Talkin’ About My Revolutions

DON McLEAN
Manchester 1975 [no label, 1CD]
Live at the Hard Rock Cafe, Manchester, UK; May 25, 1975; Excellent FM broadcast.

The shutdown of Megaupload; and other cyberlockers such as Filesonic and Fileserve becoming pale shadows of what they once were, music fans will once again recall the immortal words of Don McLean.

But the lyrics to McLean’s Bronco Bill’s Lament are no less poignant and apt for these times:

Well you may not recognize my face, I used to be a star,
A cowboy hero known both near and far.
I perched upon a silver mount and sang with my guitar,
But the studio of course,
owned my saddle and my horse…

All the voyeurs and the lawyers who can pull a fountain pen,
And put you where they choose,
With the language that they use,
And enslave you till you work your youth away,
Oh god how I worked my youth away.

Thanks to Otto who shared these tracks on the net in 2010.

Track 01. Bronco Bill’s Lament 3:22
Track 02. Empty Chairs 3:38
Track 03. La La Love You 4:26
Track 04. American Pie 10:03
Track 05. Homeless Brother 4:16
Track 06. Respectable 4:04
Track 07. The Legend Of Andrew McCrew 6:20
Track 08. Babylon 5:00
Track 09. This Little Light Of Mine 2:58
Track 10. Vincent 4:04

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JOHNNY CASH
Virginia 2003 [no label, 1CD]
Live at the Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, Virginia; July 5, 2003. Excellent soundboard.

The strain showed but it was still a solid performance. Johnny Cash was a trouper right until the end.

Thanks to Blindopolis for sharing the tracks on Demonoid.

Thanks to JTT for the screenshot.

Track 01. Intro (Janette Carter)
Track 02. Folsom Prison Blues
Track 03. I Walk The Line
Track 04. Sunday Morning Coming Down
Track 05. Ring Of Fire
Track 06. Angel Band
Track 07. Big River
Track 08. Understand Your Man

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Last week’s collective action against the PIPA (Protect IP Act) and SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bills in the United States was unprecedented and mighty. But have you noticed that we’re always on the defensive? We cannot win or even maintain our rights to free speech that way. By Rick Falkvinge, founder of the Swedish Pirate Party.

The copyright industry is tenacious and effective in using the “Daddy, I want a pony” tactics in legislation. They go at it again, and again, and again, and again. The result is a continuous erosion of our civil rights and an entrenchment of their entitlement to taxpayer funds.

The “Daddy, I want a pony” tactic goes roughly like this:

Little girl: Daddy, I want a pony! Want pony! Want want want pony!
Dad: Uhm, no, uhm, uhm, no, how about a dog?
Little girl: No no no NO! Want pony! PONY! …Dog? Well, ok then.

At this point the dad thinks, “Phew, that was a close call!” The little girl on the other hand thinks “Wow, that’s the easiest dog I ever got.” That’s the “Daddy, I want a pony” tactic.

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FRANK ZAPPA
Rotterdam 1980 [no label, 2CD]
Live at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; May 24, 1980. Very good to excellent FM broadcast.

This appears to be a popular Frank Zappa show and has been widely shared.

These comments were posted by Calvin Wazoo at frankzappasrevenge.blogspot.com:

The show at The Ahoy was performed by a relatively small band by Zappa standards, and has some really good guitar solos by the master. That is evident with the concert starting off with the guitar-centric Chunga’s Revenge…

This boot also has one of the few pre-release recordings of a live performance of I Don’t Want To Get Drafted. The show finishes with The Illinois Enema Bandit, in a great performance with Ray White’s vocals and with Zappa’s guitar work. Zappa’s solo is searing in its precision. He gave the crowd at The Ahoy that night a real gift with that solo.

Thanks to the seeder who shared this show on the net in 2005.

Artwork from coverdude.com, thanks!

