Greetings from Austin, TX!
Hi Folks:
I'm leaving in an hour for the airport to head off to the Oregon
Coast for an action-packed tour that ends in Portland at a fabulous
Peace and Justice Studies Conference featuring Ann Wright, Kathy
Kelly and Steven Zunes and lots of great music by me and David
Rovics.
all the details are posted at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html -
PLEASE come to my Oregon gigs and/or tell your friends to come!
ANYONE FEELING ADVENTUROUS?
PLEASE consider a spur-of-the-moment decision to join this third tour
of Ireland! We've still got a dozen empty seats and a splendid time is
guaranteed. You arrive in Ireland on September 30 and return on
October 9th, having had the time of your life! (I promise!)
http://annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html and a detailed
itinerary for this trip is at
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13
Here's a link to some great photos from the last tour by tourmate
Robert Howell
http://home.comcast.net/~irow/Ireland/
Drop me an email if you're interested. If you've got a passport and
an urge to travel I've got a fantastic offer for you.
UPCOMING TOUR INFO
From there it's off to the European Social Forum in Copenhagen, a few
gigs in southern Sweden and Denmark and then the final tour of Ireland
for 2008.
I'm booking TX for December. Then off to California, Oregon,
Washington and BC in Jan/Feb 2009. Some of these dates will be with
the fabulous REBEL VOICES - Janet Stecher and Susan Lewis. Let me
know if you'd like us to come to your town.
CHAOS IN THE TWIN CITIES
Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now crew were arrested in St Paul at
the convention. My friends Roy Zimmerman, David Rovics and the Prince
Myshkins are all on the scene.
Just what we needed - a gun-toting creeationist pro-life hunter with
a pregnant teenage daughter for the Republican ticket -- that ought
to attract the women's vote!
FAMILY NEWS - BIRTHDAYS
We celebrated my daughter Amy's 27th birthday (September 1) in style
throughout the 2008 Kerrville Wine and Music Festival. Her boyfriend
Jesse Dalton's band - Green Mountain Grass - performed the last night
of the festival and rocked the house! My son Dan returned to the
Quiet Valley Ranch for the first time since 2002 to help with the
celebrations and brought his wonderful wife Monique with him. It was
a great family weekend in Kerrville!
My husband has sold his house and moved to Kopparberg - about 30
miles from his hometown of Smedjebacken.
Christina Mumphrey - Sep 3, Mary Grefenstette - Sep 11,
Kris Deelane - Sep 12, Folk legend Faith Petric - Sep 13 1915, Tod
Faller - Sep 14, Mardy Weber McCahill - Sep 21, Mary Kerchner - Sep
25, Kay McCahill Mumphrey - Sep 25, Charlie Warren - Sep 27 2006
Keep my friend Robert Morrison in your thoughts. I heard he had a
terrible fall in Denton, TX just before this year's festival.
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could not do this without you!
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THE TOUR
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 7:30 PM
Concert at Colette's
Colette's: Good Food and Hungry Minds
3229 Broadway H
North Bend, OR
(541) 751-1475
http://www.colettescrepes.com/1294187.html
Price: $15 suggested
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 8:00 PM
House Concert
Ken and Janet Bates' place
89569 Sunny Loop Lane
Bandon, OR 97411
info@janetbates.com for reservations and directions
Monday, September 8th, 2008 6:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert in the Bromley Room
Florence Public Library
Florence, OR
Price: $10 suggested
gvkelly(@)oregonfast.net
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
USW Local
1400 SE Salem Ave
Albany, OR 97321
Price: $15 suggested
email roknron_99(@)yahoo.com for more info
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert with Brian QTN!!!
Sam Bond's Garage
407 BLAIR BLVD
Eugene, OR
http://www.sambonds.com/
Price: $8
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 12:00 PM
PJSA Conference
Portland State University
Portland, OR
http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference/
this conference runs through Sept 14th
tom hastings is the contact
pcwtom(@)gmail.com
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 8:00 PM
European Social Forum
Malmö
Sweden
http://www.esf2008.org/
This Forum runs from September 17-21 - I'll be there for the whole
thing, and looking for gigs in Lund, Copenhagen and thereabouts until
I leave for Ireland on September 29th.
