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Rockers to perform in a series of anti-Bush concerts
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Holy shit!
Lucky Forward
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http://www.moveonpac.org/vfc/schedule.htmlGodsTyro said:
ConfusingJazz
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Drensch said:
They are. It seems like really good planning, hitting mostly battleground states. Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and the other states that aren't named Texas, California, and New York.
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Eddie Vedder was all about Nader in 2000. Guess he learned his lesson!
distantmantra
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Diablos said:
Have you seen my new shirt?
Washington always goes to the democrats, no need for a show here. Oh well, I'm seeing DCFC next Friday in Portland and then in Seattle on September 3rd.
distantmantra said:Have you seen my new shirt?
Washington always goes to the democrats, no need for a show here. Oh well, I'm seeing DCFC next Friday in Portland and then in Seattle on September 3rd.
DCFC for like the first time in a million years came to pittsburgh. I didn't know.
distantmantra
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Diablos said:DCFC for like the first time in a million years came to pittsburgh. I didn't know.
Sorry man, they'll be back your way when they tour with Pretty Girls Make Graves in a couple months. That's the plan, at least.
It's funny, since 1998 I've seen DCFC at least 40 times, and they never get old.
Oh, they just released an iTunes only EP. I'm not too happy about that. I want a CD dammit.
distantmantra
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Diablos said:
My cousin went to school with Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla and Nick Harmer up at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, so I got into them early on, combined with the buzz they generated in the local media. They used to play around here all the time, so the shows just started adding up.
They're not the most spectacular live act, but they're my favorite band.
distantmantra
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Diablos said:
Yeah, my cousin actually was good friends with Nick Harmer during college, they made some student films together. I haven't talked to them for a couple of years, though. I just go to the shows, have fun, and go home now.
distantmantra
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teiresias said:Wait, so are the actual bands these guys are from performing, or is it just a "group concert" kind of thing with just these people, and they happen to be from good bands? I can't really tell - of course I haven't read the actual article though.
The bands are pairing up for shows. Pearl Jam and DCFC are playing together, for example.
Ninja Scooter
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this time if somebody boos Eddie while he does Bushleaguer, they deserve a swift asskicking.
edit: And John Melloncamp looks like a fucking math teacher in that pic.
edit: And John Melloncamp looks like a fucking math teacher in that pic.
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Mercury Fred
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Springsteen's OP-Ed on the subject in today's New York Times
Chords for Change
By BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
A nation's artists and musicians have a particular place in its social and political life. Over the years I've tried to think long and hard about what it means to be American: about the distinctive identity and position we have in the world, and how that position is best carried. I've tried to write songs that speak to our pride and criticize our failures.
These questions are at the heart of this election: who we are, what we stand for, why we fight. Personally, for the last 25 years I have always stayed one step away from partisan politics. Instead, I have been partisan about a set of ideals: economic justice, civil rights, a humane foreign policy, freedom and a decent life for all of our citizens. This year, however, for many of us the stakes have risen too high to sit this election out.
Through my work, I've always tried to ask hard questions. Why is it that the wealthiest nation in the world finds it so hard to keep its promise and faith with its weakest citizens? Why do we continue to find it so difficult to see beyond the veil of race? How do we conduct ourselves during difficult times without killing the things we hold dear? Why does the fulfillment of our promise as a people always seem to be just within grasp yet forever out of reach?
I don't think John Kerry and John Edwards have all the answers. I do believe they are sincerely interested in asking the right questions and working their way toward honest solutions. They understand that we need an administration that places a priority on fairness, curiosity, openness, humility, concern for all America's citizens, courage and faith.
People have different notions of these values, and they live them out in different ways. I've tried to sing about some of them in my songs. But I have my own ideas about what they mean, too. That is why I plan to join with many fellow artists, including the Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., the Dixie Chicks, Jurassic 5, James Taylor and Jackson Browne, in touring the country this October. We will be performing under the umbrella of a new group called Vote for Change. Our goal is to change the direction of the government and change the current administration come November.
Like many others, in the aftermath of 9/11, I felt the country's unity. I don't remember anything quite like it. I supported the decision to enter Afghanistan and I hoped that the seriousness of the times would bring forth strength, humility and wisdom in our leaders. Instead, we dived headlong into an unnecessary war in Iraq, offering up the lives of our young men and women under circumstances that are now discredited. We ran record deficits, while simultaneously cutting and squeezing services like afterschool programs. We granted tax cuts to the richest 1 percent (corporate bigwigs, well-to-do guitar players), increasing the division of wealth that threatens to destroy our social contract with one another and render mute the promise of "one nation indivisible."
