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Ah, nice pleasant folk music from The Nigtwatchman (Tom Morello).

Notice how Morello (rhymes with mellow) plays a classical guitar. Just like Segovia.

Happy 4th of July everybody!!

Bruce:

Bruce and Pete:

Steve:

The Man in Black:

Los Lobos with Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir:

The Author:

I wish I could strap Glenn Beck in a chair and play this song over and over. How long before his head explodes do ya think?

Joanna Newsom – a woman and her harp against the world. Although I hear she plays with other musicians these days.

Joanna would have loved the 60′s. she could have opened for The Incredible String Band.

Or vicey versa.

I don’t agree with everything I read at Daily Kos (because opinions there vary widely) , but here is a diary I can get behind.

It is a plea to the President to be more like FDR and oppose the rising corporatist fascism that currently dominates U.S. politics.

Please, Obama, do not yield to the “grave dangers of the rightist reaction” and “the spirit of fascism here at home”. We need you to be another F.D.R., President Obama.
Yes, “we are the ones we have been waiting for.”, but we need YOU, President Obama, to lead. America can NOT wait, we can NOT be pragmatic, we can NOT “look forward”. We need a New New Deal and we need it NOW.

Because Corporatism is fascism, and that is what we are up against.

Well, fascism is corporatism, but it comes with hate, division, violence and eliminationist rhetoric. The sort of stuff Glenn Beck delivers 5 days a week (heavily subsidized by Murdoch and News Corp of course).

Back in the good ole days of the first Great Depression, we Had Woody Guthrie to inspire opponents of fascism and working folk in general. Here he is with a little ditty called All You Fascists are Bound to Lose:

Here’s an updated version with Billy Bragg and Wilco:

Oh and Ani Difranco called and wants to know which side you’re on.

Just found this at Firedoglake and had to share.

Woody Guthrie meets Celtic music. Deeeelicious!!

One of my favorite songs of all time, originally done by Fraser and Debolt

These kids have a good time with it. Note that everybody has their shoes off. Canadians too nice to go to somebody’s house and track in mud and snow.

I’m working on a punk version with my band.

Ahh! British Isles folk music, with electric guitars.

Don’t know why I thought of this. Something going on in the Middle East?