Somebody needs to thank me. I just spent about an hour digitizing an LP by Country Joe and the Fish, solely to populate this post. But my main point:The song I Feel Like I'm Fixin To Die Rag is the only one that anyone remembers from this band, and I now think that a large part of the music is stolen from Louis Armstrong. Attached to the post is Country Joe's anti-Vietnam War anthem (sans The C...
Okay, so someone on another site (the Pibgorn comment list, if it matters...) mentioned an interesting site where you can make graphics out of your words...Basically, the site, Wordle.net, takes a block of text you paste in (or a blog or news site's RSS feed, for that matter) , and makes a semi-abstract pattern out of the words of the article. The size of the words indicates their relative fre...
Just to get folks in the mood to protest I suppose (choose your issue, there are a few). Live footage of Country Joe & The Fish from Woodstock, Monterey Pop Festival, etc. from '67-'70. Good start to "I Feel Like". Searchles "mashup":http://www.searchles.com/channels/show/4983 below.
Sure, LBJ's 1948 election to the Senate is still dogged by accusations of fraud, he was known to strongarm votes as Senate leader, and he plunged the U.S. into Vietnam. But he moved civil rights legislation forward, increased funding for education and launched the war on poverty.What's Shrub's balance sheet? He's trambpled on the constitution, eroded civil liberties, squandered U.S. goodwill ab...
Various Artists, Zachariah OST (Probe 1971)Cool soundtrack featuring the James Gang, Country Joe & the Fish, Elvin Jones and some great scene-setting music by Jimmie Haskell. Haven't seen the movie, but not only did it star Don Johnson and a bunch of the musicians, but the clips available on Youtube make it look like a post-hippie Western version of Cop Rock.The James Gang - "Laguna Salada"The ...
