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Entries Tagged as 'Folk'

Thank You, Bob (or, That Flag Pin Won’t Get You Into Heaven Any More)

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 20th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Bob Schieffer attempts to explain it slowly and clearly for George Stephanopoulos. It probably won’t do any good, but I love him for trying.
And seriously — it’s beyond tragic that this sort of thing even needs to be said, but clearly it does.

 
Via this diary.
I like the parallel Mr. Schieffer draws here between public […]

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Tags: Meta · Politics · Culture · Music · Barack Obama · Folk · Video · 2008 Election · Religion · Journalism · Elections

Out of the Lightfoot Closet

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 7th, 2008 at 3:42 am

I just discovered that talented local singer-songwriter John Greenfield — who, by way of mentioning it, performed in the second-ever edition of The Partly Dave Show back in 2003 — has an eloquent writeup of a recent Gordon Lightfoot show in Waukegan over on Gaper’s Block.
I suppose I’ve been a Gordon Lightfoot fan since […]

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Tags: Music · The Partly Dave Show · Folk · Folk-Rock

On The Christians and The Gays, and Keeping the Flock Together

Posted by Ocelopotamus on October 15th, 2007 at 3:27 am

So there was a new study written up this past week, supplying evidence that young people in America are rejecting Christianity because they see it as “hypocritical, judgmental, and anti-gay.”
The vast majority of non-Christians — 91% — said Christianity had an anti-gay image, followed by 87% who said it was judgmental and 85% who said […]

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Tags: Politics · Culture · Music · Blogs · Journal · LGBT · Activism · Folk · Folk-Rock · Civil Rights · Religion · Spirituality · U.S. Congress · 60s Pop · Joan Baez

Clip and Trailer for Todd Haynes’ New Dylan Movie, I’m Not There

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 24th, 2007 at 12:06 am

For those looking forward to Todd Haynes’ new film about Bob Dylan I’m Not There, in which Dylan is played by six different and very diverse actors, here’s a leaked clip from the movie with Cate Blanchett as Dylan and David Cross as Allen Ginsberg. If the whole movie is this much fun we’re in […]

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Tags: Culture · Music · Film · Folk · Folk-Rock · Video · 60s Pop

Roundup: Skydiving Baby Giraffe Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 15th, 2007 at 10:39 am

Out, damned spot! Fox News caught red-handed, laundering entries on Wikipedia. Keep on scrubbing, Lady MacFox, but those stains belong to you always.

The GOP’s California strategy: winning the 2008 election by undoing California’s winner-take-all electoral system. Once the state goes piecemeal, the Repubs gain at least 20 electoral votes from safe GOP districts.
Arianna Huffington looks […]

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Boiling Some Cabbage with the Smothers Brothers

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 8th, 2007 at 3:16 am

Because I could use a little cheering up tonight … some classic Smothers Brothers.
Remember, if you’re a folksinger, when someone says “take it” you are obligated to take it.

 
And here’s an updated version of “Cabbage” from the 80s. Now with bonus naked bacon!

 
Poor Tommy … all those years later and he still hasn’t learned how […]

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Tags: Culture · Music · Comedy · TV · Folk · Folk-Rock · Video · 60s Pop

Forty-Onederful: Alt Q Review

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 14th, 2007 at 4:33 am

Speaking of Jorjet, as I was a couple of posts ago, I spent the evening of my forty-first birthday sharing a table with her at this year’s Alt Q festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music (after having a nice coconut and basil dinner with Lisa Buscani at Thai Classic).
Alt Q was a […]

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Tags: Culture · Music · Chicago · LGBT · Media · Fringe · Performance · Ireland · Celtic · Folk

Music: New Releases from Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, and Elliott Smith

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 10th, 2007 at 4:12 am

Posthumous releases are on the way from Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, and Elliott Smith. (Wes Anderson, fire up your iPod.)
The Jeff Buckley compilation is called So Real: Songs of Jeff Buckley and will include a cover of “I Know It’s Over” by The Smiths, as well as a mix of studio cuts, live tracks, and […]

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Tags: News · Culture · Music · Film · Cardy Pop · Folk · Modern Rock · Documentaries

The Beatles Are Irish, and Ted Haggard Is Completely Heterosexual

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 10th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

I owe Joe. My. God. for turning me on to musical comedian (comedical musician?) Roy Zimmerman, whom I hadn’t heard of before — but he’s smart as paint and reminds me a little of Barry Crimmins.
Anyway, here, for a warm-up, is “What if the Beatles Were Irish?”

 
And here’s the one Mr. My. God. linked […]

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