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THAT'LL STOP CHENEY: FISCHERSPOONER WANT THE WAR OVER
If this was Vietnam, we'd have had a few decent albums of anti-war music by now. As it is, musicians are only now slowly coming together to say "this Iraq thing... maybe it's not going quite as well as it could be, yeah?" Leading off with a big anti-war protest in New York are http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060223/music_nm/antiwar_dc">Michael Stipe, Bright Eyes, Rufus Wainwright, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Devendra Banhart and Peaches.
A pretty impressive line-up, although for some reason they elected Casey Spooner spokesperson:
"It is impossible not to react to the current state of affairs through personal action and artistic production," Fischerspooner's Casey Spooner says. "We have been at war for three years. One desperately feels the need for someone to speak some sort of truth, either poetic or factual."
We're not entirely sure what a poetic truth that isn't actually factual would look like, but we're sure that the White House will be preparing a whole bunch of them right now.
2 comments:
These musicians think they are doing their part to help the cause of the week but that's because they have cushy jobs and don't need to worry about putting food on the table. These soldiers are fighting not only for their country but also because the military offers them a reliable paycheck and full medical benefits for all their dependents. Yes we all want them back and safe with their families, but choosing to be a soldier is an honorable job and fancy pants musicians should stick to singing about love and hangovers.
I appreciate your post and disagree with the preceeding comment entirely. Ignorance and silence should never be requested of anyone - especially those whose job it is to think and express. I posted a collection of anti-war mp3s and their lyrics from the artists involved in this concert today at my blog I'm Just Sayin Is All... Check it out.
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