RIP, Richie Havens

(via David Corn)

Richie Havens, the man who opened Woodstock, died earlier today. Here he is at Woodstock w/ his best-known song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA51wyl-9IE


Here is his cover of "Here Comes the Sun" (and others by the Beatles and Dylan):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbXKsKXyNU&list=ALBTKoXRg38BCTrh5-OufClp14fQR5IW6T


*his obituary from NYT: http://www.therootsagency.com/artist-roster/richie-havens

Thursday Night Music Club (Great White North ed.)

vacationing in Toronto this week--enjoyed watching the Indians take the series from the Jays.

of course, when in Rome . . . here is Rush doing some "YYZ"--enjoy.

btw, doesn't this song's intro seem quite similar to Rage Against the Machine's "Bulls on Parade" (or other)?

How to Sell-out your Constituents--Obama style

(via Ezra Klein)

a budget with cuts to Medicare and Social Security--only a Democratic President could get that through. Shameful.

(btw, I could see Hillary doing the same thing)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-budget-would-cut-entitlements-in-exchange-for-tax-increases/2013/04/05/2ee93f82-9dd6-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html?hpid=z1

Exxon and Tar Sands Oil--What Could Go Wrong?

(from Bill McKibben)

from one family's backyard, the oil spill in Arkansas:

https://twitter.com/cheneywatch/status/318688383549460481/photo/1

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(from Mother Jones)

and a little closer to home . . . earthquakes in Youngstown, Ohio not enough to slow "frack boom"

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/03/does-fracking-cause-earthquakes-wastewater-dewatering

Why raising the mimimun wage is a good idea (just ask Henry Ford)

(via Occupy Chicago)

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/02/raising-minimum-wage/62106/

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and just because . . . 

Bill Moyers on Woody Guthrie and his relevance (short video piece):
http://billmoyers.com/content/lessons-on-democracy-from-woody-guthrie/