Ed. Note: You may also be interested in checkin’ out Foster Gamble and Thrive. Hierosonic We are extremely excited to announce that Hierosonic is going international in 2012! Our first round of European dates are filling in for late summer/early fall, starting off in Germany. Expect more dates in the near future. Sept. 28, 2012 [...]
No Depression Donald “Duck” Dunn, bassist for Booker T. and the MGs, most all the grits ‘n’ greens soul voices who emerged from Memphis’ Stax Records in the 1960s, and dozens of major blues-rock-pop stars during his subsequent career as an LA-based studio musician, died in his sleep at age 70 in the early morning of May 13 while [...]
Editor’s Note: Check out these links at Arizona Sky Watch. Also check out musician Carole Pellatt’s site, I See Lines. Slate For years, a small but vocal patient community has claimed that the medical establishment is ignoring its debilitating, horrifying-sounding disease. Morgellons, according to its sufferers, is characterized by tiny parasites living under the skin, [...]
Editor’s Note: Yours truly, Vengeancia, aka Sharlene Holt, will be chattin’ about this film, music, and my recent projects with our May 2012 Featured Activist, Joyce Riley, on the Power Hour, Friday, May 11, 2012. Don’t miss it! Charlie is our Featured Musician for May. Also, Who’s Runnin’ America? Also, Ron and Rand in Texas [...]
Editor’s Note: I found this song at Freedom School. Born Again American Our founder, TV producer and philanthropist Norman Lear, was talking with Academy Award-winning songwriter Keith Carradine one night, and the Born Again American video was, well, born. It took the efforts of Director Mark Johnson of Playing for Change, Producer Brent Miller, and [...]
Protest Music During an interview on The Colbert Report from April 16, Stephen Colbert starts “taking issue” with Bonnie Raitt for having a history of supporting activist causes. The conversation is brief, but interesting, particularly as Raitt appears to reveal why she doesn’t generally choose to sing protest songs herself. What do you think of [...]
Noisecreep American punk heroes Rise Against are currently storming across the U.S. in typically high-energy style, bringing it to the people like only they can. Progressive, plugged in and never afraid to walk a cause like they talk a cause, Noisecreep had the pleasure of chatting with lead singer/guitarist Tim McIlrath recently about the band’s [...]
Ed. Note: Babylon System is the vampire. Restore the Republic! Check out Get Out and Stay Out of Jail for some ideas on gaining victory over the Beast. Get the soundtrack and other stuff at Bob Marley. Reggaeville The irony of Marley, a new documentary directed by Kevin Macdonald (Last King of Scotland), is that [...]
Fox News It was seven months ago that federal agents with guns drawn raided the Gibson guitar factories in Nashville and Memphis. A half million dollars worth of Indian rosewood and ebony was seized under the premise that it had been imported illegally. The feds also took a number of guitars and computer hard drives. [...]
Huff Post Vietnam veterans keep me sane. I know that runs counter to about a dozen interlocking pieces of America’s cultural memory, but I’m betting Bruce Springsteen would understand what I mean. To say Bruce and I live in different worlds is to put it very mildly. No one’s likely to confuse the academic bubble [...]
LA Times For better or worse, Earl Scruggs will be remembered by most Americans for his banjo picking alongside partner Lester Flatt in a dated 1960s cultural artifact: “The Beverly Hillbillies.” For better, because the style that the bluegrass legend, who died Wednesday at 88, showcases will forever live in the memories of generations. For [...]
Editor’s Note: I like Alex Jones. I like Michael Badnarik….but more and more I’m coming to realize that many patriots are not exploring Americans’ best solution to our problems on this continent. Sue the cops, judges, sheriffs, etc. who take our Rights! Americans can no longer rely on voting to protect our Rights; this is [...]