Disc 1
Track 101. Chunga’s Revenge
Track 102. Keep It Greasey
Track 103. Outside Now
Track 104. City Of Tiny Lights
Track 105. Teenage Wind
Track 106. Bamboozled By Love
Track 107. Pick Me I’m Clean
Track 108. Society Pages
Track 109. I’m A Beautiful Guy
Track 110. Beauty Knows No Pain
Track 111. Charlie’s Enormous Mouth
Track 112. Cosmik Debris
Track 113. You Didn’t Try To Call Me
Track 114. I Ain’t Got No Heart
Track 115. Love Of My Life

Disc 2
Track 201. You Are What You Is
Track 202. Easy Meat
Track 203. Joe’s Garage
Track 204. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
Track 205. (crowd)
Track 206. Dancin’ Fool
Track 207. Bobby Brown
Track 208. Ms Pinky
Track 209. (crowd)
Track 210. I Don’t Want To Get Drafted
Track 211. The Illinois Enema Bandit
Track 212. (radio outro)

Lineup:
Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals
Ike Willis – guitar, vocals
Tommy Mars – keyboards and vocals
Arthur “Tink” Barrow – bass
Ray White – guitar, vocals
David Logeman – drums

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In Mototsugu Watanabe’s Whore Angels (2000), it’s the end of the Hot Lips whorehouse, if not the world, if the Archangel sucks up to the horny Devil. But first she must discover human goodness. Stephen Tan reviews.

Out-of-towner Komasa looks for work at the Hot Lips whore joint. Instead of cubicles for some privacy, the joint has rows of seats where customers are entertained practically where they are seated. There is nothing posh about the place and the girls – Yuki, Lilla and Rena – will cater to their clients’ fantasies, such as dressing up in frilly nightgowns or appearing as nurses, besides getting fondled, fingered and giving blowjobs.

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Sara Flounders explains why America’s elite want a new war. They have to protect their own.

There is growing apprehension that through miscalculation, deliberate provocation or a staged false flag operation, a US war with Iran is imminent.

The dangerous combination of top US officials’ public threats, the Pentagon’s massive military deployment, continued drone flights and industrial sabotage against Iran provides an ominous warning. The corporate media have been more than willing to cheer industrial sabotage, computer viruses and targeted assassinations. War maneuvers with Israel scheduled for mid-January were suddenly postponed Jan. 15 until May or later.

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DINOSAURS
San Francisco 1982 – Late Show [no label, 2CD]
Live at The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA; December 10, 1982. Very good to excellent soundboard.

Thanks to Wharfratpat who recently shared both the Early and Late Shows at Lossless Legs.

Late Show:
Disc 3
Track 301. tuning and talk [01:41]
Track 302. Love Machine [07:33]
Track 303. St Louis Blues [04:10]
Track 304. talk – Nicky Hopkins intro [00:38]
Track 305. S.O.S. [05:24]
Track 306. tuning and talk – Country Joe McDonald intro [00:34]
Track 307. Flying High [Country Joe lead vocals] [07:46]
Track 308. tuning and talk – Mike Wilhelm intro [02:37]
Track 309. Howard Hughes Blues [Mike Wilhelm vocals] [04:15]
Track 310. Dust My Broom [03:48]
Track 311. Passing Thru [04:21]

Disc 4
Track 401. talk – Sam Andrew intro [00:19]
Track 402. Chemical Body [08:11]
Track 403. talk – Harold Aceves intro [01:20]
Track 404. Mona [07:36]
Track 405. The Dance [07:50]
Track 406. talk – David Nelson intro [02:20]
Track 407. Minglewood Blues [David Nelson lead vocals] [05:52]
Track 408. San Francisco [06:31]
Track 409. thanks, applause and tuning before encore [01:26]
Encore
Track 410. Dinosaur [04:05]
Track 411. final thanks and applause [00:16]

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BOB DYLAN AND ETTA JAMES
Providence 1986 [no label, 1CD]
Live at the Marriott Hotel, Providence, RI; July 10, 1986. Very good to excellent soundboard.

