1. "Where have all the protest songs gone?" →

    All I have to say about the protest song story in the Times is this: Google the byline.

    (Okay, also: LOL EVERLAST)

    (Source: barthel)

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    All I have to say about the protest song story in the Times is this: Google the byline. (Okay, also: LOL EVERLAST)
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    There are three canards here: the first being the obvious rockist convention the NYT (and other non-music media) usually...
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    Quick! Someone make this about sampling!
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    Remember all the thinkpieces circa 2004-2005 about how no one wrote protest songs about the Iraq war the way they did...
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    Incredible advances are being made right now in content auto-generation, and this story is a superb example.
  12. desnoise reblogged this from barthel and added:
    It’s OK! Billy Bragg has a new compilation! STEP AWAY FROM THE LEDGE, PEOPLE!!!
  13. firthofforth reblogged this from barthel and added:
    PROTEST SONGS. IN A RESPONSE TO MILITARY AGGRESSION.
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