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Oranges in Somis, Dec 2009

Thought for the Minute

Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home.

Punishment

A neutron walks into a bar. "I'd like a beer" he says. The bartender promptly serves up a beer. "How much will that be?" asks the neutron. "For you?" replies the bartender, "no charge"

Q&A

How many brewers does it take to change a light bulb?
About one third less than for a regular bulb.

Not Really That Old News

The FDA Is Out to Lunch

The Food and Drug Administration, the federal agency charged with protecting our health, is a miserable failure—OnEarth.org

Low wages and high unemployment are paralyzing the global economy

The race to become "competitive" by lowering wages is killing us—The Real News

Fact check: Mitt Romney's convention speech

We're not calling him a liar, but...—CBS News

Your networth has tanked. Thank a Republican

Their "Get Obama at any cost" tactics have made our economic position far worse—AFL-CIO

Pennsylvania's Voter Suppression Laws

ACLU, others argue Pennsylvania's new photo ID law could thwart a million potential voters—McClatchy

Americans know squat about military spending

Americans are consistently misinformed about the amount we spend on the military--and many don't like the truth when they hear it.—Alternet

New Media - but Familiar Lack of Diversity

Women, people of color still marginalized online—FAIR

It's the Inequality, Stupid

Eleven charts that explain what's wrong with America.—Mother Jones

Whistling Past the Wreckage of Civil Liberties

Watchdogs slept through a decade of civil rights rollbacks—FAIR

Americans Don't Realize Just How Badly We're Getting Screwed by the Top 0.1 Percent Hoarding the Country's Wealth

With an unprecedented sum of wealth held within the top one-tenth of one percent of the US population, we now have the most severe inequality of wealth in US history.—Amped Status

People We Know

imamanga

Ima to Eien ni - Now and Forever: the comic

OblivionInk

Anime-style art from Ryan Bunter

Spage Age Polymers

The Facebook page

Always Thinking

Ted Talks

Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world

Health, Nutrition, Environment

Health Insurance

Concerned about your health insurance?—http://californiaonecare.org/

Global Warming: Really?

Complete with colorful graphs—InformationIsBeautiful.net

Start a Farmer's Market!

Can't find a farmers market near you? Here's a gude from the USDA

Nutrition Wonderland

An In-Depth Gudie to the World of Nutrition

Center for Food Safety

Promoting sustainable agriculture for health and envronment

eFoodAlert Blog

A daily digest of international outbreaks, alerts and food safety news

Food Safety News

Web-based newspaper dedicated to reporting on issues surrounding food safety

Union of Concerned Scientists

Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions

Visit the Links Archive

Upcoming Events (click here)

http://www.venturacountyfair.org/pages/3441/ Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 through Sunday, August 11th, 2013

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Songs to Sing

Occupy News Radio

The works listed here are just staff suggestions for artists you should check out. We want to provide alternatives to the corporate noise machine. Please check us out.

Sing Out and the Rise Up Singing Song Book

Songs to Sing, by Artist

Listed by Title

Click on the underlined headings to expand the section:

Fiona Apple

Paper Bag (Lyrics and Video)

The Child is Gone (Lyrics and Video)

Ben Folds Five

Regrets (Lyrics and Video)

Irving Berlin

Heat Wave (Lyrics and Video)

Cheek to Cheek

Cadamole

A Biologist's Mother's Day Song (Lyrics and Video)

A Biologist's St. Patrick's Day Song (Lyrics and Video)

You've Got Something (On Your Tooth) (Youtube Video)

Clovis Bouhier

Deep house music on Culprit Records

Clovis on BeatPort.com

The Jean Seberg Special (Link to BeatPort)

Space Age Polymers

About

The Space Age Polymers Theme Song (Lyrics and Recording)

Example (Lyrics and Recording)

City of Angels (Lyrics and Video)

D.I.Y (Lyrics and Video)

Spirals (Lyrics and Recording)

Jessie Lopez

Dayenu (Lyrics)

Etta James

Videos

Katherin Nichols

Gene Transcription (Lyrics and Video)

Just the Way I am (Lyrics and Video)

Mary Knapp

Fantasic folk music with deep, sensitive lyrics and vocals.

