FORK IN THE ROAD - NEIL YOUNG

After four decades in the recording industry, Neil Young basically has a license to do whatever he wants, whether that means penning a graphic novel, giving unsolicited advice to Detroit's Big Three, or even having a species of spider named after him. So if Neil Young wants to stream his new album online for free (a week before it hits the shelves), then, by God, that's what's happening.

Album available in stores on April 7. via

Listen: Fork In The Road - Neil Young

Got a pot belly,
It's not too big
Gets in my way
When I'm driving my rig

Driving this country
In a big old rig
Things I've seen
Mean a lot

Friend has a pickup
Drives his kid to school
Then he takes his wife
To beauty school

Now she's doin' nails
Gonna get a job
Got a good teacher

There's a fork in the road ahead
I don't which way I'm gonna turn
There's a fork in the road ahead

About this year
We salute the troops
They're all still there
In a fucking war
It's no good
Whose idea was that?

I've got hope
But you can't eat hope
I'm not done
Not giving up
Not cashing in
Too late

There's a bailout coming but it's not for me
It's for all those creeps watching tickers on TV
There's a bailout coming but it's not for me

I'm a big rock star
My sales have tanked
But I still got you
Thanks
Download this
Sounds like shit

Keep on bloggin'
'Til the power goes out
Your battery's dead
Twist and shout

On the radio
Those were the days
Bring 'em back

There's a bailout coming but it's not for you
It's for all those creeps hiding what they do
There's a bailout coming but it's not for you
Bailout coming but it's not for you

Got my flat screen
Got it repo'd now
They picked it up
Left a hole in the wall
Last Saturday
Missed the Raiders game

There's a bailout coming but it's not for you
There's a bailout coming but it's not for you
It's for all those creeps hiding what they do

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FRIDAY RANDOM 10
Shuffle 'em up and show us your ten.

1. Radiohead - 15 Step
2. Espers - Moon Occults The Sun
3. Cure - Numb
4. Neil Young - Don't Let It Bring You Down
5. Rickie Lee Jones - Nobody Knows My Name
6. Fursaxa - Nawne Ye
7. Iron & Wine - Boy With A Coin
8. Fiery Furnaces - Ex-Guru
9. Earl Greyhound - SOS
10. King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King

Hope you're smack dab in the middle of a bee-yoo-ti-ful FRIDAY!

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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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sliding in a little late today....been a downloading fool

saturday morning me//
go go espresso & frangelica/fresh carrot-apple juice/
styling in: jeans/grey hoodie/sox-sandals/
listening: after the garden - neil young/(thanks, limewire)/
2 ivory candles smoldering/incense wafting/dogs farting/
there goes my nice cosmic ambience/
had a 39° cool morning/next task: mulch the flowers/
so how about you?/

How fun! She's growing upside down tomatos! Go read and see here.

Today's Quote
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." - Kerouac

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Living With War will stream on NeilYoung.com beginning today, April 28th. Available at retailers May 2nd.

From what I've listened to so far, it's good ol' licks and lyrics Neil Young. Unwavering, unmistakable, unpretentious, in it strictly for the music Neil freaking Young.

AND...

"We don't all have to believe what our president believes to be a patriot" -- Neil Young. Sign the petition here and tell your senators to bring our troops home from Iraq. (via)

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New Neil Young Album Is Finished
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, who filmed the award-winning documentary 'Neil Young: Heart of Gold,' writes in an e-mail to Harp Magazine, "Neil just finished writing and recording – with no warning – a new album called 'Living With War.' It all happened in three days." How rock ‘n ‘roll is that?

Demme continues, "It is a brilliant electric assault, accompanied by a 100-voice choir, on Bush and the war in Iraq…Truly mind blowing. Will be in stores soon."

Details are pretty scarce, but the featured track, titled "Impeach the President," features a rap with Bush’s voice set to the choir chanting “flip/flop” and the like.

Link

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UPDATE: Cyndy at Mouse Musings pointed me to these following sites. From the Living With War site, I found Down With Tyranny, written by the man who used to be the president of Reprise Record Company and has add'l Neil Young info. That's where I found Justice Through Music, who is launching a new campaign called Harmony Vids to motivate artists, bands, filmmakers and others to create a whole series of new protest videos. Watch George Bush lies by the Violent Femmes, Counting Bodies by A Perfect Circle and more.

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URLS GONE WILD
Several mini-posts follow below for those of you reading this through Bloglines, Feedburner, etc.

