{"id":615,"date":"2011-05-28T12:41:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T16:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=615"},"modified":"2011-05-28T12:41:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T16:41:27","slug":"gil-scott-heron-and-now-its-time-to-gather-all-the-things-we-need-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/05\/28\/gil-scott-heron-and-now-its-time-to-gather-all-the-things-we-need-to-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Gil Scott-Heron: And now it&#8217;s time to gather all the things we need to fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-YEwtZXyNrNo\/TeEh4QR0bqI\/AAAAAAAAAV8\/0Z7j71sghcw\/GSH%2525202.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The beautiful Gil Scott-Heron died yesterday. <\/p>\n<p>If I was into making Best Of lists, GSH&#8217;s <i>I&#8217;m New Here<\/i> would have been high atop my list for 2010. But, of course, his legacy stretches much further back than that, at least back to 1970 with the release of <i>Small Talk at 125th &#038; Lenox<\/i>, which contained the iconic &#8220;The Revolution Will Not Be Televised&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not as familiar with GSH as you&#8217;d like to be, you can check out a documentary about him <a href=\"http:\/\/www.self-titledmag.com\/home\/2011\/05\/28\/video-celebrate-the-life-of-gil-scott-heron-with-a-bbc-doc\/\" target=\"blank\">at <i>Self-Titled<\/i><\/a> or read a sketch of his life and career <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/culture-obituaries\/music-obituaries\/8543514\/Gil-Scott-Heron.html\" target=\"blank\">at <i>The Telegraph<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/9299608?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ff5900\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/9299608\">Gil Scott-Heron: On Being New Here<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/iainandjane\">Iain &amp; Jane<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The beautiful Gil Scott-Heron died yesterday. If I was into making Best Of lists, GSH&#8217;s I&#8217;m New Here would have been high atop my list for 2010. 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