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"Punk rock changed our lives." -Minutemen  →

from (the most excellent) howtosharpenpencils:

This honestly makes me furious. If you believe in punk rock and the power of music to affect political change, please sign this declaration of support. I did.

Punk rock’s genius — its legacy — lies in its obnoxious, aggressive pushback against the status quo.

It’s hard to think of an environment where punk’s astringency is more vital than the cynical, militaristic Russia of Vladimir Putin.

If you’ve ever gotten goosebumps listening to Black Flag, Operation Ivy, Crass, or the Minutemen, please take a minute to add your name to this petition.

“Those of us who stand out against the status quo / Do so against all odds / We cling so closely together / Because we have little other than ourselves.”

-Crass

Putin is an authoritarian thug; support Pussy Riot!

# pussy riot activism music punk rock putin

Reblogged 9 months ago from howtosharpenpencils 43 notes

Philip Glass spoke at Occupy Wall Street and Alex Ross recorded it. Jason Kottke reports:

The composer proceeded to recite the closing lines of Satyagraha, which come from the Bhagavad-Gita (after 3:00 in the video above): “When righteousness withers away and evil rules the land, we come into being, age after age, and take visible shape, and move, a man among men, for the protection of good, thrusting back evil and setting virtue on her seat again.” True to form, he said it several times, with the “human microphone” repeating after him.

via: kottke

# music sound philip glass occupy wall street activism protest satygraha kottke bhagavad-gita

Posted 1 year ago from bookmarklet 35 notes
glad someone is writing about this—while processing the GG collection at fales, a lot of these same questions were raised in my mind.  i can’t figure out how i feel about the litigious, tense relationship between the current groups.  mostly, it seems like semantic bickering, but there is something to…the dilution of historical aura.  hmm. niborama: Can the Guerrilla Girls Evolve?  In the years since 1985, when the Guerrilla Girls launched their agitprop campaign scolding and lampooning the art world for its inequitable representation of women, things have changed a lot. Female artists, curators, and patrons have risen to positions of power. And the anonymous, masked activists—“fighting discrimination with facts, humor and fake fur,” as they put it—have become icons themselves, with appearances at institutions they’ve critiqued in the past, like MoMA, and a survey of early work coming soon to the Rutgers Institute of Women and Art. Meanwhile, their brand has spawned several spin-offs in which original members, um, ape the primate-costumed, performative consciousness-raising concept and take it on the road. This has sparked confusion, says a clarification on the Guerrilla Girl website. (The Rutgers show will celebrate all three groups.) But there is another identity issue waiting in the wings—according to the website, members argue “all the time now” about whether the Guerrilla Girls should stop discriminating against another group—the men who want to join in.   View Larger

glad someone is writing about this—while processing the GG collection at fales, a lot of these same questions were raised in my mind.  i can’t figure out how i feel about the litigious, tense relationship between the current groups.  mostly, it seems like semantic bickering, but there is something to…the dilution of historical aura.  hmm.

niborama:

Can the Guerrilla Girls Evolve? 

In the years since 1985, when the Guerrilla Girls launched their agitprop campaign scolding and lampooning the art world for its inequitable representation of women, things have changed a lot. Female artists, curators, and patrons have risen to positions of power. And the anonymous, masked activists—“fighting discrimination with facts, humor and fake fur,” as they put it—have become icons themselves, with appearances at institutions they’ve critiqued in the past, like MoMA, and a survey of early work coming soon to the Rutgers Institute of Women and Art. Meanwhile, their brand has spawned several spin-offs in which original members, um, ape the primate-costumed, performative consciousness-raising concept and take it on the road. This has sparked confusion, says a clarification on the Guerrilla Girl website. (The Rutgers show will celebrate all three groups.) But there is another identity issue waiting in the wings—according to the website, members argue “all the time now” about whether the Guerrilla Girls should stop discriminating against another group—the men who want to join in.  

# guerrilla girls feminism art activism discrimination ideologies

Reblogged 1 year ago from letmypeopleshow (Originally from niborama) 37 notes