A Sense of Doubt blog post #2596 - Musical Monday Reprint #1973 from July 13, 2020
The new topper for this reprint is apropos because I am teaching V for Vendetta along with Persepolis this quarter.
Mainly with Musical Monday reprints, I have been keeping to short ones or timely ones, those with a concurrent date from years ago or some connection to current events.
This mix from July 13th 2020 jumped out at me because of the themes of war, resistance, activism, revolution, and protest that I built around the mix and the 1973 content in it because when this one was published -- #1973 -- I was doing a year in number feature from post #1962 all through to post #2020. It was a cool feature that allowed me to look back at all the years of my life up to that point with a special feature recapping those years and what happened back then. Also, I had the time to do that work as we were quarantined at home early in the pandemic.
I dedicate this reprint to all those who fight for what's right, what is TRULY right, which always has at its core empathy and compassion for other people. When we start to delude ourselves that what is right is about exclusion, judgement, antagonism, hatred, opposition, enemies, belligerence, fear, racism, or any of the other states of play in the Hate Nation, then we have lost our way.
I dedicate this reprint to all those who fight for what's right, what is TRULY right, which always has at its core empathy and compassion for other people. When we start to delude ourselves that what is right is about exclusion, judgement, antagonism, hatred, opposition, enemies, belligerence, fear, racism, or any of the other states of play in the Hate Nation, then we have lost our way.
Christ and your mama would be ashamed of you if you have strayed so far.
I write these words THE NIGHT after Will Smith gets up in the middle of the Academy Awards presentations, live on national television, and slaps Chris Rock in the face and yells (which ABC muted) to "keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth."
Though I am on "blog vacation" I have to share:
Will Smith just punched Chris Rock and told him "keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth" pic.twitter.com/1f1ytdbMRv
— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) March 28, 2022
But then, later, after WILL SMITH WON AN OSCAR, and gave a speech in which he alluded to being ashamed of h is behavior but didn't outright apologize for it, though he vaguely apologized for something, then Jessica Chastain re-affirmed the definition of classy and EXACTLY what I am talking about when it comes to fighting for what is RIGHT.
Jessica Chastain won the Oscar for Best Actress on Sunday, and used some of her speech to highlight the current crisis of violence, legislative and otherwise, against the LGBTQ+ community. https://t.co/qFhVnZYQrR
— them. (@them) March 28, 2022
And so, this blog post is dedicated to Jessica Chastain and all those like her who fight for what is TRULY RIGHT and not just the misguided perception of rightness, swayed by the hateful barf holes spewing their dog whistle racist bullshit on places like FOX NEWS (which is not "news") and elsewhere.
I CAN'T BREATHE.
Blog Vacation Two 2022 - Vacation II Post #33
I took a "Blog Vacation" in 2021 from August 31st to October 14th. I did not stop posting daily; I just put the blog in a low power rotation and mostly kept it off social media. Like that vacation, for this second blog vacation now in 2022, I am alternating between reprints, shares with little to no commentary, and THAT ONE THING, which is an image from the folder with a few thoughts scribbled along with it. I am alternating these three modes as long as the vacation lasts (not sure how long), pre-publishing the posts, and not always pushing them to social media.
Here's the collected Blog Vacation I from 2021:
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Monday, July 13, 2020
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1973 - "Why Don't you Go Ahead and Turn off the Sun" - A Musical Mix for Monday 2007.13
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1973 - "Why Don't you Go Ahead and Turn off the Sun" - A Musical Mix for Monday 2007.13
I listened to two songs on the Fourth of July: Ani DiFranco's "'Tis of Thee" and Bruce Springsteen's "Independence Day," and so a mix was born.
The news cycle isn't at the protests for #BlackLivesMatter and #ICan'tBreathe 24/7 anymore but the protests are still happening.
We cannot let the nation lapse back into the passive status quo of silent consent, apathy, lethargy, and dull torpor.
RISE UP!
I decided to wrap this music mix in visuals more than rhetoric in my words.
