Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Capricorn Horoscope for week of May 7, 2009
Capricorn Horoscope for week of May 7, 2009
Did you hear about the older Korean woman who has failed her driving test 800 times? Or the American man who has filled out job applications at 25 Pizza Huts in 20 cities without being hired? Or the British artist who has completed over 5,000 paintings even though no gallery has ever shown his work? There is something about you that resembles those persistently frustrated people -- or at least has resembled them up until now. Soon, I predict, the dogged efforts you've made will finally pay off in at least a modest success, and perhaps even more if you'll make an effort to free your mind of its backlog of sad images.
Did you hear about the older Korean woman who has failed her driving test 800 times? Or the American man who has filled out job applications at 25 Pizza Huts in 20 cities without being hired? Or the British artist who has completed over 5,000 paintings even though no gallery has ever shown his work? There is something about you that resembles those persistently frustrated people -- or at least has resembled them up until now. Soon, I predict, the dogged efforts you've made will finally pay off in at least a modest success, and perhaps even more if you'll make an effort to free your mind of its backlog of sad images.
may 6th
1940 John Steinback win pulitzer prize for Grapes of Wrath...
Tom Joad says....
Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me Mom I'll be there
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."
Tom Joad says....
Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me Mom I'll be there
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
people on the street
I ran into Michael Musto the writer for the Village voice twice last week. Once while he was riding up 8th ave. And i sat next to him on the train sunday, he had his bike and was wearing flip flops and socks....
I also ran into Claire and Billy while i was entering MSG sunday.
I also ran into Claire and Billy while i was entering MSG sunday.
A cast of singers as big and deep as America turned up at the Garden to help Pete Seeger celebrate a rare birthday Sunday night - his 90th.
The wide swath of stars taking part - more than 40 in all - testified to Seeger's role as the key conduit between our nation's trove of older folk songs and all the updates that came in his wake.
Seeger's seminal 1950s recordings of America's union songs, protest numbers and bucolic odes presaged the folk revival of the '60s, thereby influencing every picker and strummer to come.
Many of those paying homage last night hailed from the early stages of Seeger's influence, including Joan Baez, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Tom Paxton and Richie Havens. Also strongly represented were stars who made it big in the '70s like Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Emmylou Harris and Kris Kristofferson.
Sunday night's event - whose profits went toward Seeger's long-running pet cause to clean up the Hudson River - also brought out some '90s stars, including ex-Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Rufus Wainwright and Teddy Thompson.
But no artists under 30 appeared, a key oversight considering the rush of twentysomethings currently working to reenliven America's rustic past.
The audience itself made up for that flub - it included a respectable quotient of souls under 30. Certainly, the show itself had a more contemporary, and far more optimistic, tone than it would have had the recent election turned out differently. Many stars evoked the hope of President Obama, including Springsteen, who gave a long and rousing speech at the end recounting his trip to the inauguration with the birthday boy.
Some stars worked cannily to update the material at hand. Ani DiFranco rewrote "Which Side Are You On?" to include lyrics condemning Reagonomics and boosting feminism. Michael Franti added a rap to "Dear Mr. President" that turned the song from a protest to an encouragement.
Politics didn't overwhelm the night. The McGarrigle Sisters and two of their children, Martha and Rufus Wainwright, employed a perilous set of harmonies on "Fare Thee Well" to create an ode of desperate longing. Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka paired on a surprisingly erudite banjo duet that played to Seeger's instrumental side.
A few singers added their own songs, including Mellencamp, who addressed mortality in "Jesus Give Me a Ride Back Home," and Springsteen, who performed his own Seeger-esque "Ghost of Tom Joad."
Seeger himself didn't sing during the 4-1/2 hour event, but he did lead the audience through songs like "Amazing Grace" and "Goodnight, Irene." Of course, Seeger's whole point was always to get the audience to do the crooning, to therefore democratize the music and stress plain voices as the most true.
The crowd used theirs loudly and often, and, in so doing, gave Seeger his ultimate birthday gift - uniting people in song.
jfarber@nydailynews.com
Read more: "Pete Seeger's music in bloom at 90th birthday bash at Madison Square Garden" - http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/05/04/2009-05-04_peter_seegers_music_in_bloom_at_garden_stars_honor_folk_singers_rich_legacy_at_9.html#ixzz0EX3NHcMK&A
The wide swath of stars taking part - more than 40 in all - testified to Seeger's role as the key conduit between our nation's trove of older folk songs and all the updates that came in his wake.
