Upon grabbing some breakfast with my bestie this morning, I spotted this poster and it reminded me that I was going to remind you wonderfolks about this awesome show this weekend. Matt rounded up our weekend picks and gave a good shout-out to this is one which is high on my list of a particularly solid weekend of offerings. I love it when folks use their talents to help others and I'm always excited by artists working with nonprofits (and if you like that, too, check out our friends over at Creativity Moves ). National [...]
The voices of people who were or are living on the streets.
Sa-Roc - The Force Sa-Roc - Stair of Siam Sa-Roc - The Little Space Ships Here's a lyrical gem from late 2010, that we have completely missed. Sa-Roc a Washington DC femcee, that is right up there with the most talented, Tiye Phoenix, Boog Brown and Jean Grey. Had a listen to the album today for the first time thanks to Chase March. And I am an imediate fan of this sister. So much talent right here. Sa-roc [...]
These people who try to help! Their college settlements, missions, charities, and what not, are failures. In the nature of things they cannot but be failures. They are wrongly, though sincerely, conceived. They approach life through a misunderstanding of life, these good folk. They do not understand the West End, yet they come down to the East End as teachers and savants. They do not understand the simple sociology of Christ, yet they come to the miserable and the despised with the pomp of social redeemers. They have worked faithfully, but beyond relieving an infinitesimal fraction of misery and collecting [...]
In the past year, poverty in Baltimore city has increased by 20%. 1 in 4 city residents now live in poverty. Source.
As Republicans in DC continue to argue for cuts to social programs, reductions to regulations, and tax cuts for "job creators" (a catchy way of saying "the rich"), more and more Americans slip into poverty. Last week, the Census Bureau released new figures showing that nearly one in six Americans lives in poverty – a record 46.2 million people. The poverty rate, pegged at 15.1 percent, is the highest of any major industrialized nation, and many experts believe it could get worse before it abates. [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Tim Mosenfelder, Getty With this week's rioting in England, we sought out the opinion of the rock world's foremost expert on civil unrest: Tom Morello . The Rage Against the Machine guitarist is about to embark on a three-date "Justice Tour" as the Nightwatchman , the solo moniker under which he's releasing his third solo album, 'World Wide Rebel Songs,' on Aug. [...]
In terms of median per capita GDP growth, I like to think of the Philippines as Southeast Asia's underachieving half-sister. It has many of the socioeconomic factors in place to stage a middle class renaissance, but elements that range from endemic poverty, crippling economic fallout from the (US-backed) Marcos regime, and entrenched corruption have contributed to one of the widest gaps between the rich and the poor in the world. According to the CIA World Factbook , 32.9% of the population lives below the poverty line. Filipino economist Solita Collas-Monsod noted that "the number of people living in [...]
The voices of people who were or are living on the streets.
The voices of people who were or are living on the streets.
Filed under: News Kevin Mazur, WireImage Despite raking in millions upon millions over dollars over his esteemed career, Bruce Springsteen has always retained the image of a man of the people. On Wednesday, he bolstered his blue-collar cred with a letter to the editor of the Asbury Park Press in which he commented on an article about budget cuts and the impoverished. The front-page piece, " As poverty rises in NJ, cuts [...]
Tony Kevin Jr. at Columbia City Theater The next name you'll be hearing lots more about from the Conor Byrne open mic crowd is Tony Kevin Jr. Following in the footsteps of other open mic regulars The Head and The Heart and Bryan John Appleby, Tony's potent poetry and bell clear voice is starting to make [...]
We've started the budget process over at the school committee table, and the outlook is bleak: State budgets are getting tighter, health insurance takes a bigger bite out of our state-determined minimum funding level every year, and here in Massachusetts, the only way to raise local taxes is to appeal directly to the voters - a tactic we lost by a factor of 5 to 2 just three years ago when we tried to get enough to reopen the middle school library. It's all part of a larger trend, of course. Since 2002, our school [...]
I'm absolutely loving this track from Young Galaxy 's Shapeshifting , I know I posted it two weeks ago but I'm posting again, I didn't give it its due, it's a definitely different sound for them and I'm loving it. And the rest of the songs in this abbreviated New Music Tuesday (sorry, I'm traveling this week, so this is the best I could do). Download Young Galaxy - "We Have Everything".mp3 Buy Shapeshifting [...]
[Carmen Delzell lives in Mexico, travels to India, and does occasional audio essays for us. Here's another post in her: Bag Lady's Guide to What's Left of the Planet...] By Carmen Delzell This time alone living in the luxury of Martha’s house has helped me relax enough to see myself and [...]
Food is out of the question till you get to the border.
You have declined, and often difficult to find sufficient resources to maintain the living standards. While feeding from the teat Gold Cow, it is still not enough, and even all your basic needs. Care and help of friends, you are introduced to ground floor opportunity. However, this led to further damage your dignity has been wounded. The crass rich hire you, spitting on you just the humble servant. Then, without warning, only a further loss of human nature, you will be discarded. Do not worry: Despite these setbacks, [...]
by sam smitty What's troubling you more these days? Poverty [...]
Michael Franti and Spearhead: Hole in the Bucket [ purchase ] With and without the sparse-but-funky backing soul of Spearhead, Michael Franti has staked his later career on proactive, politically sensitive songs which cry out to the listener to reconsider his or her relationship to society. Here, in their 1994 debut outing, he uses a chance encounter with a homeless street beggar to muse on the responsibility of the passerby: should we drop the quarter in the cup, and address poverty in passing, even if we [...]
Georges Brassens : Pauvre Martin [ purchase ] Great poet and folk songwriter Georges Brassens tells the life of Poor Martin (the most common name in France), an agricultural worker, and his resignation to his life and death : Without letting be seen on his face, neither a resentful or bitter look He turned over other's fields Always shoveling, always shoveling And when death called upon him, to work his final field, he dug his own grave, quickly, hiding himself, (...) [...]
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