"John Reuben Flashes Math Team Sign with Hem!"


the botched picture of John and Hem




170 miles from home, here we are at Cornerstone,
Steve Taylor sings "I Wanna Be A Clone"
the experience is full-blown as we made it our own.
watermelon juice dripping from my chin, Hey! it's home-grown!
Hem gets the performers to sign his shirt,
we talk to DJ Manny and then rock out with Dirt,
manCHILD and Alon, the list goes on and on,
the third hip hop show was the ever-awesome John
Reuben raises the tent and lifts off the top
after the set he poses for a photographic op
with Hem
and I ask them to make an "M"
Math Team flashing in all of its glory
I wanna take a picture to immortalize the story
I'll show the photo to my family and friends
but I had one finger on the trigger and one finger on the lens


Hem and I went to Cornerstone 2003 and had an awesome time, especially in the Underground tent. That was where the hip hop sets were rocking out on July 4. We talked with and saw John Reuben's crew, as well as Red Cloud, members of Deepspace5, and other rappers. Seriously, if you like clever, positive hip hop that just don't stop, check out John Reuben, Alon, Mars Ill, The Listener, DJ Manny, Red Cloud, etc.

Anyway, I brought a camera along and was pumped when I went to Walgreens to pick up my photos. I was hoping that the picture I took of Hem and John Reuben flashing the Math Team sign together would turn out well. So, I'm flipping through the pictures and I get to this picture that is mostly of my finger, and the edge of a tent fence is peeking out on the side. That was it. That was the picture of John and Hem flashing Math Team. Sigh. That's what I get for trying to show off and revel in a simple moment. Easy come, easy go. I left that place with much more than pictures anyway.