Seeger's seminal 1950s recordings of America's union songs, protest numbers and bucolic odes presaged the folk revival of the '60s, thereby influencing every picker and strummer to come.
Many of those paying homage last night hailed from the early stages of Seeger's influence, including Joan Baez, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Tom Paxton and Richie Havens. Also strongly represented were stars who made it big in the '70s like Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Emmylou Harris and Kris Kristofferson.
Sunday night's event - whose profits went toward Seeger's long-running pet cause to clean up the Hudson River - also brought out some '90s stars, including ex-Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Rufus Wainwright and Teddy Thompson.
But no artists under 30 appeared, a key oversight considering the rush of twentysomethings currently working to reenliven America's rustic past.
The audience itself made up for that flub - it included a respectable quotient of souls under 30. Certainly, the show itself had a more contemporary, and far more optimistic, tone than it would have had the recent election turned out differently. Many stars evoked the hope of President Obama, including Springsteen, who gave a long and rousing speech at the end recounting his trip to the inauguration with the birthday boy.
Some stars worked cannily to update the material at hand. Ani DiFranco rewrote "Which Side Are You On?" to include lyrics condemning Reagonomics and boosting feminism. Michael Franti added a rap to "Dear Mr. President" that turned the song from a protest to an encouragement.
Politics didn't overwhelm the night. The McGarrigle Sisters and two of their children, Martha and Rufus Wainwright, employed a perilous set of harmonies on "Fare Thee Well" to create an ode of desperate longing. Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka paired on a surprisingly erudite banjo duet that played to Seeger's instrumental side.
A few singers added their own songs, including Mellencamp, who addressed mortality in "Jesus Give Me a Ride Back Home," and Springsteen, who performed his own Seeger-esque "Ghost of Tom Joad."
Seeger himself didn't sing during the 4-1/2 hour event, but he did lead the audience through songs like "Amazing Grace" and "Goodnight, Irene." Of course, Seeger's whole point was always to get the audience to do the crooning, to therefore democratize the music and stress plain voices as the most true.
The crowd used theirs loudly and often, and, in so doing, gave Seeger his ultimate birthday gift - uniting people in song.
jfarber@nydailynews.com
Read more: "Pete Seeger's music in bloom at 90th birthday bash at Madison Square Garden" - http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/05/04/2009-05-04_peter_seegers_music_in_bloom_at_garden_stars_honor_folk_singers_rich_legacy_at_9.html#ixzz0EX3NHcMK&A
Pete Seeger celebrates 90th birthday with Madison Square Garden tribute concert
by Jay Lustig/The Star-Ledger
Sunday May 03, 2009, 10:55 PM
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/GETTY(L-R) Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger and Tom Morello at a 90th birthday tribute concert to Seeger at Madison Square Garden, Sunday
NEW YORK - For one night only, folk music took over Madison Square Garden, as Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Dave Matthews, Arlo Guthrie and many others saluted Pete Seeger, upon the legendary folksinger's 90th birthday.
Seeger himself made occasional appearances throughout the 4 1/2-hour show -- a benefit for Clearwater, the environmental organization he founded -- and led the crowd in frequent singalongs. "There's no such thing as a wrong note, as long as you're singing it," he said.
Springsteen, joined by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine -- they both played acoustic guitars -- sang an urgent version of his own "The Ghost of Tom Joad," after comparing Seeger to the heroic Joad.
Elsewhere, Matthews sang "Rye Whiskey" in a haunting falsetto, and Baez, her voiced deepened with age but still pure of tone, sang the anti-war song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" with stoic sadness. Kris Kristofferson and Ani DiFranco provided some comic relief by dueting on "There's a Hole In the Bucket." Tom Chapin was joined by muppet Oscar the Grouch for the equally funny "Garbage!"
Roger McGuinn sang "Turn! Turn! Turn!", which he brought to the pop charts in the '60s, as a member of the Byrds, and former Sweet Honey in the Rock member Bernice Johnson Reagon led the crowd in a celebratory "This Little Light of Mine." Richie Havens sang and played with as much raw power as ever on "Freedom."
The New York City Labor Chorus added its voices to many numbers, and members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band occasionally pushed the music in a Dixieland direction. Other members of the show's exceptionally large cast included Emmylou Harris, John Mellencamp, Taj Mahal, Tommy Sands, Toshi Reagon, Bela Fleck, Ben Harper, Bruce Cockburn, Steve Earle, Warren Haynes, Del McCoury, Billy Bragg, Michael Franti, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Dar Williams, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright, Tom Paxton, John Hall, Tony Trischka, Guy Davis and members of the Native American Indian Cultural Alliance.