DENMARK GIGS
If you want to see me performing in Denmark or souther n Sweden
contact gerd(@)berlev.dk to find out about upcoming gigs or to
arrange one! Here's what I have from Gerd so far:
Sunday, september 21
3.00 pm Poetry
3.15 pm Merry-Go-Round, own music
4.00 pm Anne Feeney
Politics and culture - Message from the Grassroots,
www.messagefromthegrassroots.com, www.budskabfragrasrodderne.dk & The
Moonfisher invite
Månefiskeren (The Moonfisher) at Christiania, Copenhagen
contact gerd@berlev.dk
Tuesday, september 23
4.30-5.00 pm Anne Feeney Warm up to general assembly in BJMF,
Servicegruppen (local union for Soil & Concrete-workers(?))
Trekronergade 26, Valby, Copenhagen
contact gerd@berlev.dk
Wednesday, september 24
5.00 pm Merry-Go-Round, own music
5.45 pm Anne Feeney
Griffenfeldsgade 52
2200 Copenhagen N
Concert to support Det Poetiske Bureau, The Poetic Bureau,
www.poet-bureau.dk
contact gerd@berlev.dk
Friday, september 26
1.00-3.00 pm Karsten Hønge 50 years birthsday
"Fagforeningernes Hus" Vindegade 72
contact Karsten Hønge phone: (045)20 45 50 62
Friday, September 26th, 2008 8:00 PM
Consert with Micael Castor Andersen
more details soon
Svendborg
Denmark
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 8:00 PM
Tour Ireland with me! September 30-October 9th
plenty of seats on this tour, which will feature the best airfares of
the year
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Friday, August 01, 2008
AUGUST 2008 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME FOUR,
AUGUST 2008 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME FOUR,#5
Hej! Hello from Smedjebacken! Thanks for signing up for my
once-a-month email news .... Drop me a line and let me know what
you're up to... and thanks sooooo much for your support and your
interest in my music and my work!
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
complete and updated info @ http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html
Please tell your friends that I'm headed to ---
Joe Hill's Birthplace Museum - Gävle, Sweden - August 5th
Kulturhustäket - Stockholm, Sweden - August 6th
Sandino's - Derry, N. Ireland - August 21st
Ireland Anti-War Benefit - Dublin, Ireland - August 24th
Kerrville Wine & Music Fest - August 29-Sept 1st (not performing,
though)
Collette's - North Bend, OR - September 6th
House Concert - Bandon, OR - September 7th
Library - Florence, OR - September 8th
House Concert - Albany, OR - September 9th
Sam Bond's Garage - Eugene, OR - September 10th
PJSA Conference - Portland, OR - September 11-13th
European Social Forum - Malmö, Sweden Sept 17-21
Svendborg, Denmark on September 26thJ
Third IRELAND tour - September 30th-October 9th
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Come to Ireland with Me!!
There are still seats left on the tour of Cork, Kerry and Clare that
begins September 30 and ends October 9th. This will be a fantastic
tour with great music every night and breathtaking scenery every day.
We've got a wonderful group of people and we're saving a space for
YOU!!! This is a fantastic value... Here's a picture of our June tour group, taken at the bridge featured in the John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara film "The Quiet Man."
Check out all the details at
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13 where you'll find a
complete description and email me at anne@annefeeney.com to come
along...
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
LABOR DAY 2008
The only place you'll be able to hear me sing this Labor Day is on
your stereo. I couldn't find any work. And it looks like my
colleagues are also unemployed this Labor Day Weekend. What's
happening to labor culture???
You would think that in such a crucial election year that labor would be taking advantage of Labor Day to present cultural events coast to coast that tell Labor's vision, history and values.
