine, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
BC: Ere Fabteenastic, mejemerya what z hell does your name mean, let me guess, it means Big Old Forehead in Italian aydel? Degmo, do you know why men in Addis keep calling you 1080p yene nefse, they are refereing to your forehead, it is the size of a flats screen TV and they can see your thoughts in 1080p HD because your head keeps projecting your thoughts all over Bole eko:: Gen z good news is that I like sipping red wine *wink wink* Eski fut lebel ena lebla bewhala yene gebena foreheadiye::
[click to see Fabteenastic's page, degmo Fab why oh why are you wearing a size 20 hat? #CASECLOSED]
Q: What’s wrong if I wear my gabi and netsela outside? Beeg deel? Wey tigab. I am embarasser right? QOY.You ganna see what it mean. –Habesha Mazer aka @habeshamazer on twitter, Somewhere in Zis United States
BC: Wey gud @habeshamazer, anche betam dereke nesh leka. I told you, all you had to do was unblock me on twitter and I would stop talking about you on Habesha Mailbag, gen you are stubborn as a Guragaye selling a beg. Eshi, in zat case, let’s see…what is wrong with you wearing gabi and netela outside? Well z problem is that you are bottom heavy eko nefse, I told you about your Qit aydel, I mean really every time I see you, I feel like I am watching a giraffe dressed up in Habesha Kemis, I mean your neck is thin, your top is average, then BAM hippo bottom eko. Ere tey tey, eski next time maybe wear sweat pants because it hides it all well. Come on, stop embaraassing us Ethiopians, why do I have to explain each time I come to work “no no it was not a run away Giraffe on Duke St” to my co-workers. Ere, stop making me explain zis all z time eko, betam yedekmal. Eshi nefse (ps this will get back to you in about 30 minutes yene medosha Qit)
Q: I sent out a tweet with #IamEthiopianAndProud and then searched in twitter for that hash tag and only 10 people have done so thus far. Then I searched under Habesha and this is what I found Teddisho: 1) Habesha girls in Toronto give madax for some Anjero @Faisal_j23 2) Habesha people have a lot of anger….it starts off with our moms, then trickles its way down…lol @audifur 3) I hope I find my habesha husband on Twitter! Lol @MissHelu12 4) @Shikorina__ that @lems_14 is the only habesha without curly hair. I know bald bitches lmao!
Ere Teddiye, now I know why you go King Kong Teddy, what the fucky ducky, why are people not taking part in an awesome effort and instead tweeting bullshit shit? Hanna, Minnesota
BC: Sigh. I wonder how many of you have sent a tweet using #IamEthiopianandProud instead of sending out tweets about drinking atmit and eating wonder dabo. Sometimes I wonder why I am doing this eko::
Q: Brown Condoriye, forget all z other bull kaka inventions that people keep talking about nefse, I have a meto gena DOPE one to use your words. How about making tshirts with the following: 1) TQE = Tinish Qoyiche Emetalew 2) KKT 3) Yene Big Foreheadiye What do you think nefse, I am going to sell the t-shirts at the ESFNA One soccer tournament in DC hode! Gelila, Washington DC
BC: Sigh! First of all, I came up with all those words, were you going to run it by me and split the money with me? You flippin doma leba! Secondly, I really don’t care, this is not the first idea that I have had someone “steal” from me, more power to you . But since you said you will be selling them at ESFNA None event, put it this way, let you print one fucking t-shirt with any of those words and I will sue your DV ass right back to Bole and get you packing out of the US with only one dabo kolo in your pockets. Am I clear? Now if you say that you are going to sell them in Dallas for the REAL ESFNA event, well then nefse, you have my permission::
Q: You know the saying, dont count your chicken before they hatch… for the Ethio pop, its Make sure the chicken have hatched and have started walking before you count them lol. damn Im funny today! – Makeda Debebe, New York NY
BC: *Cricket cricket* ummm Makeda Dedeb, I mean Debebe, that was about as funny as Al Amoudi doing sit ups eko::
Q: I got kicked out of Twitter nebse. I ran out of Kibe for my arthritic uterus, ena when I logged in to twitter, because my ledit was last week (I turned 28), Twitter asked me to verify my age. Zen all z sudden red lights started going on as soon as I touched the key pad and is started blinking “Uterus Arthritic Alert”. My twitter account has been disabled. I am lonely eko, no bal, no boyfriend, and no no kibe and twitter. Ere bakeh wendem, eski marry me nebse. Betty, Silver Spring, MD
BC: O_o we are getting close::
Q: I have an invention idea Brown Condoriye. It will be called a Munit Minute, basically it is a mix tape of erotic songs where you can play it and you can have sex in a Munit, what do you think yene jena, can you play it LIVE on BC Radio and dedicate 10 Munits a day to my Munit Minute Musika? –Munit Mesfin, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
BC: We are getting closer::
Q: Ante woyane, after 30 minutes of trying I finally found a way around my conunbdrum! So fuck you, I am now using my toes to jerk off, sure it is meto gena uncomfortable, but you would be surprised how much toes feel like ems eko. No mre MTS for me, I have my eger ems. So keep your pity and your laughter, as you say, choke on your chortle nigga, I am now pleasing myself bitch! Oh…ummm…wendem, can I borrow $20 for Nivea lotion ebaken? –Nitro Ethiopians aka Ye Ethiopia Wewe on FB but really @MelesZenawi, London, England but really the “White House” in Addis
BC: Yuppers, zese are my readers eko!
