#whatshouldbethefear

[rjpesquire]

Been wanting to post this for a while... these are all of the books that led me to the 2012 bicycle tour where I rode 4000 miles performing Shakespeare on the street, that eventually became #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR. No Applause Just Throw Money is a history of American vaudeville. It's basically the history of American show business. The Road is a post-apocalyptic pseudo-western, road story told with biblical spareness and scale... On the Road is a classic American story of wayward, deviant, sublime adventure and revelation through an America that's lost its innocence but not its wonder. Free For All is an oral history of my spiritual mentor, Joseph Papp, who invented the NY Shakespeare Festival, a relentless hard-nosed Jew from Brooklyn who took deadly serious the mission to bring great entertainment (which when entertainment is great THAT'S when it's art, I'd argue), including the very best and most thrilling Shakespeare America could muster to regular ppl. He was a snob about art but loved the people. My kinda guy. LOVE this book. The Alchemist might have been the book that really gave me the courage to follow whatever crazy impulse told me I could survive my tour. It served as almost a spiritual road map. It's a simple story about a young man who takes a similarly grand journey. Walking on Water sort of reaffirms all the suspicions I had that there is something divine at work in all great art. It comes as close as anything I've ever read to making that most seem demonstrable and palpable. Finally there's Born Standing Up, Steve Martin's memoirs, which is as Jerry Seinfeld said perhaps "the best book ever written about being a comedian." It's such a complete, personal vivid picture of the path one takes toward becoming an actual fully formed artist, moment by moment, in detail. SO formative for me. (Full disclosure: I never read "Into the Wild", but the film the book inspired changed my life.) Anyway, I recommend all of these. I also recommend my one-man show WHAT SHOULD BE THE FEAR, which is playing in Greenpoint, every Thurs & Fri til Aug 4. Link for tix in my bio.

[jillwritesdotcom]

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#Repost @precgorgralf (@get_repost) ・・・ My new music video "SYD" dropped today. Really proud of it. Link in my bio. • Featuring @blackzeusx & @buffalobisonbuffalo of the Midnight Pine. Directed by @fasulo_ • #surviveyourdreams #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR #hiphop #indiehiphop #bluesman #rockandrollisblackmusic #soulmusic #fearofsuccess #dope #swag #ill #music #singersongwriter #PreciousGorgeous #shakespeare #theatre #theater #art #bicycletouring #BlackGodPantheon

[kitapmusic]

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@ohenecornelius giving us grooves! #NuUnderground ....... We here til 11pm! COME THRU #KitaPMusic #Love4TheMusic #BlindVibe #LiveVibe #HappeningNow #BlackLicorice #BlackGodPantheon #BlackZeusX #Crimdella #PreciousGorgeous #REALiShmAel #OheneCornelius #BuryMeInGold #GodIsMyMama #TopOfTheGame #Nublu151 #WhatShouldBeTheFear #TheLesson (at Nublu)

[afflicted-aesthetic]

Idk I'm not mad but I'm not happy I'm feeling indifferent and maybe that's because I disappointed myself but literally I just wanted to go to the beach at night with my friends to feel something again but idk man

[brooklynwildlife]

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Invite to @precgorgralf play #whatshouldbethefear #indie #theater #onemanshow

[barrygaudy]

In 2012, after the sudden death of his best friend, actor and musician Ralf Jean-Pierre aka Precious Gorgeous was determined to conquer his fears by doing the thing that scared him most. Alone on his Surly Long Haul Trucker bicycle, Ralf circled America, riding over 4000 miles in eight months while performing his favorite Shakespeare scenes for unsuspecting audiences. WHAT SHOULD BE THE FEAR: https://medium.com/@NoahLekas/whatshouldbethefear-6dd924cc07bd #whatshouldbethefear (at New York, New York)

[rjpesquire]

8pm, tonight. $18 at the door, $15 online (link in bio), $12 with student ID. #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR (at GAMBA Forest)

[rjpesquire]

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Infectiously wonderful animation my astonishingly talented #BlackGodPantheon brother @starbeebee2 made for WHAT SHOULD BE THE FEAR. It says album because my hope is to release a record soon with all of the original songs I composed for the show. Get tickets to tonight's show, or for next week at the link in my bio! This show has been such a blessing to make and to perform, I please come see it! #animation #GIF #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #cartoon #Shakespeare #adventure #heroesjourney #intothewild #theater #theatre #nytheater #nytheatre #americana #americanfrontier #bicycletouring #onemanshow #bluesmusic #hiphop #nyhiphop #indie #indietheatre #blessing #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR (at GAMBA Forest)

[rjpesquire]