Oh yeah, and keeping with the year theme, 1973 was a major year in my life as well as the world.
me in 1973:
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #709 - Me and Lori Spring 1973 - Throwback Thursday and Reflections
We had a car just like this one:
1973 Ford Mustang
People's History - 1973
1973
CBS sells the New York Yankees to George Steinbrenner.
INFLATION!
The Yom Kippur War between Arabs (Egypt and Syria) and Israel.
Basque terrorists kill Spanish prime minister.
Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Vietnam Paris Peace Accords.
Secretariat wins Trinple Crown.
Construction starts on Alaskan Pipeline.
George Lucas releases American Graffiti.
Supreme Court rules on Roe v. Wade making abortion a constitutional right.
Wounded Knee happens. :-(
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
The Sears Tower is completed in May.
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS DEBUTS!
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| Yom Kippur war |
Above photos to text from 1973.
"Why Don't You Just Go Ahead and Turn Off The Sun?"
~ a musical mix for political opposition, protest, and resistance - for Musical Monday July 13th, 2020 = 2007.13
[1] Ani Di Franco - "'Tis of Thee"
[2] Bruce Springsteen - "Independence Day" (Live - Paris, 07/04/12)
[3] Ani DiFranco - "Your Next Bold Move"
[4] Cowboy Junkies - "Powderfinger" (Neil Young & Crazy Horse Cover)
[5] Cabaret Voltaire - "Thank You America"
[6] Bruce Springsteen - "The Promised Land" (Acoustic)
[7] Cowboy Junkies "Five Years" (David Bowie Cover)
[8] Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth" (Official Audio)
[9] David BYRNE & St VINCENT "Road to Nowhere"
[10] The Clash - I Fought the Law (Official Video)
[11] Crass - "Bloody Revolutions" (With Lyrics)
[12] Pop Will Eat Itself - "Kick To Kill" (Jim Foetus Seersucker Mix)
[13] Black Flag - "Rise Above"
[14] Bruce Springsteen - "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" - People Speak 2009
[15] Neil Young - "Needle And The Damage Done" (Unplugged)
[16] Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - "Deja Vu"
[17] XTC - "Dear God"
[18] The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?" (Official Music Video)
[19] Ani DiFranco - "Angel From Montgomery" (John Prine cover)
[20] PIXIES - "Gouge Away" (Exceptional performance)
[21] The Breeders revisit their 1993 hit "Cannonball" on Later… with Jools - BBC Music
[22] Nina Simone: "Mississippi Goddamn"
[23] Rage Against The Machine - "Sleep Now in the Fire" (Official Music Video)
[24] Gil Scott-Heron - "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" (Official Audio)
[25] Bruce Springsteen - "AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS)"
[26] Elvis Costello and Mumford & Sons - "The Ghost of Tom Joad" - Do Re Mi Medley
[27] Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - "Ohio"
[28] GRACE POTTER - "I Shall Be Released" - Tribute to Levon Helm.
[29] Bob Dylan - "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" - March 10th 1964
[30] Ani DiFranco - "The Pacifist's Lament" - House Of Strombo
Here's some information on track #28 because I didn't know about this tribute or anything about Grace Potter.
Search Results
Grace Evelyn Potter[2][3] (born June 20, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress who formed Grace Potter and the Nocturnals in 2002. Potter released her debut solo record Original Soul on 2004 via Grace Potter Music. Potter and her band parted ways in 2015, just before the release of her solo album, Midnight. Her latest album, Daylight, was released in 2019.[4] In 2011, Potter and Higher Ground founded Grand Point North music festival in Burlington, Vermont. The music festival celebrates local acts, promotes area businesses and has attracted national performing artists, including Kenny Chesney, Jackson Browne, The Avett Brothers, Trey Anastasio, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Flaming Lips, Trampled By Turtles, Gov't Mule, and more.[5]
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| Two riot girls at the March for Women's Lives. Washington, DC, 1992. Photo by Pat Graham. |
Strawberry Switchblade_1982_Photo by Peter McArthur
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- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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