Oct. 26, 2008 Playlist

1. Lynn Miles: Night Drive (Black Flowers Volume 1), self www.lynnmilesmusic.com
2. David Kleiner: Rooting for A Loser (The News That's Fit to Sing), self
3. Anais Mitchell & Rachel Ries: Come September (Country E.P.), Righteous Babe 058-D www.anaismitchell.com
4. Nels Andrews: Sunday Shoes (Off Track Betting), Ignatius Records 01 www.nelsandrews.com

5. Herdman / Hills / Mangsen: Goodbye to The Roses (At the Turning of The Year), Hand & Heart Music 2000 www.priscillaherdman.com
6. Leo Kretzner: Bold Orion (Bold Orion), Heartwood

Recorded interview with Scott Ainslie www.cattailmusic.com
7. Oil in My Vessel (Thunder's Mouth), Cattail 2008
8. Sugar Babe (live)
9. If Anybody Asks about Me (live)
10. I Should Get Over This (live)
11. Rice Goes Again in Vietnam (The Feral Crow), Cattail
12. It's Gonna Rain (live)

On Saturday night I came home from a concert to discover that a violent storm had toppled the top of a big old oak into my front yard, knocking out power and phone lines. I hate to think that the tree will have to be taken down, but I can’t see how it won’t rot without its top third. (Jeff from Connecticut Light and Power returned electricity to my house on Sunday, and Joe from AT&T hooked up the phone lines on Monday.)
13. Tamarack: Plant A Tree (Tree), Tree Canada Foundation http://tamarack.cjb.net
14. James Gordon & Sons: Another Silver Maple Comes Down (Nine Green Bottles), Borealis 182 www.borealisrecords.com
15. Tamarack: The Trees Came Back (Tree), Tree Canada Foundation http://tamarack.cjb.net

How we learn to be one of us and not one of them:
16. Chuck McCabe: Partisan Polka (Creatures of Habit), Woodshed www.chuck-mccabe.com
17. Johnny Walker: President Who Looks Like Me (American Standard), self www.johnnywalkercomedy.com

18. Greg Brown: I Want My Country Back (In the Hills of California), Red House www.redhouserecords.com
19. Susan Werner: My Strange Nation (single), self www.susanwerner.com
20. Mark Erelli: Hope Dies Last (Delivered), Signature Sounds 2014 www.signaturesounds.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar, over selections from Pat Donohue's "Freewayman" www.patdonohue.com

21. Maria Muldaur and friends: Yes We Can, Can (Yes We Can!), Telarc 83672 www.telarc.com
22. Dirk Powell and multitudes: Oui, On Peut (single download)
23. The Foremen: What Did You Do on Election Day? (Who's Left?), Reprise 46246
24. Eileen McGann: Too Stupid for Democracy (Journeys), Dragonwing 113 www.eileenmcgann.com
25. Ken Waldman: Suffering Democracy / (private single), self www.kenwaldman.com
26. Norah Jones: My Dear Country (Not Too Late), EMI / Blue Note 74516
27. Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble: Election Blues (Farewell to The Thief! Volume IV), Running Scared www.georgeandjulius.com
28. Peggy Seeger: Goodbye to George (Crazy Quilt), self www.pegseeger.com

29. Roy Zimmerman: The Man, The Myth, The McCain (Thanks for The Support), Metaphor www.royzimmerman.com
30. Capitol Steps: Obama Meets Osama (Campaign and Suffering), self www.capsteps.com
31. Roy Zimmerman: Eine Kleine Barackmusik (Thanks for The Support), self
32. Capitol Steps: McCain's Campaign (Campaign and Suffering) self
33. Tom Paxton: Sarah Palin (download), self www.tompaxton.com
34. Eliza Gilkyson and friends: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174 www.redhouserecords.com

a couple of photos from Croatia

Susan Campbell was kind enough to post some pics on her blog:

http://blogs.courant.com/susan_campbell/2008/10/more-pictures-of-which-to-be-j.html

10/19/08 Playlist

1. Al Stewart: Shah of Shahs (Sparks of Ancient Light), Appleseed 1112
2. Christine Lavin: More Than 1,000,000 Americans (I Don't Make This Stuff Up -- I Just Make It Rhyme), Yellow Tail www.christinelavin.com
3. Steve Earle: City of Immigrants (Washington Square Serenade), New West promo www.newwestrecords.com
4. Laura Love: Passin' (NeGrass), Octoroon Biography www.LauraLove.com

