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Category Archives: Politics
Dummy Up: a/k/a Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong appears on Alex Jones‘ nationally syndicated radio show to discuss the recent FBI raid of Spectrum Labs and the seizure of 10,000 DVDs of Chong’s documentary, a/k/a Tommy Chong. Also on the show is Kevin Booth, creator of … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, In The News, Insane, Interview, Miscellany, Movies, Politics, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1970s, bongs, DEA, documentary, drug culture, federal crime, tommy chong, video
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Zappa — The Lost Interview
Barry, our most kind and benevolent webmaster, posted this seven part interview in July, 2008. However, when I sought it out both here at KUR and on the web, I came head-on to many dead links. Seems as though certain … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Music, Politics, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged culture, documentary, Frank Zappa, Interview, Music, Politics, video
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The Berlusconi Protest Song Project
Michel Delville of Belgian FZ tribute band The Wrong Object writes in to announce an interesting project: There is a new myspace page devoted to musical responses to the New Fascism in all its guises and disguises. Please come and … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Heh Heh, Music, Politics, YouTubery
Tagged berlusconi, fascism, protest songs
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Gil Scott-Heron at Wolfgang’s Vault
Activist poet and musician, Gil Scott-Heron’s musical career began in the late ’60s. He quickly emerged as a sharp, intelligent critic of contemporary culture, boasting terrific jazz-styled accompaniment. By the late ’70s, Scott-Heron’s sound had adopted a bit more of … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Politics
Tagged classic albums, gil scott-heron, jazz fusion, r&b, streaming audio, Wolfgang's Vault
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We don’t condone shoe throwing…
“…but we prefer it to war” — Thank You For Throwing Your Shoe. (See also)
Excerpt from The Black Page, 1988
A tiny snipplet from an interview, and a bit of The Black page, possibly from the Milan show (not the best audio quality, though). “The bad businessmen may save the world, by accident!…” 🙂
Jazz Piano Palin
Pardon yet another US election post, but this one’s rather funny…
Posted in Heh Heh, Music, Politics, YouTubery
Tagged elections 08, jazz, sarah palin, speech pattern
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