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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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Latest About Obama From Toby Keith, New Darling of the Right
Keith: Obama ‘Talks, Acts, And Carries Himself As A Caucasian’By Max Blumenthal / August 5, 2008 Last week, I reported for the Huffington Post that country singer Toby Keith had performed a pro-lynching anthem on the Colbert Report, and would … Continue reading
MUSIC : Toby Keith’s Ode to Lynching
‘Hang them high in the street / For all the people to see’By Max Blumenthal / July 29, 2008 Despite his background as a comedian, Stephen Colbert is known by many of the authors who have appeared on his show … Continue reading
Racism At FOX News : Rapper Nas Delivers the Goods
Hip-hop artist Nas joins members of MoveOn.org and ColorofChange.org to deliver a speech to supporters protesting FOX News coverage of Barack Obama in front of News Corp. headquarters, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in New York. Photo by Mary Altaffer / … Continue reading
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Tagged Fox News, Journalism, Media, Media Bias, Musicians, Racism, Rappers, Right Wing Media, Social Action
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MUSIC : Gringos Recording Mexican Songs…
Doug Sahm and The Texas Tornados, 1996:(From Left) Flaco Jimenez, Sahm, Freddy Fender, and Augie Meyers. Class personified: Nat King Cole.The bueno, the bad and the muy uglyBy Gustavo Arellano and John Nova Lomax Mexican artists have recorded English-language songs … Continue reading
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Tagged Mexico, Music, Musicians, Popular Culture, Rock 'n Roll, Texas
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JAZZ: Drummer Bobby Durham Dies at 71
Bobby was always a quiet drummer, exquisite taste and touch, a polished gentleman with international reputation. Doubt you would find him at Grand Auto or buying the first shirt he ran across while shopping. Gerry Storm / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
David Gray : Don’t Use My Music at Guantanamo
Singer-songwriter speaks out against music used in tortureBy Andy Worthington Singer-songwriter David Gray has taken a brave stand by complaining about the use of his music as torture by the US military in “War on Terror” prisons in Guantánamo, in … Continue reading
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis – Two Men With The Blues
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog / Posted July 7, 2008
Fiddler Carmen Hilbert Brings Austin to Beijing
Carmen jams with a Texas touch BEIJING — From Wednesday to Sunday, Carmen Hilbert joins a collection of lone-star imports at her uncle’s restaurant, Tim’s Texas Roadhouse. Hilbert brings the music. With fiddle in hand and a guitarist for accompaniment, … Continue reading
Mesmo’s Desert Digest : The Beat Goes On
Professor Longhair his own self.Bo Diddley, Professor Longhair and Drumming the Clave BeatBy Gerry Storm / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2008 Gerry, aka Mesmo, is a former Austin activist and musician who now lives in harmony with the … Continue reading
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Austin Rock Musician Benny Thurman Dead at 65
By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 24, 2008 Benny Thurman, a founding member and bassist of the famed sixties rock group the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, died this past Sunday, June 22 in Austin. Thurman was in intensive … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Austin, Benny Thurman, Deaths, Music, Musicians, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, Texas
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FILM : Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young and the Protest Song
‘CSNY: Déjà Vu’: A Political Concert DocumentaryBy Jennifer Maerz / July 30, 2008 Bob Dylan’s “John Brown” is one of the most moving antiwar songs ever recorded. The track avoids sloganeering, resonating an anti–Vietnam War sentiment with a straightforward, human, … Continue reading →
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