5. David Stoddard: The Company Says (Get Off My Lawn), self www.davestoddard.com
6. The Refugees: Save the Best for Last (Unbound), Wabuho www.therefugeesmusic.com
7. Gino LoRicco: Ancient Fields (Ancient Fields & City Streets), self www.digstatiion.com
8. Gretchen Peters: American Tune (Trio), Purple Crayon www.gretchenpeters.com

9. Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble: Election Blues (Farewell to the Thief! Volume IV), Running Scared www.georgeandjulius.com
10. Kate Campbell: Looking for Jesus (Save the Day), Large River Records www.katecampbell.com
11. Jed Marum: Banjos We Have Heard on High (Ain't No Goin' Back), promo www.bostonroadrecords.com
12. Rita Hosking: Tall White Horse (Are You Ready?), self www.ritahosking.com
13. Notorious: Gelem, Gelem / Aoleanul de La Petresti (Elkins), Black Socks Press www.notoriousfolk.com
14. Tony Rice: John Wilkes Boothe (Night Flyer), Rounder 11619

Johnny Walker live in the studio www.johnnywalkercomedy.com
15. Chevron Song
16. President Who Looks Like Me (American Standard), self
17. Guantanamo
18. Take It Off
19. Illegal People

20. Robert Bobby: Lipstick on A Pig (single), self

21. Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen: October Song (Cross the Water), Sleepy Creek www.kalletlarsen.com
22. Hugh Blumenfeld: Sweet October (Mozart's Money), Prime CD www.hughblumenfeld.com

23. Jonatha Brooke (Infinity Hall 10/25): My Sweet and Bitter Bowl (The Works), Bad Dog 60808

24. Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen (Roaring Brook 10/25): When The First Leaves Fall (A Sense of Place), Redwing 5409 www.redwingmusic.com
25. Steve & Cindy: The Kid with The Comic Book (Being There), Compass Rose www.compassrosemusic.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Roger Williams's "Resophonic Retrospective" www.rogerreso.com

This week there was a rally against rape on the UConn campus where two rapes were committed last month:
26. Malvina Reynolds: The Judge Said (Ear to The Ground -- Topical Songs 1960-1978), Smithsonian Folkways 40124

Lies in the campaigns:
27. Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time: I’m A Lie (Took Down and Put Up), Lonesome Day 011 www.lonesomeday.com
28. The WMDs with Christine Lavin: The Liar Sleeps Tonight (Happy Dance of The Xenophobe), Yellow Tail 10022 www.yellowtailrecords.com
29. Chuck Brodsky: Liar Liar, Pants on Fire (Tulips for Lunch), Waterbug www.chuckbrodsky.com
30. Yikes McGee: The Liar (Yikes McGee), self www.yikesmcgee.com
31. Jay Mankita: They Lied (Dogs Are Watching Us), self http://jaymankita.com

from Farewell to The Thief! Volume IV, Running Scared www.georgeandjulius.com
32. The Seattle Labor Chorus: Oil for The World
33. Patriot Act: Back to Crawford Waltz
34. Utah Phillips: What We Need

35. Grayson Capps & The Stumpknockers: Guitar (Rott-N-Roll), Hyena 9368 [www.hyenarecords.com]
36. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

10/12/08 Playlist

1. Willie Nelson: When I've Sung My Last Hillbilly Song (One Hell of A Ride -- Sampler), Columbia / Legacy
2. Maria Muldaur et al: We Shall Be Free (Yes We Can!), Telarc
3. Gurf Morlix: Food, Water, Shelter & Love (Diamonds to Dust), Blue Corn Music 0701 www.gurfmorlix.com
4. Anne Hills: My America (Mission Street Project -- Make Levees), Hudson Harding www.hudsonharding.com

5. Terence Martin: Who's Breathing All The Air (Even Trade), Good Dog 006 www.martinsongs.com
6. Catie Curtis: Sing (Sweet Life), Compass 4491 www.catiecurtis.com
7. Donal Hinely: Winds of Change (Blue State Boy), Scuffletown Records www.donalhinely.com
8. Rose Laughlin: Cold Rain and Snow (The Chicago Sessions), Ramblin' Rose www.roselaughlin.com

On my flight home from Europe I caught my first cold in a couple of years:
9. Herdman / Hills / Mangsen: The Druggist (At the Turning of The Year), Hand and Heart Music www.priscillaherdman.com
10. Austin Lounge Lizards: The Drugs I Need (single)
It’s still autumn:
11. Anne Hills: When the Frost Is on The Pumpkin (Ef You Don't Watch Out), Collective Works 0504 www.collectiveworks.com
12. John McCutcheon: Colors (Autumnsongs), Rounder Kids 8037