The show was taped for TV broadcast.
Springsteen honors Seeger at 90th birthday concert
By JOHN CARUCCI – 32 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — A star-studded medley of musical guests played tribute to Pete Seeger at a benefit concert for the legendary folk singer's 90th birthday.
Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Ani DiFranco and John Mellencamp were among the 40 musicians performing in Madison Square Garden for the Sunday night show, a benefit to raise awareness for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, an organization Seeger started to preserve and protect the Hudson River.
A lone light shone on Seeger as he opened the show playing a flute solo called "Menomonee Love Song." As the lights came up, they revealed the outline of a sloop, fitting for an event dubbed the Clearwater Concert after the organization's vessel, the gaff sloop Clearwater.
The crowd ranged from teens to octogenarians and perhaps even older. Springsteen brought them to laughter as he introduced Seeger.
"He's gonna look a lot like your granddad that wears flannel shirts and funny hats. He gonna look like your granddad if your granddad can kick your ass," the Boss said. "At 90, he remains a stealth dagger through the heart of our country's illusions about itself."
John Mellencamp came out early and performed, "If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)."
"It was the very first song I learned how to play on guitar," he said.
Most of the evening consisted of multiple artists performing together with one highlight coming before the intermission. Pete Seeger joined by Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, and others for a spiritual version of "We Shall Overcome."
Arlo Guthrie, son of folk legend Woody Guthrie, was joined by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for "Oh Mary Don't You Weep."
Tom Morello was the evening's interloper, performing four numbers with different artists. The most impressive was his duet with Springsteen near the end of the show. The pair traded verses on Springsteen's "the Ghost of Tom Joad." The former Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist also performed "John Henry" with Tom Paxton, and "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy," with Taj Mahal.
Dave Matthews told the crowd: "The first concert that my mother took me to was Pete Seeger." Then he launched into a searing version of "Whiskey Rye Whiskey."
Seeger and the rest of the evening's performers came on stage for an extended cover of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is My Land." They came back on for several encores and at the end brought out the entire Seeger family.
Proceeds from the event will go toward preserving and protecting the Hudson River.
On the Net:
By JOHN CARUCCI – 32 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — A star-studded medley of musical guests played tribute to Pete Seeger at a benefit concert for the legendary folk singer's 90th birthday.
Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Ani DiFranco and John Mellencamp were among the 40 musicians performing in Madison Square Garden for the Sunday night show, a benefit to raise awareness for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, an organization Seeger started to preserve and protect the Hudson River.
A lone light shone on Seeger as he opened the show playing a flute solo called "Menomonee Love Song." As the lights came up, they revealed the outline of a sloop, fitting for an event dubbed the Clearwater Concert after the organization's vessel, the gaff sloop Clearwater.
The crowd ranged from teens to octogenarians and perhaps even older. Springsteen brought them to laughter as he introduced Seeger.
"He's gonna look a lot like your granddad that wears flannel shirts and funny hats. He gonna look like your granddad if your granddad can kick your ass," the Boss said. "At 90, he remains a stealth dagger through the heart of our country's illusions about itself."
John Mellencamp came out early and performed, "If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)."
"It was the very first song I learned how to play on guitar," he said.
Most of the evening consisted of multiple artists performing together with one highlight coming before the intermission. Pete Seeger joined by Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, and others for a spiritual version of "We Shall Overcome."
Arlo Guthrie, son of folk legend Woody Guthrie, was joined by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for "Oh Mary Don't You Weep."
Tom Morello was the evening's interloper, performing four numbers with different artists. The most impressive was his duet with Springsteen near the end of the show. The pair traded verses on Springsteen's "the Ghost of Tom Joad." The former Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist also performed "John Henry" with Tom Paxton, and "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy," with Taj Mahal.
Dave Matthews told the crowd: "The first concert that my mother took me to was Pete Seeger." Then he launched into a searing version of "Whiskey Rye Whiskey."
Seeger and the rest of the evening's performers came on stage for an extended cover of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is My Land." They came back on for several encores and at the end brought out the entire Seeger family.
Proceeds from the event will go toward preserving and protecting the Hudson River.
On the Net:
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Postcard from the road: Pete Seeger's all-star hootenanny
By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY
More than 18,000 fans and friends showed up on Sunday night for a concert at Madison Square Garden honoring Pete Seeger's 90th birthday. USA TODAY was there, too.