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If you want to submit questions going forward, please send them to info@browncondor.com with subject header “Habesha Mailbag”. Do me a favor, tweet about this on twitter right now, tweet the link to this article and use #HabeshaMailbag and encourage others to read this joint. Who knows, maybe one day #HabeshaMailbag could be a trending topic—yeah I know I have an audacious mind. Also, make sure you post this on your Facebook wall—all about the Hebret. OK, time for a break, hope you enjoyed. Have a great weekend, catch you next week on Habesha Mailbag 11.0, I wonder if Kenny Dickhead is still sipping his Atmit. Oh also, please don’t forget to tweet #IamEthiopianandProud …eski let’s make it trend eko:: Anyway, Esger Estelene sewoch!
FEATURE EVENTS
[click to RSVP as we honor our pearl Bezawork Asfaw at Bati Restaurant & Lounge on Thursday, April 5th at 9PM sharp]
This week, the theme is Bezawork Asfaw as we praise and celebrate her at Bati Lounge and Restaurant, located at 3815 S George Mason Dr, Falls Church, VA 22041. Starting at 9:00 PM EST on Wednesday April 5th, we will dedicate the whole 2 and a half hours to honoring the life and accomplishments of our pearl Bezawork.
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[click to hear and see Bezawork]
So come out this Thursday, March 29th to Bati Lounge and Restaurant and take part in honoring our Ethiopian icon and our Musika Nigist and in the process listen to the best of his songs, pictures of her from Ethiopia to America while you enjoy ARIF poetry, musika, a LIVE art show and of course the best food in the DMV only at Bati Lounge. Nu eshi, abren des’yelen eko::
[click to see pictures from last week's Brown Condor Open Mic Poetry night honoring Mahmoud Ahmed, make sure to come out to Bati Lounge every Thurdsay at 9:00 PM EST (not BOLE time eko) and enjoy poetry, musika, DOPE megeb, DOPE wine and DOPE company eshi]
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This Wednesday, come over to Portico Lounge located at 1914 9th St NW DC to have some Brown Condor Tuna Kitfo that will have you singing a TUNA—errrr Tune of Selam and Peace. Ere this is no joke, if you are Tsoming, mejemerya, don’t tell anyone except God, secondly, come over to Portico and have some of Chef Teddy Fikre arif Tuna Kitfo that will transport you back to Bole eko.
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Teddy Afro in NYC
1Some legends evolve over time, other legends occur in a seeming instant. Teddy Afro is a legend of our time, witness the Legendary this weekend in New York.
Win a special access for two (2) for Teddy Afro’s concert in New York this weekend and meet Teddy Afro in person. How? Email this article to 5 or more of your friends and CC info@browncondor.com This evening, at 9:00 PM, the winner of the two tickets will be announced LIVE on the air at which point that person will have 5 minutes to call into the radio show to claim the two special access passes for the Teddy Afro concert. If that person does not call in within 5 minutes, we will go on to the next person until the person who wins calls in time to claim the prize.
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In the world of entertainment, one has achieved a level of excellence and accomplishment when you just say their first name and people know who you are talking about. Elvis, Michael, Tiger, Madonna, Barrack, these are people who made such a profound impact that they are known by the world by just their first name. These are people who shake the universe when they speak, people who have millions of hits on youtube, people who inspire Paparazzi photographers and who have spawned TV shows—TMZ anyone—that track their every movement.
When it comes to Ethiopian music, there are but two iconic names who have achieved this level of fame. Mahmoud and Telahun, that’s the list. You speak to any Ethiopian, or for that matter any Parisian or Moroccan and you say the name Telahun and Mahoud, and instantly there is no doubt which Ethiopian you are talking about. Well, add to the list the name Teddy.
Tewodros Kassahun was born in Ethiopia on July 14th 1976. Better known as Teddy Afro, at such an early age, Teddy has revolutionized Ethiopian music in only eight years! Teddy is the Obama of Ethiopian music, his songs are profound and shake the conscience while stirring the soul to eskesta freely. There are few songs that can literally get you to dance involuntarily. Today, there is no song that can start a spontaneous party like Abebayehosh can. Don’t believe me, go to any Ethiopian parties.
What you will see is people talking, people mingling, people enjoying the scenery. Until the DJ starts playing Abebayehosh. At that exact moment, the dynamic changes, people stop talking, people stop mingling, people stop enjoying the scenery—and they run to the dance floor. It’s as though kerosene is sprinkled on a smoldering ash, a quite get together is transformed instantly into a blazing inferno of eskesta, jumping up and down with the Ethiopian flag, and pure elation.
