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Musical Remarks About the Big Five Oil Companies
Pain at the Pump by Brent Burns “This song is self-explanatory. It’s hard not to believe that a few people are making billions off a lot of regular folks who are just getting by! These ridiculous prices are a real … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday – Connie Evingson
Connie Evingson and Pearl Django at Jazz Alley in Seattle, 30 April 2008.Photo by Richard JehnI was in Seattle a couple of weeks ago at the tail end of a wonderful trip to Austin to meet up with all the … Continue reading
Austin Vets for Peace Fete Folk Legend Utah Philips
Utah Philips performs in Milwaukee on May Day, 2006.Austin salutes ailing folk great and freedom fighter Utah PhilipsBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog Austin Vets For Peace is raising money for our fellow Peace veteran and VFP member, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Folk culture, GI's, IWW, Music, Peace Movement, The Left, Unions
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Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi : Sat Down Beside Her
Neil Young Neil Young spider(Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, female.)Neil Young gives his name to a spiderby Roland Piquepaille / May 9, 2008 Canadian rocker Neil Young made headlines this week for appearing at the JavaOne conference and for releasing his musical archive … Continue reading
Red Headed Stranger Turns 75
Part of Willie Nelson’s appeal has been the lack of certainty about his life, including the exact date of his birth. Some sources say it is April 28, some say it’s April 30. Photo by Bill Olive / Houston ChronicleFriends … Continue reading
Books : Tangled Up in Dylan
Suze Rotolo, the musician’s first muse, has written an entertaining memoir about their love affair that is also a remarkable portrait of living and making art in the 1960s.By Stephanie Zacharek / April 26, 2008 Face it: The art — … Continue reading
Paul Hipp : Far Too Many True Stories
Pennsylvania Stars As my home state of Pennsylvania heads to the polls I thought I would post this song. It is based on far too many true stories. Paul Hipp / April 22, 2008 Source. Blogger of War Musician/Actor/Filmmaker Paul … Continue reading
Fries With That? : The Musical
Thorne, I don’t know for sure if you’ll like this short comic video, but since you wade through so much serious stuff every day I thought you might like a change of pace. Cracked me up. Larry Piltz Food Court … Continue reading
The Boss Throws His Bandanna in the Ring : Endorses Obama
Bruce in Dallas, April 13, 2008.Senator Obama is head and shoulders above the rest.By Bruce Springsteen / April 16, 2008 LIke most of you, I’ve been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary, Music, Obama, Popular Culture, Presidential Campaign
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Singin’ on Sunday – Laura Veirs
I think we need to bring back a more structured musical aspect of TRB since that was such an enormous part of the print Rag, so I intend to do my best to post a tune of some sort every … Continue reading
This Band Didn’t Start Off in Stadiums, You Know
“When You Can’t Afford the Electricity, Baby, You Go Acoustic.”: The Stones Meet the PressBy Phyllis Pollack New York, New York The press conference with the Rolling Stones and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, held to promote the upcoming theatrical … Continue reading
April Fool’s Anniversary : Death of Death Rock Innovator
Rozz Williams on a Christian Death poster (Image: Wikipedia)April Fool’s Day is the date of death of one Rozz Williams, born Roger Alan Painter, regarded by many as the inventor of death rock. In his most (in)famous band/incarnation, “Christian Death”, … Continue reading