The cause: Folk singer/songwriter, political/environmental activist and rock heroes' hero Pete Seeger turned 90 Sunday night, and some of his better-known disciples came out to celebrate. The birthday bash also was a benefit for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a non-profit group founded by Seeger to preserve the Hudson.
The songs: Classic tunes that Seeger wrote or helped popularize were joined by songs reflecting his socially conscious spirit, including Bob Dylan's Maggie's Farm and Bruce Springsteen's The Ghost of Tom Joad, which the Boss performed with Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello. Morello and Taj Mahal teamed for Seeger's anti-war anthem Waist Deep in the Big Muddy. Joan Baez strummed a guitar through Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and John Mellencamp followed a lean acoustic If I Had a Hammer with his own Seeger-inspired A Ride Back Home. Dave Matthews remembered his mother bringing him to see Seeger ("my first concert") before singing Rye Whiskey.
Thejams: Several numbers brought folkies of various ages, and folkie families, together. Emmylou Harris joined second-generation troubadour Teddy Thompson (son of Richard and Linda Thompson), Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and Kate's children Rufus and Martha Wainwright — along with the New York City Labor Chorus and Sparrow Duo — for The Water Is Wide. Tim Robbins joined the Wainwrights on Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, and We Shall Overcome was a rousing ensemble number. The birthday boy performed in various groupings: with Mahal and Steve Earle, among others, for Sailin' Up, Sailin' Down; with the crowd for This Land Is Your Land; and with grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger and other relatives.
Other team efforts:Maggie's Farm brought together Kris Kristofferson, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Richie Havens, Warren Haynes and Mahal. Kristofferson and Ani DiFranco offered Hole in the Bucket, while DiFranco and Bruce Cockburn covered Which Side Are You On. Arlo Guthrie, Del McCoury and U.S. Rep. John Hall, D-N.Y., were part of the eclectic outfit performing Oh Mary Don't You Weep; Roger McGuinn, Ben Bridwell and Tyler Ramsey played Turn, Turn, Turn; and The Torn Flag featured Bela Fleck and Ruby Dee, the latter reading Seeger's poem.
The Boss' boss: Springsteen spoke with obvious affection before his set, referring to Seeger as "an archive of America's history and conscience." Seeger "carries inside him a steely toughness that belies a grandfatherly facade. He's going to look like your granddad if your granddad could kick your a—."
The lighter side: British folk rocker Billy Bragg joked about "strange times when a labor union can own a car company (Chrysler)." Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch joined Tom Chapin in a cheeky nod to Seeger's eco-consciousness on Garbage. And Seeger turned Amazing Grace into a singalong, telling the audience, "There's no such thing as a wrong note as long as you're singing."
Before the show: Harris said Seeger taught her that music "is all about the song, not about the person," and that it "can change and inform people." Morello saw inspiration "in how he combines uncompromising activism with heart and soul and generous spirit." Baez hailed Seeger as "the number one, the big daddy" of socially conscious musicians, adding that she sings the elegiac Flowers all over the world. "Its message is universal."
Robbins credited Seeger with proving that music can "not only lift up the spirit but enlighten."
In his own words: "Normally, I'm against big things," Seeger said of the event backstage. "I think the world's going to be solved by millions of small things." But "needless to say, I'm very honored."
The encore: Artists filled the stage for an encore set that included When the Saints Go Marching In and a medley of Well May the World Go and This Little Light of Mine.
The prices: Tickets started at $19.19 (the year of Seeger's birth). Most seats sold, fittingly, for $19.19 and 90.00
Postcard from the road: Pete Seeger's all-star hootenanny
By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY
More than 18,000 fans and friends showed up on Sunday night for a concert at Madison Square Garden honoring Pete Seeger's 90th birthday. USA TODAY was there, too.
The cause: Folk singer/songwriter, political/environmental activist and rock heroes' hero Pete Seeger turned 90 Sunday night, and some of his better-known disciples came out to celebrate. The birthday bash also was a benefit for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a non-profit group founded by Seeger to preserve the Hudson.
The songs: Classic tunes that Seeger wrote or helped popularize were joined by songs reflecting his socially conscious spirit, including Bob Dylan's Maggie's Farm and Bruce Springsteen's The Ghost of Tom Joad, which the Boss performed with Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello. Morello and Taj Mahal teamed for Seeger's anti-war anthem Waist Deep in the Big Muddy. Joan Baez strummed a guitar through Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and John Mellencamp followed a lean acoustic If I Had a Hammer with his own Seeger-inspired A Ride Back Home. Dave Matthews remembered his mother bringing him to see Seeger ("my first concert") before singing Rye Whiskey.