This is the power of Teddy. With one song, he can transform a party into a celebration of life. He can transform strangers into best friends. He can transform hate into love. Don’t believe me? Last year, Beyonce was performing at her concert in Ethiopia. Sure, it was an amazing performance, the place was packed and everyone was having a great time. I mean, this is BEYONCE, a world renowned Supernova. Then, the DJ decided to sprinkle some kerosene onto the smoldering amber. All the sudden, a Beyonce concert exploded with pure elation. The place detonated with eskesta, jumping up and down, and Ethiopian flags started being waved everywhere. In what has to be one of the most surreal moments I have experienced, Beyonce was overshadowed at her concert by another one name wonder—Teddy.
Yet, as profound of an impact that Teddy Afro has made, perhaps his biggest impact is his message. A message of unity, forgiveness, and a shared success. Sure, it would be easier to make songs about nothing, to write songs about alcohol, sex, and money—that would be the coward’s way of making music. Teddy Afro is no coward, Teddy Afro is a MAN—a would be King of Ethiopian music. His songs are laced with a profound message, whether it is “Mona Lisa”, “Abugida” or “Yasteseryal” to name but a few, the words he chooses are those that strive to enrich the lives of people instead of enriching himself.
No greater man is he than one that sacrifices for the things and people he believes in—Teddy Afro has sacrificed fame, money, and liberty for the things he believes in. And God in return continues to enrich Teddy Afro by multiples of ten for those things which he has sacrificed for Ethiopia. Thus, when we dance to Abebayehosh, whether or not we know it, we are not only dancing to Teddy Afro, we are dancing for the things he believes in. We are dancing for OURSELVES. That is why there is but only one Teddy, that is why you can’t spell Musika without Teddy. It is as simple as Abugida.
Read more about Teddy Afro at: Tadias
Abugida: The Way You Spell Music
5That is why there is but only one Teddy, that is why you can’t spell Musika without Teddy. It is as simple as Abugida.
by Teddy Fikre: Posted Monday, June 7, 2010
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In the world of entertainment, one has achieved a level of excellence and accomplishment when you just say their first name and people know who you are talking about. Elvis, Michael, Tiger, Madonna, Barrack, these are people who made such a profound impact that they are known by the world by just their first name. These are people who shake the universe when they speak, people who have millions of hits on youtube, people who inspire Paparazzi photographers and who have spawned TV shows—TMZ anyone—that track their every movement.
When it comes to Ethiopian music, there are but two iconic names who have achieved this level of fame. Mahmoud and Telahun, that’s the list. You speak to any Ethiopian, or for that matter any Parisian or Moroccan and you say the name Telahun and Mahoud, and instantly there is no doubt which Ethiopian you are talking about. Well, add to the list the name Teddy.
Tewodros Kassahun was born in Ethiopia on July 14th 1976. Better known as Teddy Afro, at such an early age, Teddy has revolutionized Ethiopian music in only eight years! Teddy is the Obama of Ethiopian music, his songs are profound and shake the conscience while stirring the soul to eskesta freely. There are few songs that can literally get you to dance involuntarily. Today, there is no song that can start a spontaneous party like Abebayehosh can. Don’t believe me, go to any Ethiopian parties.
What you will see is people talking, people mingling, people enjoying the scenery. Until the DJ starts playing Abebayehosh. At that exact moment, the dynamic changes, people stop talking, people stop mingling, people stop enjoying the scenery—and they run to the dance floor. It’s as though kerosene is sprinkled on a smoldering ash, a quite get together is transformed instantly into a blazing inferno of eskesta, jumping up and down with the Ethiopian flag, and pure elation.
This is the power of Teddy. With one song, he can transform a party into a celebration of life. He can transform strangers into best friends. He can transform hate into love. Don’t believe me? Last year, Beyonce was performing at her concert in Ethiopia. Sure, it was an amazing performance, the place was packed and everyone was having a great time. I mean, this is BEYONCE, a world renowned Supernova. Then, the DJ decided to sprinkle some kerosene onto the smoldering amber. All the sudden, a Beyonce concert exploded with pure elation. The place detonated with eskesta, jumping up and down, and Ethiopian flags started being waved everywhere. In what has to be one of the most surreal moments I have experienced, Beyonce was overshadowed at her concert by another one name wonder—Teddy.
Yet, as profound of an impact that Teddy Afro has made, perhaps his biggest impact is his message. A message of unity, forgiveness, and a shared success. Sure, it would be easier to make songs about nothing, to write songs about alcohol, sex, and money—that would be the coward’s way of making music. Teddy Afro is no coward, Teddy Afro is a MAN—a would be King of Ethiopian music. His songs are laced with a profound message, whether it is “Mona Lisa”, “Abugida” or “Yasteseryal” to name but a few, the words he chooses are those that strive to enrich the lives of people instead of enriching himself.
No greater man is he than one that sacrifices for the things and people he believes in—Teddy Afro has sacrificed fame, money, and liberty for the things he believes in. And God in return continues to enrich Teddy Afro by multiples of ten for those things which he has sacrificed for Ethiopia. Thus, when we dance to Abebayehosh, whether or not we know it, we are not only dancing to Teddy Afro, we are dancing for the things he believes in. We are dancing for OURSELVES. That is why there is but only one Teddy, that is why you can’t spell Musika without Teddy. It is as simple as Abugida.