The best idea I've seen for the future of labor comes from my friend
Tom Geoghegan --
Six words could change the future for organized labor... find out
what they are at:
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_9988069
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DID YOU KNOW...
Did you know that when you buy one of my CDs on CDBaby they send me a
cute email that says: Break out the Champagne!! Look who just bought a
copy of "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back!" (or "Union Maid" or "If I
Can't Dance" or "Heartland" or "Look to the Left" ... you get the
idea..) and it gives me your name, info, and any message you've left
for me. It's so exciting and such a lift to get those emails! I love
it!!
So please, go to http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid and get one of my
CDs for yourself, or as a gift for the working class hero in your
life. Put some labor culture into your Labor Day celebrations.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
SWEDISH PRESS
Since my arrival in Sweden I've had a dozen or more press interviews
and reviews... (here's a link to a nice one about a wonderful
festival I played in Skellefteå -- 700 miles north of Stockholm --
just a couple hours south of the Arctic Circle.)
http://norran.se/noje/article144681.ece
The one that made me laugh out loud was a story where the (very)
young reporter asked me to describe my music. I replied that it was
very much in the spirit of Pete Seeger. Her face was blank. So I
wrote down his name for her and suggested that she look him up. I
told her a little bit about Pete and his music and his work.
Apparently she didn't have time to look him up. The next day the
article said, "When I asked her to describe her music, she said that
she sounds like an 89 year old man who is still performing."
BOOKS
I'm reading Les Leopold's wonderful biography of Tony Mazzochi - The
Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony
Mazzochi. God how I miss Tony Mazzochi - a real visionary.
And as soon as I've finished it, I'm ordering
Steve Ellner. Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict, and
the Chavez Phenomenon. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2008 from
Powell's Books.
There is so much crazy stuff being written about Hugo Chavez, but Kim
Scipes' thoughtful review
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/scipes170708.html convinced me this
is the book I want to read about what's going on in Venezuela -- and
South America.
The Shock Doctrine is out in paperback now. If you haven't read
Naomi Klein's book, I'm sure that you'll find it very interesting.
££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££
STANDING IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS?
These young activists in Indiana need some bail and legal defense
funds. Any group that wants to dance/march into the Cato Institute
has got my support!
http://stopi69. wordpress. com/
http://stopi69.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/i-69-opponent-hit-with-repression-in-slapp-lawsuit-after-lockdown-arrest-support-needed/
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FAMILY NEWS!
I missed a July family birthday -- the Duncan triplets, Emma, Tara
and Colin -- turned three in San Diego on July 16th.
It's Emma, Colin, Tara and big brother Connor ...
They'll be getting a new cousin, too, we hear! Katie and James
McCahill are expecting...
And Kristin Brown and Anthony Blanco will be providing little
Antonito with a sister or brother in February...
Jody Brown has moved to Hong Kong to work for EDAW.
Monique Murad and Dan Berlin will be moving to QUITO, Ecuador very
soon. Monique will be working for USAID there, and Dan will do his
last semester of law school at 10,000 feet in Ecuador.
Monique and Dan, and my daughter Amy Berlin and her sweetie Jesse
Dalton and I will all be together at the Kerrville Wine and Music
Festival, August 28-Sept 1st. I'm soooooo looking forward to that!
And Iron Man Dan Berlin turned in some respectable scores in The
General Smallwood Triathlon .. He had to swim 1500 meters, bike
24.9 miles, run 6.2 miles ... ouch! He finished 11th in his age
group (25-29) and 73rd overall... you can check his scores at:
http://www.setupevents.com/files/GSI_AGMen_08.html
And my darling Amy was called upon to officiate at a wedding ceremony
in Mexico last month when the shaman who was supposed to perform the
ceremony was unable to attend!!
