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Amy Goodman : In Praise of Lena Horne
Singer, actress, and civil rights activist Lena Horne died this week at 92. Photo by Cinetext / Sportsphoto Ltd / Allstar.She fought segregation, McCarthyism:Singing Lena Horne’s praises By Amy Goodman / May 13, 2010 ‘Mississippi wanted its movies without me. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Goodman, Civil Rights Movement, Deaths, Entertainers, Lena Horne, McCarthyism, Paul Robeson, Political Activists, Singers
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Songbird Kate McGarrigle : Heart Like a Wheel
Kate McGarrigle. Photo from BeatCrave courtesy McGarrigles.comKate McGarrigle:The fading art of singing together “Some say the heart is just like a wheel, once you bend it, you just can’t mend it…” By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Carl R. Hultberg, Deaths, Entertainers, Folk Music, Kate McGarrigle, Music, Musicians, People, Singers, Songwriters
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Paul Robeson : Sixty Years After Peekskill
Paul Robeson. Photo from Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives.Remembering Paul Robeson:Sixty years after the Peekskill Riots By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 4, 2009 On September 4, 1949, an angry crowd surrounded the 20,000 friends of … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, American History, Entertainers, Pete Seeger, Progressives, Red-Baiting, The Left
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‘Mama Afrika’ : Singer Miriam Makeba Dies at 76
Miriam Makeba performed in a concert on Sunday night in southern Italy shortly before she died early Monday. Photo by Cesare Abbate / European Pressphoto Agency.Jacob Zuma: ‘Miriam Makeba used her voice, not merely to entertain, but to give a … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Apartheid, Deaths, Entertainers, Freedom Fighters, Musicians, People, Singers, South Africa
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Censorship Revisited : Tommy Smothers Gets his Due
Tommy Smothers overlooking a valley in his Sonoma vineyard – he still gets together with brother Dick to perform their routine. Photo by Kim Komenich / San Francisco ChronicleTommy Smothers: ‘I dedicate this Emmy to all people who feel compelled … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Censorship, Comics, Entertainers, Freedom of Speech, Peace Movement, Sixties, Smothers Brothers, Television, Tommy Smothers, Vietnam
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Paul Newman : Dead of Cancer at 83
“It was one of my life’s proudest achievements. More than the films, more than the awards — finding out that I was on Nixon’s Enemies List meant that I was doing something right.”Paul Newman The ‘Cool’ Progressive Voice of Paul … Continue reading
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live
‘Fey stood beside her good friend and fellow castmate Amy Poehler, whose Hillary Clinton has been one of the high points of recent “SNL” history’ By Maureen Ryan / September 14, 2008 See Video and transcript, below. As it used … Continue reading
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Tagged Actresses, Entertainers, Hillary, Humor, Parody, Politics, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin, Satire, Saturday Night Live, Television, Tina Fey, Video
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The Most Trusted Man in America
You can’t be serious: How a comedian became the most influential voice in American politicsby Leonard Doyle / August 19, 2008 See video below. When Jon Stewart inaugurated his fake news anchor on The Daily Show eight years ago, his … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Comics, Entertainers, Humor, People, Satire, Video
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Jerry Wexler: Invented Rhythm & Blues, Boosted Austin Artists Like Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm
Jerry Wexler with Willie Nelon in the late 1970s.Aretha Franklin producer, Atlantic Records co-chief and music business pioneer dies at age 91By Ashley Kahn / August 15, 2008 See ‘Wexler worked with Austin musicians like Willie Nelson…’ below. Jerry Wexler, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Deaths, Entertainers, Jerry Wexler, Music, Music Producers, Musicians, People, Rhythm and Blues, Rock 'n Roll, Texas
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Bo Diddley : Who Do You Love?
Bo Diddley. Photo © Neal Preston/CORBIS.Bo Diddley’s beat changed the course of rock music. And his lyrics evoked a history that reached all the way to Africa. By Ned Sublette This article appears in the August issue of Smithsonian magazine. … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Entertainers, Music, Musicians, Popular Culture, Rock 'n Roll, Songwriters
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FILM : Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Patti Smith. Photo by Steven Sebring.‘This androgynous Jersey girl obsessed with Rimbaud and Shelley and Whitman came to the big city 40 years ago’By Andrew O’Hehir / August 6, 2008 Almost at the beginning of Steven Sebring’s documentary “Patti Smith: … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Entertainers, Film, Independent Film, Music, Musicians, Poetry, Punk Rock, Rock 'n Roll
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