With Peace and Love, There's Magic Everywhere. Author: RaineDate:12/22/2016 14:00:22
I am going to keep this one short this morning as we will be hitting the road shortly.
This will be my last blog before Christmas. I know I share it every year, in some place or another, but this year I wanted to put it here in this space because it means so much to me. You guys mean much to me as well.
Filled with similarly wry lines, the song, an audience favorite since Williams recorded it on her 1996 album Mortal City, nevertheless evokes rumination on fractured families and societal ills in listeners, some of whom drill deeply into the psychology of the lyrics. The acoustic-based singer, who will perform the song at her annual concert, “Christians, Pagans and Other Hipsters,†Dec. 26 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, remembers one such devotee, a high-school boy, who came backstage after a concert. He had just attended a rally in response to a gay bashing and said he was deeply moved by the reference to a lesbian couple in the song. “To hear this song today, I just can’t stop crying,†Williams recalled him saying.
Nowadays, with queer anthems topping the pop charts, it may be difficult to understand the deep emotion behind that response. Williams, 48, has lived through that evolution, having been a pioneer of sorts at writing lyrics that countered entrenched notions of gender and sexuality. “A lot of my career success came because I was in communities where people were ahead of the curve with gender exploration,†said Williams, who toured tiny coffeehouses while attending Wesleyan University in the mid-’80s. She later lived in Northampton, Massachusetts, a liberal enclave, which, like many such neighborhoods of the time, did its share of questioning societal roles. “Northampton, where the women are strong and the men are defensive,†she used to joke.
Getting a nice Ani DiFranco vibe from this video Mala. It's like I'm back in college with the old gang - hippies kids with various musical instruments, lots of tattooes & piercings, off-color-haired young ladies from the room next door, and a coffee table littered in all kinds of weird shit by me & my roommates.
Comment byRaine on 12/22/2016 14:36:04
Quote by Scoopster: Mornin' all!
Getting a nice Ani DiFranco vibe from this video Mala. It's like I'm back in college with the old gang - hippies kids with various musical instruments, lots of tattooes & piercings, off-color-haired young ladies from the room next door, and a coffee table littered in all kinds of weird shit by me & my roommates.
She lived in REd hook for a while when Ani was in Woodstock, they performed all the time in the area around 99-2003.
A former British ambassador to Uzbekistan who is close to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told the Daily Mail that Russia didn’t leak emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic staffers to the anti-secrecy organization.
Craig Murray, who describes himself now as a WikiLeaks operative, told the tabloid that he flew to Washington, D.C. to receive files from a source, whom he described as a Democratic Party whistleblower. He said that there were no hacks involved, as has been claimed by CIA sources in several new media reports—namely one from Washington Post that claimed Russia-backed hackers swayed the election in Donald Trump’s favor over Hillary Clinton.
Yeah uhh.. I don't believe anyone who claims to be a WikiLeaks Operative, even for a second.
Comment byTriSec on 12/22/2016 15:28:01
TriSec drags his sorry ass into the blog.
Happy Fucking Holiday.
Comment byScoopster on 12/22/2016 15:38:17
Comment byWill in Chicago on 12/22/2016 15:49:40
Raine and BobR, safe travels.
Happy Holidays!!!
There are a few songs about a remarkable event that happened in the midst of World War I: opposing British and Geman armies declared a Christmas day truce. May we remember that we share much in common with others, even when we disagree. May the day come swiftly when the nations are at peace and war. May oppression, war and hatred are things that children can only learn about through their study of history.