“Rules” by Sonny Meadows, on his album, How Does A Patriot Act, is the Peace Song of the Day for December 6th.
In the liner notes to How Does A Patriot Act, Sonny Meadows says, “Wrote this for my son, Jake, an anarchist and pirate after my own heart.”.
You can find a sample mp3 from this song at CD Baby: here. (Track Eight) Continue reading Volumes of law written by scoundrels and fools: Peace Song for 12/6/2011
“How Does A Patriot Act?“, by Sonny Meadows is the Peace Song of the Day for December 5, 2011. This song questions the true nature of patriotism, and celebrates acts of courage, protest, and civil disobedience.
Continue reading Peace Song of the Day: The start of “Sonny Meadows Week”
“We Want Peace” by Lenny Kravitz is the Peace Song of the Day for Sunday, December 4, 2011. This song is about four years old. It is pre-Iraq War. Though, still, sadly it is pertinent to current events.
Continue reading We Want Peace: Peace Song for Sunday 12/4/2011
“Heard Somebody Say“, by Devendra Banhart, is the Peace Song of the Day for December 3rd. (We are catching up on days, because we like to have one peace song assigned to each day.)
Continue reading When will the wars end?: Peace Song for 12/3/2011 (catch-up)
“My Grandfather’s Clock Lyrics“, a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work, is the Peace Song of the Day for December 2nd. (Yup…needing to catch up again, busy weekend…). You can find the lyrics to this song in our favorite campfire book, Rise Up Singing, in the Time section, page 224.
Continue reading Life and time: Peace Song for 12/2/2011 (catch-up)
Composer and musician Philip Glass made a statement at Lincoln Center. His opera, Satyagraha, about Gandhi and nonviolent social change, had just been performed. Glass used The People’s Mic (Mic Check) to make comments to the assembled Occupy Wall Street activists and opera goers. Below are three videos from different perspectives, and the full text.
Philip Glass at Lincoln Center Video
An activist perspective. Trying to get the folks who watched the opera about Gandhi to “cross the line” and join the people:
Philip Glass at Lincoln Center Video
Close up of Philip Glass, so you can hear him read his own words: Continue reading Philip Glass at Lincoln Center with the occupation: Three videos and the full text
“Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills and Nash, is (or was) the Peace Song of the Day for November 30th. (We are playing catch-up again!). You can find the lyrics to this song in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 113.
Video below is the song as performed by David Crosby and Graham Nash at Occupy Wall Street…
Continue reading Teach your children well: Peace Song for 11/30/2011 (catch-up)