May 4, 1970

NEVER FORGET
4 Dead In Ohio - On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.

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Four Dead In Ohio

Four Dead In Ohio

Sandra, Bill, Allison and Jeffrey

"RIGHT HERE, GET SET, POINT, FIRE!"
Kent State Audio Tape Released
Click here for audio file

Thirty seven years ago on May 4, 1970, an anti-war student demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio, left four students dead. I was a senior in high school and the news slapped me across the face. I watched the guardsmen shoot down these college kids for peacefully protesting against the war. Can you imagine how that would play out today with our 24 hour news saturation? It was easy to be pissed off and angry at police and lawmakers when they were sending my friends off to war and now killing those left behind. If you weren't already radically involved with change, Kent State was going to change you.

"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio."
("Ohio" lyrics by Neil Young)

Kent State: May 1-4,1970
Why the Protest began
Nixon announced a troop offensive into Cambodia on April 30, and said going into Cambodia was necessary to "win the peace". But it was really an escalation of war into another country we had no business being in. (sounds familiar) When the the fires from the artillery began to burn in Cambodia, a raging fire of protest spread across the US, especially on college campuses. There wasn't much protesting in the streets until the students got fired up. Students were the nucleus of protest back then as many demonstrations and marches were born there.

This day is as important to me as any other day in history. There would be no turning back now in our rage against war. Remember Kent State.

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WEBTRAIL

Mon Petite Webtrail

* Command to open fire heard on Kent State tape. Guard troops killed 4 students during a Vietnam war demonstration on May 2, 1970. I'll always remember that date. link

* Divine Interventions - The cosmic rock of Young Gods, still working with anthropologist Jeremy Narby. Treichler talks about his several voyages into the jungle with Narby and is asked, "Does he do the full shamanic trip every time?" "Yes, yes. Different people, different places". link

* Coachella was broadcast for those of us who aren't near the left coast. And noone had anything but praise for Bjork's performance. She was magical on SNL the week before, but that was just a glimmer of the Coachella performance, it appears. e-Blips has pictures and perspective and reminds us that the blog at Bjork's website is also documenting the event and tour.

* Penises - Definitely NSFW - X-rated, but beautifully done photos. Click here and here to see the work of Cary Kwok. (via: tableforsicks)

* Poets - Somebody has really pissed a poet off. link

* Pranks - She lost her nipples when she became a corporate giant. link

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Four Dead In Ohio
Thirty five years ago today, on May 4, 1970, an anti-war student demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio, left four students dead. I was a senior in high school and the news slapped me across the face. I watched the guardsmen shoot down these college kids for peacefully protesting against the war. Can you imagine how that would play out today with our 24 hour news saturation? It was easy to be pissed off and angry at police and lawmakers when they were sending me and my friends off to war and killing those left behind. If you weren't already radically involved with change, Kent State would change you.

Kent State: May 1-4,1970 Why the Protest began
Nixon announced a troop offensive into Cambodia on April 30, and said going into Cambodia was necessary to "win the peace". But it was really an escalation of war into another country we had no business being in. When the the fires from the artillery began to burn in Cambodia, a raging fire of protest spread across the US, especially on college campuses. There wasn't much protesting in the streets until the students got fired up. Students were the nucleus of protest back then as many demonstrations and marches were born there.

This day is as important to me as any other day in history. There would be no turning back now in our rage against war. Remember Kent State.

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:: {Tuesday Morning Webtrail}

May 4, 1970 - Four Dead In Ohio - Kent State Massacre. Today is the 34th annual Commemoration events with William Rivers Pitt the Keynote speaker this afternoon. [link]



::Torture At Abu Ghraib - A "do not miss" piece in the New Yorker by Seymour Hersh about the tortured and abused Iraqi soldiers. [link]; and another link of those revolting photos for the many website visitors coming by in search of it. I'm so heartsick over their treatment and humiliation that I want to rise up against the US. How do you think the other inhabitants of the planet feel about us?



:: Paul Krassner - Gadfly of the ’60s still buzzing sounds off on Bush, Nixon and Clay Aiken. [link]



:: Love Parade and Fuck Parade - both held in Berlin; Fuck Parade is on July 5 , Love Parade is July 10. The grassroots Fuck Parade was born in 1997, in Berlin, as a counter-demonstration to the commercialization of the Love Parade and to the creeping gentrification of the neighborhoods around the center of East Berlin. I'd like to see them both.[link]



:: Mondo Man's New Millenium - [link]



:: Keith Richards, Rickie Lee Jones, Ben Harper, Jerry Lee Lewis, along with several other music notables will toast Willie Nelson's 71st birthday by performing at a concert Wednesday in Los Angeles. The USA network is expected to air the event, titled Outlaws and Angels, on May 31. [link]



:: Jagger sings for Alfie. Mick Jagger and the Eurhythmics' Dave Stewart have collaborated on three new songs and the theme music for an upcoming remake of the classic 1966 film Alfie, which stars Jude Law. [link]

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From the Easy Bake Coven Files...



»The Trouble With Corporate Radio: The Day the Protest Music Died. Pop music played a crucial role in the national debate over the Vietnam War. By the late 1960's, radio stations across the country were crackling with blatantly political songs that became mainstream hits. After the National Guard killed four antiwar demonstrators at Kent State University in Ohio in the spring of 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young recorded a song, simply titled "Ohio," about the horror of the event, criticizing President Richard Nixon by name. The song was rushed onto the air while sentiment was still high, and became both an antiwar anthem and a huge moneymaker. A comparable song about George W. Bush's rush to war in Iraq would have no chance at all today.

[I see that Talk Left has also referenced this article; more extensively, though. Citing the info surrounding Kent State and also stating The "Feel Like I'm Fixing to Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish would never have made it on the air. Telling mothers to pack their boys off to Vietnam and to "be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box" would be far too controversial for Corporate America today.]



»On February 26th, you can join a massive march on Washington without leaving your living room.



»Got any extra duct tape lying around after taping up the windows? You could make a hat or a backpack, or belt out of the duct tape.



»A visit from another blogger led me to their hobby, called "Letterboxing". It's a charming "treasure hunt" style outdoor quest full of adventure.



»"Rare Space" is a collection of Rickie Lee Jones' rare performances from recently discovered tapes she also calls an Official Bootleg. Selected from various shows in 1979 to performances as recent as 2001.



Quote For Today

When I realize that there are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; I know I am capable of great things.

~Unknown



Well, here come the orderlies...if they catch me online again, it'll be more shock therapy.

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