Pop + Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
The McCain campaign shows no shame in engaging in a tired guilt-by-association tactic as Sarah Palin accuses Obama of “palling around with terrorists.” This desperate calumny derives from Obama once serving on the same non-profit board as former 60’s radical Bill Ayers, one of the founders of the Weather Underground. But what about McCain’s [...]
92Y Blog (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Previously, we posted video of Joan Baez's talk with Anthony DeCurtis at the Y on September 4. In the audio clip above, you can hear more of the preceding conversation about '60s songwriters from the video as well as her playing "There But For Fortune” by Phil Ochs. Related: Upcoming Arts & Entertainment Talks at the Y You can also download the MP3 . [5 MB] [Right-click and select "Save Target As:"...
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Why Can't They Count Our Votes? More Below. Do What I Have to Do - Phil Ochs Women Say No to War Has Anybody Seen the Choir? Peace Salaam Shalom Keep on Moving Forward Brand New Song
Thoughts From The Heart On The Left (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
This was the sermon/message that I presented at Tompkins Corners United Methodist Church (Putnam Valley, NY) for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, September 22, 2002. The Scriptures were Exodus 17: 1 - 7, Philippians 2: 1 - 13, and Matthew 21: 23 - 32. —————————- If you are like me, you have bought things for [...]
New Books from Seven Stories Press (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Fletch author Gregory Mcdonald presents the sixties with his trademark ability to set a scene concisely and vividly.
RasterWeb! (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Don't ask me how I got this, cuz I can't tell you... but reliable sources tell me this is John McCain's playlist...
the defeatists! (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
If I were technically inclined, I'd add the Casablanca Bit where Claude Rains expresses shock, horror and dismay as opposed to shock and awe at the news that there is gambling going on in Rick's cafe in Casablanca, and then...
News for Greens (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Love Me, I’m a Liberal (2003) Update to the Phil Ochs song. New lyrics by Evan Greer I trade Internet jokes about Dubya They sure are funny to me. But don’t even think about asking Me to give up my new SUV I don’t know what you mean about oil, I just wish that gas could be free, So love me, love me, [...]
Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
An oldie from Phil Ochs that still sounds contemporary. This song was written and recorded about 40 years ago. Watch how the images from the last 8 years eerily match the 40 year old words. This was a 20-something year old kid who got it 40 years ago. It is taking too long for the rest of America to catch up. JG.
Sequenza21/ (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Watching the gritty HBO series called Generation Kill about a platoon of young Marines at the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, it struck me again how ambivalent music’s relationship to warfare really is. Sure, one end of the music-as-weapon spectrum runs through the high-brow pacifism of Britten and Michael Tippet and the I ain’t [...]
Listics (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
I was just watching a jingoistic clip about good old Teddy Roosevelt and San Juan Hill and that bloody chapter in the American imperial adventure and I realized I’d let Labor Day pass with remark on this blog. I think that the struggle is not over and the trip is a long one. Here’s a [...]
The Nation Blogs (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
World-class music, cutting-edge activism, family fun and podcasts. Plus videos from Billy Bragg, Pete Seeger and Phil Ochs.
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
Wouldn’t it be great if Bleecker Bob’s reopened as a clubhouse for Steve Bartkowski’s legion of fans in the Tri-State area? No? Alternatively, on the occasion of Brett Favre’s solid-if-not-spectacular showing against the Giants last night, the New York Times’ Jeff Bercovici reports the former Packers QB’s sizeable NYC cult has a chosen a unique [...]
Bicyclemark's Communique (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
Fellow independent video blogger and friend Baghdad Brian, along with 5 other individuals, was arrested Thursday in Beijing. They are accused of being part of an overseas pro-tibet activist group. Brian was there to report about the demonstrations during the olympics as an independent journalist. Chinese authorities say they must serve a 10 day [...]
IvyGate (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
An “Ivy Montrealer” recently informed us of a juicy bit of hypocrisy: Canadian and McGill graduate Padraic Scanlan, whom we covered last November for penning a damning critique of Yale and other privileged American universities in the McGill Daily, is now going for his PhD in history at Princeton. To refresh everyone’s memory, here are [...]