Thejams: Several numbers brought folkies of various ages, and folkie families, together. Emmylou Harris joined second-generation troubadour Teddy Thompson (son of Richard and Linda Thompson), Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and Kate's children Rufus and Martha Wainwright — along with the New York City Labor Chorus and Sparrow Duo — for The Water Is Wide. Tim Robbins joined the Wainwrights on Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, and We Shall Overcome was a rousing ensemble number. The birthday boy performed in various groupings: with Mahal and Steve Earle, among others, for Sailin' Up, Sailin' Down; with the crowd for This Land Is Your Land; and with grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger and other relatives.
Other team efforts:Maggie's Farm brought together Kris Kristofferson, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Richie Havens, Warren Haynes and Mahal. Kristofferson and Ani DiFranco offered Hole in the Bucket, while DiFranco and Bruce Cockburn covered Which Side Are You On. Arlo Guthrie, Del McCoury and U.S. Rep. John Hall, D-N.Y., were part of the eclectic outfit performing Oh Mary Don't You Weep; Roger McGuinn, Ben Bridwell and Tyler Ramsey played Turn, Turn, Turn; and The Torn Flag featured Bela Fleck and Ruby Dee, the latter reading Seeger's poem.
The Boss' boss: Springsteen spoke with obvious affection before his set, referring to Seeger as "an archive of America's history and conscience." Seeger "carries inside him a steely toughness that belies a grandfatherly facade. He's going to look like your granddad if your granddad could kick your a—."
The lighter side: British folk rocker Billy Bragg joked about "strange times when a labor union can own a car company (Chrysler)." Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch joined Tom Chapin in a cheeky nod to Seeger's eco-consciousness on Garbage. And Seeger turned Amazing Grace into a singalong, telling the audience, "There's no such thing as a wrong note as long as you're singing."
Before the show: Harris said Seeger taught her that music "is all about the song, not about the person," and that it "can change and inform people." Morello saw inspiration "in how he combines uncompromising activism with heart and soul and generous spirit." Baez hailed Seeger as "the number one, the big daddy" of socially conscious musicians, adding that she sings the elegiac Flowers all over the world. "Its message is universal."
Robbins credited Seeger with proving that music can "not only lift up the spirit but enlighten."
In his own words: "Normally, I'm against big things," Seeger said of the event backstage. "I think the world's going to be solved by millions of small things." But "needless to say, I'm very honored."
The encore: Artists filled the stage for an encore set that included When the Saints Go Marching In and a medley of Well May the World Go and This Little Light of Mine.
The prices: Tickets started at $19.19 (the year of Seeger's birth). Most seats sold, fittingly, for $19.19 and 90.00
Friday, May 01, 2009
three dreams
I have been dreaming vividly at 2-4 am...
dream 1. Dar Williams asked me if i wanted to come to ireland to help her.
dream 2. It was a rainy day and i was up on the hill. I saw that i had a document that referenced president Obama and within minutes, i realized i had a valuable historic documents. I was in a camp like setting and had to get down the hill through a parking lot to a bank to secure the document. I could not tell anyone I had it as people would rush me for it. The press would want it and I had to secure it.
dream 3. I was on my way to miami to visit an acquaintance and decided en route to change my mind and not go. I called the person and she was disappointed but as I was on a train/shuttle i decided to go to Paris. i changed directions and then saw three characters, they said one in red was called "the little devil" she was a little person who was in red horns and pitchfork like a halloween costume. I also saw my aunt who recently died. her hair looked like Cruella deville, black and white and she had a young face and little minature body. She told me she was okay and well. ( she died in March of a heart failure). The third character was also an angel.
dream 1. Dar Williams asked me if i wanted to come to ireland to help her.
dream 2. It was a rainy day and i was up on the hill. I saw that i had a document that referenced president Obama and within minutes, i realized i had a valuable historic documents. I was in a camp like setting and had to get down the hill through a parking lot to a bank to secure the document. I could not tell anyone I had it as people would rush me for it. The press would want it and I had to secure it.
dream 3. I was on my way to miami to visit an acquaintance and decided en route to change my mind and not go. I called the person and she was disappointed but as I was on a train/shuttle i decided to go to Paris. i changed directions and then saw three characters, they said one in red was called "the little devil" she was a little person who was in red horns and pitchfork like a halloween costume. I also saw my aunt who recently died. her hair looked like Cruella deville, black and white and she had a young face and little minature body. She told me she was okay and well. ( she died in March of a heart failure). The third character was also an angel.
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