The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Gil Scott-Heron

Classic Gil Scott-Heron. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

Chimes of Freedom

Chimes of Freedom features a stellar and diverse group of artists across the generational and musical spectrum. The performers, including many of Amnesty International’s longtime supporters, range in age from  Miley Cyrus, 19, to folk music legend Pete Seeger, who, at 92, records Dylan’s poignant “Forever Young,” with a children’s chorus.The diversity of the musicians and musical genres — from rock, rap, hip-hop to pop, folk, country, jazz and blues — attests to Amnesty’s depth of support in the music community, the universal appeal of the core message of human rights, and the breadth of Dylan’s impact on culture. Almost every track on the album is being released for sale for the first time* — except for the title song, Dylan’s original 1964 recording of “Chimes of Freedom.”

Drinkify: Never Listen to Leonard Alone

Leonard Cohen on Drinkify: Never drink alone!

What’s the Difference?

“There may not be much difference, between Chairman Mao and Richard Nixon, if we strip them naked,” Yoko Ono reminds us in this classic cut from the Plastic Ono Band’s Sometime in New York City LP. Chock full of revolutionary protest songs (from Attica State to Angela Davis) and stuffed with a petition to allow John to fight an unjust deportation, SINYC is like a musical time capsule capturing the last rebel yell from the era of the Sixties street-fighting man.

Feeling nostalgic for some Elephant’s Memory Band? It’s only a click away. It’s all free for your listening pleasure on Yoko’s Soundcloud site.

We’re all water from different rivers
That’s why it’s so easy to meet
We’re all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we’ll evaporate together

Yoko’s Wish Tree

When You Wish Upon a Tree at the Hirshhorn

by Brandon Springer — Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden for Smithsonian.com

Some wish for their mothers. Some wish for their fathers. Some wish for siblings or friends, children or partners. Some wishes are rather rude. Some wishes are earnest and sweet.

Yoko Ono’s Washington D.C. Wish Tree is back in bloom in the Hirshhorn sculpture garden this summer.

The tree has stood in the sculpture garden since 2007. It is one of many wish trees around the world installed by Ono as a part of her international peace project IMAGINE PEACE (the name a reference to her late husband’s celebrated album and song).

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Sign Yoko’s No Guns Petition

On Mon 10 May 2010, in Imagine All The People, Written work, Yoko recommends, by admin

Dear Family of Peace
Too many innocent people & children are victims of tragic shootings.
Let’s stop criminals getting guns.
Yoko Ono Lennon
http://bit.ly/dmPRzh

Sign The Petition. Close The Loophole.
Background Checks for all sales at Gun Shows
http://bit.ly/NOguns

Democracy * Lenny Live in London

With the heat, if not the light, coming from Tea Parties erupting around us, Free Pamphlet Publishing couldn’t think of a better time to dust off this cool video, from the PBS broadcast of Leonard Cohen Live in London.

First we take Manhattan. Then we take Berlin!

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Live in London.

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Draft John Mellencamp Movement Takes Off

A special from IndySocial:

The Draft Mellencamp for Senate Movement is officially underway and very much for real.

Since the notion was introduced by The Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel earlier this week on an MSNBC morning show, and later in greater depth on The Nation‘s web site, thousands have joined impromptu Mellencamp for Indiana Senator Fan Pages on Facebook, and voices ranging from rock fans to professional politicians have signaled their support.

As of yet, no official comment from the Mellencamp camp. His web site’s news section is promoting an upcoming performance  headlining Rock Fest 2010 in Cadott, WI on Saturday, July 17th and makes no mention of potential senatorial aspirations.  Rock Fest is four day music festival.

The controversial leftist editor’s proposal that the scrappy Hoosier Rocker might actually make a viable candidate, and a palpable alternative to big-business-friendly Dan Coats, who is widely believed to be the Republican candidate.

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It’s That Time of the Year

Indianapolis jazzer, singer/songwriter and owner of Hit City, Tim Brickley and the Bleeding Hearts remind us to stop, and celebrate the season. Xmas comes but once a year. Enjoy.

“Blue Christmas” by John Gabriel

“Blue Christmas” by John Gabriel

Originally uploaded by John Gabriel Funky Outsider

Free Pamphlet Publishing would like to join outsider artist John Gabriel in wishing everyone a very “Blue Xmas!”