Julie is putting his house on the market ... we're painting and
packing and sprucing the place up... he's going to move to
Kopparberg... a little town about 30 miles from here .... A dear old
friend of his has bought a gorgeous estate and is setting it up as a
sort of hippie retirement commune... We'll have a five room
apartment there... It's an idyllic spot. It's bittersweet to leave
this house and Smedjebacken behind us... luckily it's not very far
behind us... we can come back to see friends any time we like...
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
BIRTHDAYS
Jeanne Clark - Aug 4, Cathy Weldon - Aug 7, Judy Sue Wolfson - Aug
10, Working Class Hero Julius Margolin - August 15th, Jonas Engström - Aug 31 1981
Send Julius Margolin a birthday card
Julius Margolin
330 W 28th, Apt 3-G
New York, NY 10001
He's 92 this year - Learn more about his life and work at http://georgemann.home.att.net/film/new_film_index.html
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you want to subscribe, visit http://annefeeney.com/newsletter.html
Feel free to forward this newsletter widely.
Thank you for staying in touch with me!
You can get my CDs at http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid
€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€
THE TOUR:
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 7:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Consert!
Joe Hill Huset
Nedre Bergsgatan 28
Gävle, Sweden
070-3186391
http://www.gavle.se/turism/sevart/gamla_g.html
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Kulturhustaket
Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.kulturhuset.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=22977
Price: 150 sek
Kompledigt© -- Stiko Per Larsson, Anne Feeney
Stiko Per Larsson är en dalkarl som på rekordtid, och med hjälp av
albumdebuten "Flyktsagor", byggt upp en hängiven publik runtom i
landet. Hör du inte till dom redan är det kanske dags att upptäcka
honom på Kulturhustaket... (with a special guest, too!)
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 7:00 PM
Fundraiser for Derry Anti-War Committee
Sandino's
Derry, Ireland
http://www.sandinos.com/
Contact: Resistderry(@)aol.com
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 3-8PM
Ireland Anti-War Committee Benefit Concert 3PM-8PM
Venue to be announced very soon!
Dublin - Ireland
087 918 4552
http://www.antiwarireland.org
Price: €10 suggested... all welcome
This show is definite, although the location is not, as I go to
press. We'll be starting with a couple of support acts, and the "$7
million disarmament hammer" will be available for folks to take
photos with and maybe a short speech by Harry Browne about his
forthcoming book "Hammered by the Irish" (www.counterpunch.org )
ADMISSION 5 euro and 10 euro
CONTACT PHONE Ciaron
EMAIL ploughsharesireland(@)yahoo.co.uk
also check out http://www.peaceontrial.com
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 7:30 PM
Concert at Collette's
Collette's Crepes
1611 Virginia Avenue, Suite #501
North Bend, OR 97459-2759
(541) 751-1475
http://www.colettescrepes.com/1294187.html
Price: $15 suggested
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 8:00 PM
House Concert
Ken and Janet Bates' place
89569 Sunny Loop Lane
Bandon, OR 97411
email jankenb@starband.net for more information and reservations
Monday, September 8th, 2008 6:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert in the Bromley Room
Florence Public Library
Florence, OR
Price: $10 suggested
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Ron Rodgers' House
Albany, OR
email roknron_99(@)yahoo.com to reserve a seat and get directions
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Sam Bond's Garage
407 BLAIR BLVD
Eugene, OR
http://www.sambonds.com/
Price: $8
Thursday, September 11th- Sunday, Sept 13th
Peace & Justice Studies A Conference
Portland State University
Portland, OR
http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference/
this conference runs through Sept 14th
Kathy Kelly, Ann Wright, Stephen Zunes, David Rovics and much much
more! Don't miss it
info(at)peacejusticestudies.org
I perform several times: Thursday evening, at a rally on Friday
afternoon, at the banquet on Saturday evening.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 8:00 PM
European Social Forum
Malmö, Sweden
http://www.esf2008.org/
This Forum runs from September 17-21 - I'll be there for the whole
thing, and looking for gigs in Lund, Copenhagen and thereabouts until
I leave for Ireland on September 29th.