Down Into a Creek (Lyrics and Recording)

Riding It Out (Lyrics and Recording)

They Might Be Giants

Home Page

Birdhouse in Your Soul (Lyrics and Video)

Dar Williams

The Christians and the Pagans (Lyrics and Video)

Kaulana Na Pua

Video

Adrienne Tenny

Agnostic Prophet - Something Soft (Lyrics and Video)

Toy Dolls

Nellie the Elephant (Lyrics and Video)

Annette Hanshaw

Fun stuff from the 1920's, that's all.

Filmogaphy

Sita Sings the Blues

Sita Sings the Blues - Nina Paley.

These folk have lots more of her stuff, but not as many lyrics as they claim.

Here We Are (Lyrics)

I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (Lyrics)

Polka Dot Dot Dot

Jordan O'Jordan (Jordan Smith), Onyx of Olympia, and Twig Palace (Colleen Johnson).

Little Finger (Lyrics and Video)

Jonathon Coulton

Still Alive is the ever-so-appropriate end-credit music for the video game Portal from Valve Software.

Wiki Entry about "Portal".

Valve Software

Still Alive (Lyrics)

Spot 1019

A super-cool garage band from Santa Cruz.

Interesting People (Lyrics)

Long Tomorrow (Lyrics)

Peter, Paul and Mary

Weave Me the Sunshine (Lyrics and Video)

Wasn't That a Time (Lyrics and video)

Peter Gabriel

Don't Give Up (Lyrics and Video)

Phil Ochs

That's What I Want to Hear (Lyrics and Video)

Woody Guthrie

Included links to an updated version by Tom Paxton. Editorial Note: Tom and everyone else blame Fanny Mae for much of the 2008 financial crisis. But Fannie Mae was the good guy here; made a scapegoat by George W Bush.

I am Changing My Name to Chrysler (Lyrics and Video)

Holly Near

It Could Have Been Me (Lyrics and Video)

Pete Seeger

This Land is Your Land (Lyrics and Video)

Things to Read

Lou Beach
Lou Beach

The mind expanding work of Lou Beach — 420 Characters

L. J. Boxer

The Greatest Generation

National Insecurity

Clare Graham

Recycled Art.

Performances of Interest

You Tube

This dance routine at Lindy Focus by Jeff Camozzi & Liz Camozzi is not only well done but just so darn adorable.

Lindy Focus

If you're into popular and show dance, Lindy Focus is a very worthwhile watch.

Songs to Sing, by Title

A Biologist's Mother's Day Song (Lyrics and Video)

A Biologist's St. Patrick's Day Song (Lyrics and Video)

Agnostic Prophet - Something Soft (Lyrics and Video)

Birdhouse in Your Soul (Lyrics and Video)

Cheek to Cheek

City of Angels (Lyrics and Video)

D.I.Y (Lyrics and Video)

Dayenu (Lyrics)

Don't Give Up (Lyrics and Video)

Down Into a Creek (Lyrics and Recording)

Example (Lyrics and Recording)

Gene Transcription (Lyrics and Video)

Heat Wave (Lyrics and Video)

Here We Are (Lyrics)

I am Changing My Name to Chrysler (Lyrics and Video)

I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (Lyrics)

Interesting People (Lyrics)

It Could Have Been Me (Lyrics and Video)

Just the Way I am (Lyrics and Video)

Little Finger (Lyrics and Video)

Long Tomorrow (Lyrics)

Nellie the Elephant (Lyrics and Video)

Paper Bag (Lyrics and Video)

Regrets (Lyrics and Video)

Riding It Out (Lyrics and Recording)

Spirals (Lyrics and Recording)

Still Alive (Lyrics)

That's What I Want to Hear (Lyrics and Video)

The Child is Gone (Lyrics and Video)

The Christians and the Pagans (Lyrics and Video)

The Jean Seberg Special (Link to BeatPort)

The Space Age Polymers Theme Song (Lyrics and Recording)

This Land is Your Land (Lyrics and Video)

Wasn't That a Time (Lyrics and video)

Weave Me the Sunshine (Lyrics and Video)

You've Got Something (On Your Tooth) (Youtube Video)


Please mail your comments, questions and concerns to SongsEditor@Novotopia.com.