It is through the truthful exercising of the best of human qualities - respect for others, honesty about ourselves, faith in our ideals - that we come to life in God's eyes. It is how our soul, as a nation and as individuals, is revealed. Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.
Bruce Springsteen is a writer and performer.
Chords for Change
By BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
A nation's artists and musicians have a particular place in its social and political life. Over the years I've tried to think long and hard about what it means to be American: about the distinctive identity and position we have in the world, and how that position is best carried. I've tried to write songs that speak to our pride and criticize our failures.
These questions are at the heart of this election: who we are, what we stand for, why we fight. Personally, for the last 25 years I have always stayed one step away from partisan politics. Instead, I have been partisan about a set of ideals: economic justice, civil rights, a humane foreign policy, freedom and a decent life for all of our citizens. This year, however, for many of us the stakes have risen too high to sit this election out.
Through my work, I've always tried to ask hard questions. Why is it that the wealthiest nation in the world finds it so hard to keep its promise and faith with its weakest citizens? Why do we continue to find it so difficult to see beyond the veil of race? How do we conduct ourselves during difficult times without killing the things we hold dear? Why does the fulfillment of our promise as a people always seem to be just within grasp yet forever out of reach?
I don't think John Kerry and John Edwards have all the answers. I do believe they are sincerely interested in asking the right questions and working their way toward honest solutions. They understand that we need an administration that places a priority on fairness, curiosity, openness, humility, concern for all America's citizens, courage and faith.
People have different notions of these values, and they live them out in different ways. I've tried to sing about some of them in my songs. But I have my own ideas about what they mean, too. That is why I plan to join with many fellow artists, including the Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., the Dixie Chicks, Jurassic 5, James Taylor and Jackson Browne, in touring the country this October. We will be performing under the umbrella of a new group called Vote for Change. Our goal is to change the direction of the government and change the current administration come November.
Like many others, in the aftermath of 9/11, I felt the country's unity. I don't remember anything quite like it. I supported the decision to enter Afghanistan and I hoped that the seriousness of the times would bring forth strength, humility and wisdom in our leaders. Instead, we dived headlong into an unnecessary war in Iraq, offering up the lives of our young men and women under circumstances that are now discredited. We ran record deficits, while simultaneously cutting and squeezing services like afterschool programs. We granted tax cuts to the richest 1 percent (corporate bigwigs, well-to-do guitar players), increasing the division of wealth that threatens to destroy our social contract with one another and render mute the promise of "one nation indivisible."
It is through the truthful exercising of the best of human qualities - respect for others, honesty about ourselves, faith in our ideals - that we come to life in God's eyes. It is how our soul, as a nation and as individuals, is revealed. Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.
Bruce Springsteen is a writer and performer.
Christoff Yurievich
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Jim Bowie said:
as levious said, even if you don't like those bands you have to admit that they are huge in their respective genres. I don't much care for Bruce Springsteen or John Mellancamp, but I can respect the fact that they have tons of fans and are therefore "great" in their own way.
Opinions on music aside, they're huge.
Drinky Crow
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WAIT TILL TED NUGENT GETS A HOLD OF THIS
I can't wait for the anti-Kerry rally: Nugent, Winger, Stryper, Loverboy, Billy Squire, Nelson -- the best bands currently playing the county fair circuit. GET YER CAMAROS REVVED TO ROCK, CONSERVATIVES
I can't wait for the anti-Kerry rally: Nugent, Winger, Stryper, Loverboy, Billy Squire, Nelson -- the best bands currently playing the county fair circuit. GET YER CAMAROS REVVED TO ROCK, CONSERVATIVES
Ninja Scooter
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Drinky Crow said:
can you say "Damn Yankees Reunion Tour"!!!?!?!
Drinky Crow
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OH HELL YEAH, BREAK OUT THE PBR AND THE SHITKICKERS, IT'S TIME TO KICK SOME LIBRUL PUSSY ASS
Ninja Scooter
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levious said:
ahh yes, but notice what appear to be pens/pencils in the shirt pocket...THE WORK OF AN ALGEBRA TEACHER!
Spectral Glider
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cubanb said:
I thought of these guys:
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