In honor of President Obama's order to close the Guantanamo Prison, I repost this excellent song by Billy Gill.
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Guantanamo
Fun Alt-country
I was just shared this by now you see them from Asheville,NC. It's fun, mostly upbeat, alt country. This is from a live recording they made on 12/6/08. It's a full album, I'll upload one song here. The whole album can be had for free on last.fm.
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I-go cars Music Contest
I-Go is a Chicago-based non-profit car sharing outfit which is dedicated to helping people get transportation without having to own a car. They are running a contest right now for music to be played in their cars, and they're looking for musicians with some Chicago connection. Their users will then vote and the winning songs will be put on a compilation CD to go in the cars. If you're a musicia...
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Code Monkey
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Most people who know about Jonathan Coulton have heard of him because of his cover of Baby Got Back. His version is well-done, but the folked-out rap song in general is a bit of a gimmick. I like this track of his much better, it comes more from himself and his experience in his former job as a programmer.
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Anger and Sorrow
This is another one in my series of singer-songwriters who do not get the recognition they deserve. This track by Billy Gill is a very raw but very powerful indictment of the policies of the current US administration. I don't know if this was a live recording or something he did in a home studio, but Gill's anger at what has been done and sorrow for its innocent victims just drip from his delivery
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Running Sacred
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Exene Cervanka is one of the most prolific and versatile singers and writers around. Her work has ranged from punk, with the band X, to alt-folk with The Knitters, to spoken word. Her 1990 solo release, Running Sacred, is brilliant, but gets very little attention (sometimes, it seems, even from Cervenka herself). Running Sacred is closer to her work with The Knitters than X, and there are lots of
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Chicago Music Law Tabled
Good news for Chicago music fans! The proposed law that would have effectively shut down small independent music venues, and significantly hampered events at larger ones like Schuba's, has been sent back to committee to be reworked. That doesn't mean its gone, but at least the outcry of Chicago musicians, fans, and venue owners was heard!Greg Kot's Blog about the decision yesterday
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Chicago Music Ordinance
It looks like MOG had a hiccup and a lot got lost, so I'm reposting this about the Chicago law that would require independent music promoter to go through a huge amount of beauracracy and pay $500-$2000 for each event they promote. If you live in the Chicago area and like music please read this:Chicago LawThere is a petition against it here:Petition
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Locating MOG account...