Grateful Dead, “Brokedown Palace” Shoreline, June 21, 1989 ft. Clarence Clemons. Happy birthday Jerry Garcia. RIP Jerry, Clarence, Brent.
Lady Gaga, “The War Is Over,” Phil Ochs cover at the post-DNC Camden Rising concert, Jul. 29, 2016.
Gaga: “Who knows who Phil Ochs is?”
Crowd: [CHEERS]
Me: ????????????
The DNC tried to bury this Israel debate in the middle of the night… but you can watch it in this great video report on the fight by Bernie Sanders supporters like James Zogby and Cornel West, whose powerful words demanded including Palestinian rights and an end to the Israeli occupation in the Democratic Party platform, by Electronic Intifada’s Rania Khalek. We got outvoted by Hillary’s minions at the hearing, but this isn’t over yet. See you in Philly!
“Love And Mercy,” Brian Wilson
I was lying in my room and the news came on TV
A lotta people out there hurtin’ and it really scares me
Love and mercy, that’s what you need tonight
So love and mercy to you and your friends tonight
“I think the Pied Piper will be heard from again”: antiwar hero Sen. Eugene McCarthy after losing the 1968 Democratic nomination despite wide support from young voters, refuting charges that he was a “Pied Piper leading the young people over the edge of the river bank.”
“Restless Farewell”: Bob Dylan pays tribute to Frank Sinatra at Sinatra’s 80th birthday broadcast in Dec. 1995, with a perfect performance of his new arrangement of a 1964 song requested by Frank himself.
