Afghanistan: I'm marching any more
Effect Measure (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Yesterday we were all Universal Soldier s. Today this one's not marching any more. Phil Ochs: Read the comments on this post...
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Bloggy Goodness: Peace Out
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Believe it or not, legendary singer-songwriters and avid activists Joni Mitchell and James Taylor were responsible for getting Greenpeace off the ground. Back in 1970, the duo played the Amchitka Benefit Concert to help raise $18,000 for the Don’t Make A Wave Committee (DMAW) to charter a boat named Greenpeace to protest the testing of nuclear bombs in the Pacific Rim. The international environmental...
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CD Review: Various Artists, “Amchitka, the 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace”
Popdose (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Greenpeace has released a two-disc set of the live, re-mastered recording Amchitka, the 1970 concert that launched Greenpeace. The CD is available exclusively through Greenpeace, and all proceeds will benefit the organization. Many years ago, before there was a Greenpeace, the Unites States Atomic Energy commission was busy drilling a big hole on the Aleutian island [...]
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Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
Effect Measure (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
When the singer-songwriter Phil Ochs took his own life in 1976 he was a year and a half older than me. It's hard for some of us to believe he's been gone 33 years. His music and the ideals he fought for are still so strong. Phil was best known for his anti-war songs. Yet he wrote a different kind of song that continues to grow in importance to me as I near the end of my own life. Like many people...
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The beginning of Greenpeace
Jay Currie (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
There is a wonderful bit of music – Joni Mitchel, James Taylor, Phil Ochs – recorded live in Vancouver at the Don’t Make a Wave Concert which launched Greenpeace. By all means go listen. My old hippy wannabe self – all of fourteen and not allowed to go to the concert – carried a sign [...]
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Changes
The Voice of Your Muse (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Wander in my words Dream about the pictures That I play of changes ~ Phil Ochs If you're particularly observant, you'll notice that the header of this blog has changed. No longer titled The Voice of Your Muse , it's now titled simply with my name. Why? To reflect the blog's new, slightly broader scope and to reflect, as well, my philosophy that life, creativity and spirituality are all intrinsically...
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Thursday's Earful: Willy Porter @ Joe's Pub
Earvolution (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
By: David SchultzA Segovia with the wit of Phil Ochs, Wisconsin singer-songwriter and guitarist nonpareil Willy Porter can do things with an acoustic guitar that seem impossible until you see him play. When he gets going, his dexterity defies physics. Like Tom Morello and Vernon Reid, the guitar just seems to bend to his will and serves as an extension of his body and soul as opposed to a simple
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Phil Ochs / Krzysztof Penderecki: Remembrance Day
Disconcerted Sounds (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A couple of songs for Remembrance Day: This was a track from a series of songs Phil wrote for Broadside magazine (1963/64) so it isn't too surprising not to find a video of him performing it, thankfully this guy does a nice cover. Oh, I am the Unknown Soldier who died in World War Two. I didn't want to fight, it was the only thing to do. I was the victim of a world that went insane Will you show me...
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8 Animals That Ran for Government
Business Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Some crackpots think the world is controlled by giant lizards, but what they don't know is that several animals really have tried to be elected to power. Meet the real-life political 'party animals'... 8. Pigasus the Immortal Boar Pigasus... Read more
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16th October 1970 - what a night
Greenpeace UK blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Joni at the Pacific Coliseum - photo courtesy of Alan Katowitz "They paved paradise, put up a parking lot" sang music icon Joni Mitchell presciently in one of her earliest hits, 1970's Big Yellow Taxi . And right from the start she showed a willingness to put her money where her mouth was in support of her environmental concerns. So much so that later that year, when Canadian peace activist...
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Memories of Youth
sonnets at 4 a.m. (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I remember that my friend Eddie Cullen had a copy of Phil Ochs In Concert (Elektra Records, 1966). In the liner notes, Och's reprinted eight poems by Mao Tse Tung with the question, "Is This the Enemy?" I thought it was hilarious when Eddie's sister Gina (or was it Ellen') penned "Yes" on the album in answer to the question. Here's one of Mao's poems (mentioned today on C. Dale...
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Crazy Arm new single and UK tour dates
Buzzin Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The second single to be taken from the brilliantly named album Born To Ruin will be Henry Fabian Flynn and will be available via download only, the single will also feature to new b sides, Roasting River and Poverty and Spit. The track sees Crazy Arm giving a nod towards the sixties folk roots styling of [...]
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Crazy Arm release folk/punk rock ‘Henry Fabian Flynn’
Buzzin Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Crazy Arm release their second single, Henry Fabian Flynn, on 2nd November 2009 on Xtra Mile Recordings. Henry Fabian Flynn is available on download-only format, the single comes with two new b-sides, Roasting River and Poverty & Spit. Henry Fabian Flynn has a folk rock sound reminiscent of the guitar powered rock of The Gaslight Anthem and [...]
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Phil Ochs- Outside A Small Circle of Friends
Cynical-C Blog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
(Thanks Tanya)
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WPKN and wpkn.org for Sunday, October 11
WPKN Today (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
5:00 am Radio Vision with Pierre Mersier in Haitian language 7:00 am Integrative Wellness : Ameni Harris, Maud Joseph and Dr. Z 10:00 am Morning Maniac Music : David Golden 2:00 pm La Esquina Latina : Luis and Edwin share music from hotter spots-Latin jazz, pop 5:00 pm Between The Lines : WPKN's award-wining review of the news and opinion not heard on the major media. 5:30 pm Pam Smith's Amazon Radio...