YouTube video by Jim Capaldi Traffic - Dear Mr Fantasy - Live - 1972

Traffic - “Dear Mr Fantasy” - Live - 1972
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Phil Ochs’ Sharp, Satirical Protest Songs Still Resonate Today Fifty years after his death, the protest singer’s music is more relevant than ever.

2026 marks half a century since Phil Ochs’ death, yet his lyrics are more relevant now than perhaps even he could have imagined.
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A more deserving story couldn't be told during this black history month. I think Jimmy Carter was an absolute true humanitarian and Eartha Kitt should not have had to spend anytime away from home but alas, she did because she spoke up.

#USDemocracy

YouTube video by Willie Colón - Topic Qué Lío

Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe - Qué Lío (1968) youtu.be/yfDNolgGq0Q?...

Mighty Mammals, Mutant Martians, and Mongaroos Blindfold Test #23

25 songs 1958-2009: Blast, Carolina Tar Heels, Cyber People, Clint Eastwood+General Saint, Fehlfarben, Hatfield+North, Inca Babies, Koto, Myron Lee+Caddies, Liechtenstein, Mallard, Mofungo, Mtume, Prince Charles+City Beat Band, Gerry Rafferty, Sandie Shaw, Suburban Lawns, Wireless,Tappa Zukie, more!

Xgau Sez: February, 2026 Some health notes, Bird: still lives, the live Dead, the A shelves explained, reissues not reevaluated, and some faves.

Bird lives, the Dead come alive, and Xgau Sez is back—all this and more at And It Don't Stop.
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What Playing With Sun Ra in College Taught Me About Myself Sun Ra claimed to hail from Saturn, but he and his far-out band, the Intergalactic Arkestra, still suffered the hassles of earthly travel. Because of a snafu, they would arrive on campus a day earl…

“Y’all seem so worried,” said Sun Ra, “about playing the notes. But you can play more than just notes on a page, you know. You can play the river. You can play the sun rays.”

"Elaborate storytelling, country foot-stomping rock and super catchy examinations of the false promise of American meritocracy." I was truly honored to see the Paranoid Style's 'Known Associates' among the week's featured albums on NPR's New Music Friday! Valhalla awaits!
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YouTube video by Revolutionaries - Topic Kunta Kinte Dub

Impossible to dislike.

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Bill Monroe plays mandolin with John Candy

text from book telling story of Candy and Monroe duetting on Blue Moon of Kentucky

watched the overwhelmingly sweet john candy documentary & learned from looking up a photo in the end credits that he recorded a scrapped "blue moon of kentucky" duet with bill monroe for the "planes, trains, & automobiles" soundtrack. www.mandolincafe.net/home/forum/g...

I spent 2 hours in very close proximity to Michael Shannon last night in Portland while listening to him lead a fantastic band playing all of @rem’s Lifes Rich Pageant & then a bunch of R.E.M. singles & deep cuts & it was fucking awesome, a brief photo & video thread /1

Barbara Stanwyck knew how to make an entrance.

Oscar goes bad as explore killers, schemers, thrillers and everything in between during today's lineup. See DOUBLE INDEMNITY at 12pm ET.

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

Happy birthday to Maceo Parker. Enjoy his fab sax solo here and watch the full recording of James Brown's Mother Popcorn from Music Scene in 1969 at youtu.be/9qjY8J5lVVU?...

How many do not have the resources to go through all of this as women? I am lucky enough to have a passport with my married name. $130. That’s a poll tax. How many women/others cannot afford the 1st app(has to be done in person)?This is voter suppression. I wish more people saw and understood that.

Joe is never wrong.

The great Sérgio Mendes would have turned 85 today. 🎂

His song “Mas Que Nada” (1966) was the first US hit to be sung in Portuguese. “It opened a lot of doors for me,” he said, “It’s a great, haunting chant that is fun to play .., but I had no idea it would become such a special song.”

#RIP

Rest in peace ^PG #TCMParty

Ebo Taylor: Influential highlife and afrobeat musician dies at 90 The guitarist, composer and band leader fused Ghanaian music and funk to create tracks sampled around the world.

Influential Ghanaian highlife musician Ebo Taylor dies at 90

Unrelenting tension, disgusting shirts, drunken producers and intense power trips: the story of Television's epochal debut album, Marquee Moon Unrelenting tension, disgusting shirts, drunken producers and intense power trips: the story of Television's epochal debut LP, Marquee Moon

Unrelenting tension, disgusting shirts, drunken producers and intense power trips: the story of Television’s epochal debut album, Marquee Moon

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

As I hope you already know, there's a new Springsteen song called "Streets of Minneapolis." I'm going on my fifth listen myself. If it's your first, you may well be saddened but you won't be sorry.

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OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

Remembering King Curtis on his birthday with a tasty helping of Memphis Soul Stew

Remembering Haskell Wexler, Genius Cinematographer and Committed Leftist For more than six decades, Haskell Wexler spoke to the public through the movies he made.

BOTD New Hollywood DP Haskell Wexler!!!
[Virginia Woolf 🙏 ; Cuckoo's Nest; Bound/Glory; Coming Home ++]
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RIP Fred Smith of Television — one of the coolest bassists of all time.

Free Jazz and Improvisation on LP and CD 1965-2024 | Johannes Rød

Well, it has been nice knowing you all but I now intend to depart your company and spend the remainder of my life living inside this book.

Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Integrity Project)

Melanie Stansbury: “Arresting journalists.
Raiding election offices.
Invading American cities.
Committing violence against our own people.

The worst of what we feared is here — it’s time for any of my colleagues sitting on the sidelines to do something & stand up”

Remembering Rick Hall on his birthday. Here's his bass guitar and a sign from his legendary Fame Recording Studios on show at the Rock Hall in Cleveland
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This is great, and full of love. And that lovely photo, look at her.