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Re_Acciona

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:44:19 -0500

Experience Re_ in a way you’ve never seen before. Re_ is an attitude. A call to action to begin the thousand actions we need to do together. And to do it now. http://re.acciona.com

Joan Baez - There but for Fortune (Phil Ochs cover)

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:36:19 -0400

, it was released as a single in the UK, where its B-side was "Plaisir D’Amour." The single became a Top Ten hit in the UK, reaching #8. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Folk Recording." In the US it peaked at #50 on the Billboard charts — a good showing, but not a hit. By coincidence, Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 became a #8 hit in the UK at the same time "There but for Fortune" did. The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, and a "War Is Over" rally was held in New ...

David Dellinger Interview (Part 6)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:07:09 -0500

Dellinger (August 22, 1915 - May 25, 2004), one of the most influential American radicals of the 20th century, was a pacifist and activist for nonviolent social change. "Before reading [his autobiography], I knew and greatly admired Dave Dellinger. Or so I thought. After reading his remarkable story, my admiration changed to something more like awe. There can be few people in the world who have crafted their lives into something truly inspiring. This autobiography introduces us to one of them. ...

Joan Baez - Mary Hamilton

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:19:26 -0400

by drowning, sometimes by exposure - and the remainder of the song recounts essential thoughts about her life and impending death. Most versions of the song set the events in Edinburgh, but the Joan Baez version, which is the probably the best known, is set in Glasgow. Many versions of the song end (in English translation, as sung by Baez): Last night there were four Marys Tonight there’ll be but three There was Mary Beaton and Mary Seton And Mary Carmichael and Me This would seem to ...

Phil Ochs - Is There Anybody Here? - Dedicated to Keith Swanberg and Steve Clawson

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:48:08 -0400

name Put a medal on the man. Is there anybody here who’d like to wrap a flag around an early grave Is there anybody here who thinks they're standing taller on a battle wave Is there anybody here like to do his part soldier to the world and a hero to his heart I wanna see him I wanna wish him luck I wanna shake his hand, wanna call his name Put a medal on the man Is there anybody here proud of the parade who'd like to give a cheer and show they're not afraid I'd like like to ask him what ...

Peter, Paul and Mary - Puff, the Magic Dragon

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:58:53 -0400

"Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow and made popular by the group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. phil-ochs.blogspot.com The song is so well-known that it has entered American and British pop culture. The lyrics for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" were based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, a nineteen-year-old Cornell student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled "Custard the Dragon," about a "realio, trulio little pet dragon." Lipton ...

Peter, Paul and Mary - On A Desert Island (With You In My Dreams)

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:51:36 -0400

an idea Of what our two lips were meant to do Strolling beside you hand in hand we’ll go Through love's promised land dear All our lives I know believe me Happiness would be ours if for only three hours On a desert island in my dreams Ya-tya-da tya tya da tya tya da tya Ta dee-da-dum Ya-tya-da tya tya da tya tya da tya Ta dee-da-dum (etc.) Strolling beside you hand in hand we'll go Through love's promise land dear All our lives I know sincerely Every gal and guy can have a desert island If ...

GREG KIHN BAND - THE BREAK-UP SONG

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:58:22 -0500

that anymore. Now i wind up staring at an empty glass ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. cause it’s so easy to say that she'll forget your past. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. They don't write 'em like that anymore. no, they just don't write 'em like that anymore. oh, they don't write 'em like that anymore. they just don't write 'em like that anymore. they just don't, no they don't, no no, uh-uh, they just don't write 'em like that anymore. they just don't...(fades) ... the break up song greg kin band breakup ...