Friday, September 26th, 2008 8:00 PM
Consert with Micael Castor Andersen
Svendborg, Denmark
more info soon
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 8:00 PM
Tour Ireland with me! September 30-October 9th
plenty of seats on this tour, which will feature the best airfares of
the year, a great group of folks, the best music, amazing scenery...
yow!! come along!!
Check out all the details at
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13 where you'll find a
complete description and email me at anne@annefeeney.com to come
along...
and after that...
NEW ENGLAND IN NOVEMBER... including a mini-tour with the wonderful
Charlie King!
SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS WATCH VIGIL @ FT BENNING
A MIDWEST TOUR IN DECEMBER WITH THE ORNERY DUFFERS - featuring me,
Oliver Steck (trumpet, accordion, somersaults and vocals) and a tuba
player TBA... this tour will be part marching band, part dance band,
part revolutionary incendiary sing a long, part circus!! book a show
in your town now! email anne@annefeeney.com
JANUARY 2009 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST/BRITISH COLUMBIA
APRIL 2009 - ONTARIO with JOEY ONLY!!
Hej! Hello from Smedjebacken! Thanks for signing up for my
once-a-month email news .... Drop me a line and let me know what
you're up to... and thanks sooooo much for your support and your
interest in my music and my work!
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
complete and updated info @ http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html
Please tell your friends that I'm headed to ---
Joe Hill's Birthplace Museum - Gävle, Sweden - August 5th
Kulturhustäket - Stockholm, Sweden - August 6th
Sandino's - Derry, N. Ireland - August 21st
Ireland Anti-War Benefit - Dublin, Ireland - August 24th
Kerrville Wine & Music Fest - August 29-Sept 1st (not performing,
though)
Collette's - North Bend, OR - September 6th
House Concert - Bandon, OR - September 7th
Library - Florence, OR - September 8th
House Concert - Albany, OR - September 9th
Sam Bond's Garage - Eugene, OR - September 10th
PJSA Conference - Portland, OR - September 11-13th
European Social Forum - Malmö, Sweden Sept 17-21
Svendborg, Denmark on September 26thJ
Third IRELAND tour - September 30th-October 9th
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
Come to Ireland with Me!!
There are still seats left on the tour of Cork, Kerry and Clare that
begins September 30 and ends October 9th. This will be a fantastic
tour with great music every night and breathtaking scenery every day.
We've got a wonderful group of people and we're saving a space for
YOU!!! This is a fantastic value... Here's a picture of our June tour group, taken at the bridge featured in the John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara film "The Quiet Man."
Check out all the details at
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13 where you'll find a
complete description and email me at anne@annefeeney.com to come
along...
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
LABOR DAY 2008
The only place you'll be able to hear me sing this Labor Day is on
your stereo. I couldn't find any work. And it looks like my
colleagues are also unemployed this Labor Day Weekend. What's
happening to labor culture???
You would think that in such a crucial election year that labor would be taking advantage of Labor Day to present cultural events coast to coast that tell Labor's vision, history and values.
The best idea I've seen for the future of labor comes from my friend
Tom Geoghegan --
Six words could change the future for organized labor... find out
what they are at:
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_9988069
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DID YOU KNOW...
Did you know that when you buy one of my CDs on CDBaby they send me a
cute email that says: Break out the Champagne!! Look who just bought a
copy of "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back!" (or "Union Maid" or "If I
Can't Dance" or "Heartland" or "Look to the Left" ... you get the
idea..) and it gives me your name, info, and any message you've left
for me. It's so exciting and such a lift to get those emails! I love
it!!
So please, go to http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid and get one of my
CDs for yourself, or as a gift for the working class hero in your
life. Put some labor culture into your Labor Day celebrations.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
SWEDISH PRESS
Since my arrival in Sweden I've had a dozen or more press interviews
and reviews... (here's a link to a nice one about a wonderful
festival I played in Skellefteå -- 700 miles north of Stockholm --
just a couple hours south of the Arctic Circle.)
http://norran.se/noje/article144681.ece
The one that made me laugh out loud was a story where the (very)
young reporter asked me to describe my music. I replied that it was
very much in the spirit of Pete Seeger. Her face was blank. So I
wrote down his name for her and suggested that she look him up. I
told her a little bit about Pete and his music and his work.
