by Tcha T
Yo!!! in this 25th year of its 'occupation'; rebuilding and existence, Tommy House has seen and heard quite a lot within its walls. In previous issues, R.V. attemped to give readers an outsight inthru the runnings and doings at the house on Wilhelm Str.9. Endless photos and quite a few films have been made of this building, and here we must pay silent respect to the artist who gave that house its image/look. Rest peacefully...Dorny....Since looks can always be deceiving, one may look outside and expect to find certain types inside, but that's exactly the case. To complicate things, people may 'look' in a certain way, but it is sooner or later realised that the house population represents a more or less perfect reflection of Berlin's and indeed contemporary Germany's 'resident'. Despite the normal human frictions that occasionally come up when 'types' live together, the folks at TWH are aware of a common bond that keeps them together in the face of countless odds.

This one is for the brothers....in fact I an I want to show the hows and whys of the behaviour of certain sistrens who claim to look for Jah through his messengers.
Nuff idren get 'checked' either by the 'bluefoot' or by the blue eyes just because they have locks and the longer the locks the more the beholders' often hazy misconceptions haunt and prompt them into keeping away or getting into direct confrontation/contact with the I.
Some get easily lured into the snare of cooing and wooing members of the (un)fairer sex and when he's been won over, the next move is to look for other fish to fry. Then we see the symbol of the (?) who knows and been through most of the dreads etc etc. It would never have been so had it not been for the laxness of the I's who just let themselves be bowled over.
Man and man must help the lost sisters who just want to see and participate in the lesser joys of life.

and parcel of our 'have to live with' gadgets. As some scientiefs claim, man can start making copies (clones) already, and it "much easier than sheep" or whatever. It sounds like a joke but we heading into serious territory there. We can cool out by thinking and meditating about how come mostly everything has a computer connection. Any office, (airline,post) to mention two, must be equipped with this "monster". Is there something that man does today that don't have a computer connection? It's so already and already taken for granted already. So if all you ready, get ready for the next computer.

By the way it won't have the marks of Steven Employments or William Bigdoors on it......

by Mala

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TWH action week was unique opportunity for 'outsiders' to come in and see and hear for themselves. Most people are afraid of dogs and there are some big ones here, but they've not bad. Activities routinely pursued in this house by residents include Judo and Karate lessons on the 4th floor. This paper is written and editied on the third. On the 2nd and 1st floor are folks actively engaged in running the 'Saal' or Resto, and Cafe Linie 1 downstairs. On the 1st floor are two rooms specially designated to provide a night or temporary chillout for runaways, those in dire need of help and shelter, and most of all, those who need help to deal with administrative paperasse. On the darker side of house reality, some individuals exhibit a real sense of no concern towards the idea of sharing a common roof. But I suppose that the negative must exist in order that the positive may subsist...Since Jubilaum week however, things have returned to abnormal and here we must say big respect to all those who worked to make it work. In the next issue we will focus on the crucial question...What happens when the contract date comes up?.....X amount of years to go.

by Touloulou

Once anything becomes popular...why? maybe through proper advertising or the will of Jah, there is always the resulting rat rush to cash in and profit from whatever line of activity upon which that thing imposes itself. So, music is today bought and sold, and like all other 'goods', it is supposed to react to market forces...bla bla bla.....One does not have to study 'tiefconomics' to be able to repeat the jargon of so called intellectuals to try to prove a point. Promoting shows is risky bizness unless the dust is there flowing and touring brings along headaches galore. So with all the runnings up and down and what's been done and said, can we savely say that reggae music is now in the mainriver and that its creators duly get their due? I doubt it. Nuff shady business still go on and endless setbacks always manifest whenever the music is set poised to make some serious inroads. Big (you'll burst) companies sign up and down drop artists like you never ever know if they're still signed or not. Always the same story. Man and man must learn to do it from the roots and build a solid foundation or else the most sincere of efforts if not carefully nurtured with the guiding Inspiration of the Most High will be as vain as the petrol just bought for the car, with the money for which it was sold.