Been wanting to post this for a while... these are the books that led me to the 2012 bicycle tour where I rode 4000 miles performing Shakespeare on the street, that eventually became the one-man show #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR. No Applause Just Throw Money is a history of American vaudeville. It's basically the history of American show business. The Road is a post-apocalyptic pseudo-western, road story told with biblical spareness and scale... On the Road is a classic American story of wayward, deviant, sublime adventure and revelation through an America that's lost its innocence but not its wonder. Free For All is an oral history of my spiritual mentor, Joseph Papp, who invented the NY Shakespeare Festival, a relentless hard-nosed Jew from Brooklyn who took deadly serious the mission to bring great entertainment (which when entertainment is great THAT'S when it's art, I'd argue), including the very best and most thrilling Shakespeare America could muster to regular ppl. He was a snob about art but loved the people. My kinda guy. LOVE this book. The Alchemist might have been the book that really gave me the courage to follow whatever crazy impulse told me I could survive my tour. It served as almost a spiritual road map. It's a simple story about a young man who takes a similarly grand journey. Walking on Water sort of reaffirms all the suspicions I had that there is something divine at work in all great art. It comes as close as anything I've ever read to making that most seem demonstrable and palpable. Finally there's Born Standing Up, Steve Martin's memoirs, which is as Jerry Seinfeld said perhaps "the best book ever written about being a comedian." It's such a complete, personal vivid picture of the path one takes toward becoming an actual fully formed artist, moment by moment, in detail. SO formative for me. (Full disclosure: I never read "Into the Wild", but the film the book inspired changed my life.) Anyway, I recommend all of these. I also recommend my one-man show WHAT SHOULD BE THE FEAR, which is playing in Greenpoint, every Thurs & Fri til Aug 4. Link for tix in my bio.

[rjpesquire]

Last night was mad real. Opening night of #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR. That's my director and creative partner, Jolie, my music director, @omarhaddadmusic, and half of my producing team @bkwildlife. I feel so blessed for this opportunity and to have this team. Thank you God. Another show this eve. Link to tickets in my bio, $15. You can also purchase tickets at the door, $18. And if you saw the show last night and enjoyed it, please tell friends. We're a small operation and need your help to get the word out. #indie #theater #indietheater #greenpoint #brooklyn (at GAMBA Forest)

[rjpesquire]

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And now for something completely different... me rockin w/ our music director of WHAT SHOULD BE THE FEAR, the genius @omarhaddadmusic! This is us in action. All the songs in the show are original but don't expect ur regular Shakespearean one-man musical about a 4000 mile bike tour. Hip-hop ain't nuthin but Rock & Roll. Scroll the link to the dope interview in my bio for tix or hit @bkwildlife's Facebook page. #hiphop #rockandroll #hiphopisrockandroll #blackmusic #soulmusic #chuckberry #rockabilly #adventurecycling #bicycletouring #bicycle #shakespeare #theater #theatre #nytheater #nyhiphop #Brooklyn #heroesjourney #genrebending #bluesmusic #bluesman #rapper #realhiphop #funky #surlybikes #surlybikessponsormealready #Joepapp #BlackGodPantheon #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR (at GAMBA Forest)

[rjpesquire]

And now for something completely different... me rockin w/ our music director of WHAT SHOULD BE THE FEAR, the genius @omarhaddadmusic! This is us in action. All the songs in the show are original but don't expect ur regular Shakespearean one-man musical about a 4000 mile bike tour. Hip-hop ain't nuthin but Rock & Roll. Scroll the link to the dope interview in my bio for tix or hit @bkwildlife's Facebook page. #hiphop #rockandroll #hiphopisrockandroll #blackmusic #soulmusic #chuckberry #rockabilly #adventurecycling #bicycletouring #bicycle #shakespeare #theater #theatre #nytheater #nyhiphop #Brooklyn #heroesjourney #genrebending #bluesmusic #bluesman #rapper #realhiphop #funky #surlybikes #surlybikessponsormealready #Joepapp #BlackGodPantheon #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR (at GAMBA Forest)

[rjpesquire]

And now for something completely different... me rockin w/ our music director of WHAT SHOULD BE THE FEAR, the genius @omarhaddadmusic! This is us in action. All the songs in the show are original but don't expect ur regular Shakespearean one-man musical about a 4000 mile bike tour. Hip-hop ain't nuthin but Rock & Roll. Scroll the link to the dope interview in my bio for tix or hit @bkwildlife's Facebook page. #hiphop #rockandroll #hiphopisrockandroll #blackmusic #soulmusic #chuckberry #rockabilly #adventurecycling #bicycletouring #bicycle #shakespeare #theater #theatre #nytheater #nyhiphop #Brooklyn #heroesjourney #genrebending #bluesmusic #bluesman #16to100realquick #rapper #realhiphop #funky #surlybikes #surlybikessponsormealready #Joepapp #BlackGodPantheon #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR (at GAMBA Forest)

[rjpesquire]

Check out the article! Get tickets now! I've been working on this for the last six years of my life! I'm about to burst! #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR #shakespeare #bicycletouring #interview #longform #article #profile #artistprofile #theater #theatre #art #onemanshow #brooklyn #fear #hiphop #americana #bluesmusic #folkmusic #BlackGodPantheon

[rjpesquire]

Opens in one week. July 13th and 14th July 20th and 21st July 27th and 28th Aug 3rd and 4th @ 8pm (Thursdays & Fridays) Hit the link in my bio for tickets. #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR #BlackGodPantheon #theatre #theater #shakespeare #shakespearean #hiphop #folkmusic #bicycle #bicycletouring #actor #actress #acting #onemanshow #americana (at GAMBA Forest)

[rjpesquire]

For a "low" art-form like rapping to shake the foundations of the fine-art world and disrupt, for an icon of rap bravado to make himself so utterly vulnerable.. and for it all to turn out so thrilling, emotive, and jubilant and to bring so many kinds of people together. I mean, what beats it? #hiphop #rap #musicvideo #jayz #444 #mchg #Brooklyn #newyork #picassobaby #WHATSHOULDBETHEFEAR (at Brooklyn, New York)