US soul singer Etta James, best known for the tracks At Last and I’d Rather Go Blind, died on January 20, 2012, aged 73. It was announced in 2011 that the singer had been diagnosed with leukaemia and was undergoing treatment. James began singing in a group aged 14, before she embarked upon a solo career where she signed to the legendary Chess Records label. The BCC reported that legendary producer Jerry Wexler once called her “the greatest of all modern blues singers”.

This is an after-hours jam session with Bob Dylan and Etta James and her band. The Bob Dylan Examiner reported that “In the early hours of the 10th, Bob Dylan joined Etta James and Shuggie Otis on stage at the Providence Marriott Hotel. You can almost hear Dylan smile as he kept repeating the same suggestive verse of “I’m A King Bee” (The one about “making honey”).”

Thanks to the person who shared this on Dime in 2005; and to everyone who kept the show alive.

Track 01. You Win Again
Track 02. I’m A King Bee (false start)
Track 03. I’m A King Bee
Track 04. Let The Good Times Roll
Track 05. Earth Angel
Track 06. Goodnight Sweetheart

Lineup:
Bob Dylan – vocal and guitar
Etta James – shared vocal
Jack McDuff – organ
Shuggie Otis – guitar
Richard Reid – bass
Paul Humphrey – drums

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KANSAS
Mayhem Symphony [PRRP018, 2CD]
Live at the Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; October 30, 1976. Very good to excellent Pre-FM. With special guests Ambrosia.

This popular show was shared on the net back in 2005; and it’s a big thank you to the PRRP team and to the original seeder.

Here are some notes that came with the show:

The show presented on these discs consists of three parts. First is the Kansas concert itself. The band provides a nice mixture of both old and new material for the enjoyment of the crowd. The second piece is an interview of the band members that occurred at the end of the concert. During this interview they discussed the tuxedo worn during the performance by Rich Williams, the masks worn by many of the band members during the show and many other things. The final segment is the Ambrosia performance. As the warm up band, they did play before Kansas but for the purpose of this package putting them at the end of the discs seemed appropriate…

Disc 1
Track 101. Intro 3:46
Track 102. Carry On Wayward Son 5:22
Track 103. Icarus – Borne On Wings Of Steel 5:44
Track 104. Down The Road 3:29
Track 105. Good Evening Introduction 1:28
Track 106. Mysteries And Mayhem 4:12
Track 107. Lamplight Symphony 2:30
Track 108. The Wall 4:49
Track 109. Introduction 1:38
Track 110 Lonely Wind 6:55
Track 111. What’s On My Mind 3:33
Track 112. Miracles Out Of Nowhere 6:44
Track 113. Guitar Solo 3:24
Track 114. Child Of Innocence 4:30
Track 115. Introduction 1:07
Track 116. Keyboard Improv/Drum Solo/Magnum Opus 13:44

Disc 2
Track 201. Song For America 9:45
Track 202. Violin Solo 4:07
Track 203. Cheyenne Anthem (Ending) 3:32
Track 204. Belexes 4:45

Bonus Tracks
Track 205. Interview with Band Members 7:21

The Opening Act: Ambrosia
Track 206. Make Us All Aware 6:30
Track 207. Can’t Let A Women 6:38
Track 208. Holdin’ On To Yesterday 6:12
Track 209. I Wanna Know 7:45
Track 210. World Leave Me Alone 4:33

Kansas:
Steve Walsh – vocals, keyboards
Kerry Livgren – guitars, keyboards
Rich Williams – lead guitar
Dave Hope – bass
Phil Ehart – drums and percussion

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By Paul Craig Roberts

Since my January 11 column and the news alert posted on January 14, more confirmation that Washington is moving the world toward a dangerous war has appeared. The Obama regime is using its Ministry of Propaganda, a.k.a., the American media, to spread the story that President Barack Obama, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta, and other high US officials are delivering strong warnings to Israel not to attack Iran.

For someone as familiar with Washington as I am, I recognize these reports for what they are. They are Br’er Rabbit telling Br’er Fox “please don’t throw me in the briar patch.”

If you don’t know the Uncle Remus stories, you have missed a lot. Br’er Rabbit was born and raised in the briar patch.

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