I haven’t had much time to listen to the CDs I bought in Croatia, but the first two songs are a beginning:
13 & 14. Intrade: Intrade San Popi & Da Mi Se Vratit (Dvadeset Godina Klape), Scardona www.scardona.hr
…and the serendipity of seeing this song on this new CD struck me – I drove past a road sign for Sarajevo two weeks ago:
15. East of Shirley: A Thousand Sarajevos (A Thousand Sarajevos), self www.eastofshirley.com

Gretchen Peters’ song was used to introduce Sarah Palin at a rally; Peters found that to be highly ironic, considering the song is about an abused woman. Peters is offering her song as a download at her site, and all proceeds from its sale during the election season will go to Planned Parenthood:
16. Gretchen Peters: Independence Day (download), self www.gretchenpeters.com
17. Roy Zimmerman: Sarah Pale in Comparison (single), self www.royzimmerman.com
18. David Ippolito: Don't Know Sarah (download), self www.thatguitarman.com

I had some “Nobel Prize for Pete Seeger” bumper stickers to give away:
19 & 20. Pete Seeger: Or Else! (One A-These Days) & Waist Deep in The Big Muddy (At 89), Appleseed 1113

Connecticut’s state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage by a 4-3 vote on Friday:
21. Roy Zimmerman: Defenders of Marriage (Faulty Intelligence), Metaphor www.royzimmerman.com
Today is the tenth anniversary of the killing of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming:
22. Hugh Blumenfeld: Laramie (Mr. Jekyll & Dr. Hyde), self www.hughblumenfeld.com

I read the "Nigerian letter" from "Minister of Treasury Paulson"
23. John McCutcheon: It's the Economy, Stupid (Hail to The Chief!), Appalseed www.folkmusic.com
24. Tom Paxton: I Am Changing My Name to Chrysler (Politics Live), Flying Fish 70486
25. David Ippolito: Where'dat Money Go (Common Ground), self www.thatguitarman.com
26. James McMurtry: Can't Make It Here Any More (radio edit / download), self www.jamesmcmurtry.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections by Ben Broderick (sampler)

Foodshare's holding its 11th Annual Empty Bowls Project on Sat 10/18 at MCC at 11am:
27. Rory McLeod: Hunger Is The Best Sauce (Mouth to Mouth), Talkative www.rorymcleod.com
28. Tom Paxton: Feed the Children (Up & Up), Mountain Railroad 52792
29. Phil Lee: 3 Faces in The Window (Songbook Americana), Shanachie

Gideon Freudmann’s wife Gloria Kelman died Thursday, an other victim of breast cancer. I just needed to hear some of Gideon’s beautiful music.
30 - 32. Gideon Freudmann: Home, Banjo Dreams, Old Haunt (Sonic Surf), Octagon 208 www.cellobop.com

33. Notorious: Henry Reed's Breakdown (Elkins), Black Socks 27 www.notoriousfolk.com
34. Hugh Blumenfeld: Shadow Government (Mr Jekyll & Dr. Hyde), self
35. Kate Campbell: Save the Day (Save the Day), Large River 4106
36. Maria Dunn: You Can’t Take That Away (The Peddler), self www.mariadunn.com
37. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

Companies joining to push music on memory cards

By RACHEL METZ, AP Technology Writer Mon Sep 22,
NEW YORK

Just as vinyl once gave way to compact discs as the main physical medium for music, could CDs be replaced now by a fingernail-sized memory card? Perhaps not entirely, but SanDisk Corp., four major record labels and retailers Best Buy Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are hoping that albums sold on microSD memory cards will at least provide an additional stream of sales. The companies were expected to unveil plans Monday to sell memory cards loaded with music in the MP3 format, free of copy protections.

Called "slotMusic," the new format is meant to address two intertwined trends. Most albums are still sold in a physical format (449 million were sold on CDs in 2007, while 50 million were sold digitally, according to Nielsen SoundScan) yet CDs are decreasingly popular. Albums sold on CD dropped almost 19 percent last year.

Given this, the record labels (Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group Corp. and EMI Group PLC) are hoping slotMusic can be another physical revenue source -- and one that is more versatile than CDs, given the kinds of gadgets people carry around these days.

Unlike when the CD was introduced and people had to buy new players, many people already have the ability to play slotMusic albums, since many cell phones and multimedia players support microSD cards.

These new albums will come with a small USB dongle that lets buyers use them with computers, too.

"Particularly in this kind of economic climate, the idea of being able to use an electronic device you already own to enjoy music rather than going out and buying a dedicated player is pretty compelling," said Daniel Schreiber, who heads the audio-video business unit at SanDisk, which created the microSD card format and is working on the technology behind slotMusic.