Zombie Claus was celebrated in Michigan last night. [via]

* My favorite quotes: "...you've never seen the likes of it. A whole bunch of Santa Clauses, drunk as lords, cussing and cursing and scraping, all in broad daylight..." and "...Santas were brawling, swearing & falling about..."

* For Seattle, Denver, Nashville, Detroit, and More

* University Of Michigan newspaper does an online parody of Windows XP. Nicely done.
Link

* Skirt-chasing playboy Daniel Anceneaux spent weeks talking with a sensual woman on the Internet before arranging a romantic rendezvous at a remote beach -- and discovering that his on-line sweetie of six months was his own mother!
Link

* LSD Story Causes Flashbacks

* Reverend Billy exorcised the building, while the security guards looked on, wondering just how much damage control their PR people would have to do if they arrested a preacher and a gospel choir.
Link

* Howard Stern's free speech ride signs off.
Link

* Neil Young to keynote SXSW 2006

* A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Allen Ginsberg's book as well as the American book launch for the 2005 publication of The Baby Beat Generation (The 1970s San Francisco Renaissance)
Link

Why is Christmas just like a day at work? You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credit?

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I am SO behind in my blog love. Since moving about 3 wks ago, I've been inside a nest-feathering /decorating/ unpacking whirlwind and haven't been online much at all. As soon as things settle down a bit more, I'll be around to hassle visit you again.



::Schwarzenegger's Ties To Ken Lay And Enron - Conceptual Guerilla let's the air out of it. (How'd I miss this site?)



::Countdown to Election Day: 525 Reasons to Dump Bush.



::MTV - The Magazine.



::And MTV's VMA Blog.



::Kafka's Metamorphosis [last 3 links via: fimoculous]



TV News

VH1-Sunday @ 10:00 - Warren Zevon Special

TRIO TV showed Jimi Hendrix's last performance, Cream's Farewell Tour, Neil Young 1971, and more last night. Check listings to see if it'll be on again.





It's the weekend. Whatcha going to do? Order a Quick Condoms Official Product Tester T-Shirt. Or you could go for the Two Fer One Sale - on Play-Safe Thongs; you also get a condom in the pocket. Or spring for a 'glow in the dark' condom.



Types of condoms:

Latex

Polyurethane

Ribbed

Thin

Small.........SMALL? Who in the hell would order a SMALL? Even ol' ThimbleDick would ask for at least a size Large.



[Play-Safe Thongs via: kane blues see what you started?]



saturday morning me//

cappuccino #2/oatmeal cookie #?/grapes/

marlboro #3/coughing up a lung/

captain reading the paper, rolling his own/

sweet daughter's spead out in bed/

sweet chow's head on my toes/

navy tee/navy sweat shorts/flip-flops/

hey, how about you?/



Kevorkian for White House Physician.

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Good morning.

Blogger somehow misplaced my template Friday, so I had to reconstruct another one.



::Pot charge may lead to huge tax bill If a Haywood County man arrested this week is convicted of a marijuana-growing charge, he'll owe North Carolina $130,000 in taxes for the 30 plants. The excise law allows North Carolina to tax people convicted of drug charges based on the amount of drugs linked to them. Well, that just about sucks.



::Man Cuts Off Own Penis to Cure Sex Addiction

Police said the man did not want his penis to be reattached but were unable to say if doctors had complied with his wishes. I wonder if he left any heart-broken women behind because of his newfound surgical skills.



::The list of Fair and Balanced Web Sites continue to grow. What you going to do about it, Fox? Blah, Blah, Blah, is keeping score. Over 300 Weblog sites and counting.



::Carry On Together - Neil Young has joined David Crosby's CPR side project on the entertainment lineup for the 2003 Santa Ynez Valley Music Festival, which will take place Sept. 28 in Los Olivos, CA. I'd love to see them altogether again. The first thing I always play when I pick up a 12-string is "Helplessly Hoping".



::Oscar has a fun Anger Hostility Quiz on his site.



::A panel of critics has chosen the 50 worst artists in music history. All these tone-deaf pud pullers that have the gumption to rate musicians really amaze me.



::Voices From The Underground - features old images of issues from the Berkley Barb (Berkley, CA), The Great Speckled Bird (Atlanta, GA), Georgia Straight (Vancouver, BC), and more.



Haiku

no way I can stop

smoking is my only vice

that and the whoring



Quote For Today

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. ~Oscar Wilde



Stop fucking with my power chor....

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