Inappropriate Conversations

If we don't speak up now, raising our voices in dissent, then when will we? An argument could be made that the powers-that-be are striving to stifle the means by which those voices may be heard. 
Now is the time to speak in favor of Net Neutrality. 
Now is the time to note that we will never be able to return to this moment in history.
Now is the time to insist the our leaders put nation ahead of party, the intent of our so-called "founding fathers" above self-interest.
Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country.

Reds (1981)

Different Drummer: Diane Keaton

In American amateur sports, women have been making the biggest impact for a decade now. There are multiple reasons. One of the most interesting, though, is an example of the great things that happen for society as a whole when principles of equality are put into place. It’s more than just a game. Our entire economy may be experiencing the same benefit of full empowerment and participation.

Different Drummer: Pat Summitt

 

Before and After Title IX

 

Environmentalism, conservation, and more.

 

Different Drummer: Leonard Cohen

 

Leonard Cohen - "The Future"

10,000 Maniacs - "Poison in the Well"

Reverend Moon - "Old Graves"

Moonwood - "Drawing Water from a Poisoned Well"

Yes - "The Ancient - Giants Under the Sun"

Graham Parker - "Green Monkeys"

The Fall - "Van Plague?"

Wu-Tang Clan - "America"

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "Same Love" featuring Mary Lambert

Melissa Etheridge - "Silent Legacy"

Leonard Cohen - "Everybody Knows"

Leonard Cohen - "Democracy"

Grand Funk Railroad - "Creepin'"

Dead Kennedys - "Soup is Good Food"

XTC - "Scarecrow People"

Skinny Puppy - "Testure"

Holly Cole - "Fragile"

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Two Gunslingers"

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Let's Face It"

Leonard Cohen - "Anthem"

 

General, variety.

Different Drummer: Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

Midnight Oil - "Blue Sky Mine"

The Jam - "Running on the Spot"

The Jam - "Going Underground"

David Bynre - "Miss America"

Scatterbrain - "Goodbye Freedom, Hello Mom"

Wicked (cast) - "Defying Gravity"

Hamilton (cast) - "My Shot"

Hamilton (cast) - "The Election of 1800"

Hamilton (cast) - "Non-Stop"

Travis Tritt - "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man"

USAF Academy Band and Cadet Chorale - "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"

Nanci Griffith - "Deportee (Plan Wreck at Los Gatos)"

Violent Femmes - "Old Mother Reagan"

Violent Femmes - "No Killing"

Ernie Thacker - "The Hangman" (Maurice Ogden)

Frederic Rzewski - "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"

Indigo Girls - "Let It Be Me"

Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning"

 

 

War.

Different Drummer: Neil Young

 

Jefferson Airplane - "Volunteers"

Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth"

Guns 'n' Roses - "Civil War"

Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son"

Dead Kennedys - "Kinky Sex Makes the World go 'Round"

Pink Floyd - "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert"

Crass - "How Does It Feel"

Crass - "Sheep Farming in the Falklands"

Morrissey - "Margaret on the Guillotine"

Neil Young - "Rocking in the Free World"

Neil Young - "Southern Man"

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - "Powderfinger"
The Cowboy Junkies - "Powderfinger"

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "Ohio"

Neil Young & The Stray Gators - "War Song"

John Denver - "'68 Nixon"

Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready To Make Nice"

Elvis Costello - "Shipbuilding"

Skinny Puppy - "VX Gas Attack"

Flipper - "Sacrifice"

XTC - "War Dance"

Got A Girl - "There's a Revolution"

 

When you don't know the rest of the story, it can be challenging to tell the part that you do know.

 

"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal."

 

The Ungame.

 

Different Drummer: Alain Robbe-Grillet

I recall an exercise that I found unexpectedly challenging: making 100 clear and simple statements about myself that were true and affirming, in the sense of not being negative. I've been sharing parts of this throughout Inappropriate Conversations and Walk The Earth podcasts. This time, I revist that list. 

Different Drummer: John Pavlovitz