The rest at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/ap_on_hi_te/tec_music_on_memory_cards

9/21/08 Playlist

1. Robin & Linda Williams: Maybelle's Guitar and Monroe's Mandolin (Buena Vista), Red House 213 www.redhouserecords.com
2. The Refugees: Save the Best for Last (Unbound), WABUHO www.therefugeesmusic.com
3. The Guy Mendilow Band: Depois Que O Ile Passar (Skyland), Earthen Groove www.guymendilow.com
4. The Hackensaw Boys: Hobo (Look Out!), Nettwerk 30705 www.nettwerk.com

5. Anne Hills: First Day of Autumn (Bittersweet Street), Redwing 5402 www.redwingmusic.com
6. Dan Berggren: Drink of Autumn (Fresh Territory), Sleeping Giant www.berggrenfolk.com
7. Eva Cassidy: Autumn Leaves (Live at Blues Alley), Eva Music 2263
8. John McCutcheon: Colors (Autumnsongs), Rounder Kids 8037
9. The Short Sisters: Autumn (A Planet Dancing Slow), Black Socks Press 12
10. Steve Gillette / Cindy Mangsen: When the First Leaves Fall (A Sense of Place), Redwing 5409 www.redwingmusic.com

Denice Franke and her house on Galveston Island are fine!
11 & 12. Seminole Girl & Brand New Sky (Gulf Coast Blue), Certain Records www.denicefranke.com

Andrew Revkin wears his Times Science Writer hat at Eastern CT State U on Tuesday:
13. Arlington (private) revkin@nytimes.com

It's Leonard Cohen's birthday. I played "Anthem" first because Elizabeth Edwards mentioned having its chorus-lyrics "posted everywhere."
14 - 16. Anthem, Democracy, Dance Me to The End of Love (More Best of Leonard Cohen), Columbia CK 68636

I read a bit of Bill Moyers / Michael Winship's article "Moguls Steal Home While Companies Strike Out" (truthout.org)
17. Peter Dyer: Moneychangers (single), self
18. George Mann: The Banks Are Made of Marble (Into the Fire), Running Scared www.georgemannmusic.com
19. Richard Thompson: Bank Vault in Heaven (You? Me? Us?), Capitol 33704
20. Eliza Gilkyson: Great Correction (Beautiful World), Red House 212 www.redhouserecords.com
21. Del McCoury Band: Moneyland (Moneyland), McCoury Music www.mccourymusic.com

22. Tom Paxton: I Am Changing My Name to Chrysler (Politics Live), Flying Fish 70486
23. David Ippolito: Where'd Dat Money Go? (private) www.thatguitarman.com
24. Dan Zanes and Friends: I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister (Catch That Train!), self
25. Priscilla Herdman: Brother Can You Spare A Dime? (Forgotten Dreams), Flying Fish 70230

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Aidan O'Rourke's "Sirius," Compass 4483 www.compassrecords.com

26. Chuck McCabe: Minimum Wager (Bad Gravity Day), Blah Blah Woof Woof 7602
www.chuck-mccabe.com
27. James McMurtry: Can't Make It Here (radio edit -- download), Compadre? www.jamesmcmurtry.com
28. Bruce Springsteen: American Land (We Shall Overcome -- The Seeger Sessions, American Land Edition), Columbia 88231
29. Randy Newman: A Piece of The Pie / radio edit (Harps & Angels), Nonesuch
30. Randy Newman: Mr President Have Pity on The Working Man (Good Old Boys), Reprise

31. Robin & Linda Williams: I'm Invisible Man (Buena Vista), Red House 213 www.redhouserecords.com
32. Steve Gillette / Cindy Mangsen: Homelessness (Being There), Compass Rose 11 www.compassrosemusic.com
33. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

Update on the Campaign to Nominate Pete Seeger for the Nobel Peace Prize

From the NobelPrize4Pete newsletter, 9/21/08:

Please check out our new web site http://www.nobelprize4pete.org and use the resources, pictures, sponsors and stories to help promote this campaign. You can also sign the petition by clicking on the "Sign the Petition" link. Who would have thought when I started this petition just about one year ago that it would have been so heartily supported?

By this time you probably want to hear news of the progress of this campaign. The bad news is that our petition was off line due to some sort of "technical difficulties" for almost a month, and I'm sure we lost some signers and confused many people. The good news is that it is up again and has nearly twenty thousand (20,000) signatures!

Now we need your help. Our most urgent goal is to get Pete nominated before February 2009, the Nobel committee's deadline. Do you know anyone who works at an organization that might be officially able to nominate Pete? In order to do this, we urgently need help finding a person or agency that will pledge to nominate him. The American Friends Service Committee was interested but gave us no assurance that they would present his name. Qualified nominators include some elected representatives, university professors, and previous Nobel Peace Prizewinners. Please help us find a nominator! Spreading the word is critical.

BREAKING NEWS: Representative Barbara Lee's office has agreed to consider our recommendations to nominate Pete. Please call and write Maha (mahaibrahim@mail.house.gov), 1301 Clay St., Suite 1000-N, Oakland, CA 94612; 510763-0370 or 202-225-2661.

This campaign is not about making an icon of Pete Seeger, it is significant on a much larger scale: 1) Pete is a life-long activist for peace and social justice, someone we can strive to emulate; 2) As a cultural worker, he exemplifies the under-represented strata of the arts, showing that the arts can be more than a medium of entertainment but one of enlightenment, compassion, participation and joy; 3) This is the first time a candidate has been chosen and supported by a grassroots movement, we are taking charge of our own history, heroes and heroines. Those who tell their stories on the petition convey a feeling of family warmth. They are grateful they have a chance to say thank you to Pete during his lifetime, just as many of us wish we had had with our own fathers. They repeat Pete's one-liners just like uncle Joe's old jokes, such as his saying that "not everybody can talk at the same time but everybody can sing at the same time." He never did a concert or demonstration without teaching everybody to sing, and in harmony! "My voice is shot now," he says, "but I don't have to sing anymore; I just wave my banjo neck at the audience and they do the singing."

People have asked why I feel so passionately about proposing Pete for this international accolade. I refer to another aphorism of Pete's when he speaks about what he calls the "teaspoon brigade." Working for peace, he says, is like adding sand to a basket on one side of a giant scale, trying to tip it our way despite enormous weight on the opposite side; but if we get enough people adding sand with teaspoons, even if everybody else is laughing at us, we can tip the scales. This is my teaspoonful!

Now we need everybody's help to make this nomination a reality.

Eleanor Walden
Coordinator, Committee to Nominate Pete Seeger for Nobel Peace Prize

(at the website, http://www.nobelprize4pete.org, you can add your name to the petition, order bumper stickers, and also find a flyer you can print out and post at work, at the local coffeehouse, etc.)


PETE SEEGER'S AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

1993 - The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

1994 - National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts

1994 - Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Honor

1996 - Harvard Arts Medal

1996 - Induction into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame

1997 - Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album for his record "Pete".

1999 - The Felix Varela Medal, Cuba's highest honor for "his humanistic and artistic work in defense of the environment and against racism."

2007 - The Schneider Family Book Award for his children's picture book "The Deaf Musicians."

2007 - to present - Nominated by email petition for the Nobel Peace Prize.



POTENTIAL NOMINATORS
Elected Officials

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.,
Michigan, Ph: 202-225-5126

The Honorable Barbara Lee,
California, Ph: 202-225-2661
or 510-763-0370

The Honorable John Lewis,
Georgia, Ph: 202-225-3801

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.,
Illinois, Ph: 202-225-0773

The Honorable Barack Obama,
Illinois, Ph: 202-224-2854

The Honorable Charles B. Rangel,
New York, Ph: 202-225-4365

The Honorable Maxine Waters,
California, Ph: 202-225-2201

The Honorable Harry Reid,
Nevada, Ph: 202-224-3542

The Honorable John Hall,
New York, (Pete's district),
Ph: (845) 291-4100,Fax: (845) 291-4164

The Honorable Bernie Sanders,
Vermont, 1-802-862-0697,
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/comments/

Ron Dellums - Oakland Mayor
510-238-3141, FAX 510-238-4731

Kriss Worthington - Berkeley City Council,
510-981-7170

Steve Gold - Mayor of Beacon, NY (Pete's town):
http://www.goldforbeacon.com/index.html

Contact Organizations for Former Nobel Winners

American Friends Service committee,
Phone: (215) 241-7000 Fax: (215) 241-7275
http://friendsforpeace.net/peace/peace-program/

Jimmy Carter/Carter Center:
Ph (404) 420-5100 or (800) 550-3560
carterweb@emory.edu

Al Gore:
AlGore.org
2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate changes and lay the foundation for counteracting it.
press@carthagegroup.com

Martin Luther King, Jr. Foundation,
http://www.thekingcenter.org/

Nelson Mandela Foundation,
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/

Jody Williams,
1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1997b.html


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