Apparently she didn't have time to look him up. The next day the
article said, "When I asked her to describe her music, she said that
she sounds like an 89 year old man who is still performing."
BOOKS
I'm reading Les Leopold's wonderful biography of Tony Mazzochi - The
Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony
Mazzochi. God how I miss Tony Mazzochi - a real visionary.
And as soon as I've finished it, I'm ordering
Steve Ellner. Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict, and
the Chavez Phenomenon. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2008 from
Powell's Books.
There is so much crazy stuff being written about Hugo Chavez, but Kim
Scipes' thoughtful review
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/scipes170708.html convinced me this
is the book I want to read about what's going on in Venezuela -- and
South America.
The Shock Doctrine is out in paperback now. If you haven't read
Naomi Klein's book, I'm sure that you'll find it very interesting.
££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££
STANDING IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS?
These young activists in Indiana need some bail and legal defense
funds. Any group that wants to dance/march into the Cato Institute
has got my support!
http://stopi69. wordpress. com/
http://stopi69.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/i-69-opponent-hit-with-repression-in-slapp-lawsuit-after-lockdown-arrest-support-needed/
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
FAMILY NEWS!
I missed a July family birthday -- the Duncan triplets, Emma, Tara
and Colin -- turned three in San Diego on July 16th.
It's Emma, Colin, Tara and big brother Connor ...
They'll be getting a new cousin, too, we hear! Katie and James
McCahill are expecting...
And Kristin Brown and Anthony Blanco will be providing little
Antonito with a sister or brother in February...
Jody Brown has moved to Hong Kong to work for EDAW.
Monique Murad and Dan Berlin will be moving to QUITO, Ecuador very
soon. Monique will be working for USAID there, and Dan will do his
last semester of law school at 10,000 feet in Ecuador.
Monique and Dan, and my daughter Amy Berlin and her sweetie Jesse
Dalton and I will all be together at the Kerrville Wine and Music
Festival, August 28-Sept 1st. I'm soooooo looking forward to that!
And Iron Man Dan Berlin turned in some respectable scores in The
General Smallwood Triathlon .. He had to swim 1500 meters, bike
24.9 miles, run 6.2 miles ... ouch! He finished 11th in his age
group (25-29) and 73rd overall... you can check his scores at:
http://www.setupevents.com/files/GSI_AGMen_08.html
And my darling Amy was called upon to officiate at a wedding ceremony
in Mexico last month when the shaman who was supposed to perform the
ceremony was unable to attend!!
Julie is putting his house on the market ... we're painting and
packing and sprucing the place up... he's going to move to
Kopparberg... a little town about 30 miles from here .... A dear old
friend of his has bought a gorgeous estate and is setting it up as a
sort of hippie retirement commune... We'll have a five room
apartment there... It's an idyllic spot. It's bittersweet to leave
this house and Smedjebacken behind us... luckily it's not very far
behind us... we can come back to see friends any time we like...
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
BIRTHDAYS
Jeanne Clark - Aug 4, Cathy Weldon - Aug 7, Judy Sue Wolfson - Aug
10, Working Class Hero Julius Margolin - August 15th, Jonas Engström - Aug 31 1981
Send Julius Margolin a birthday card
Julius Margolin
330 W 28th, Apt 3-G
New York, NY 10001
He's 92 this year - Learn more about his life and work at http://georgemann.home.att.net/film/new_film_index.html
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you want to subscribe, visit http://annefeeney.com/newsletter.html
Feel free to forward this newsletter widely.
Thank you for staying in touch with me!
You can get my CDs at http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid
€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€
THE TOUR:
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 7:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Consert!
Joe Hill Huset
Nedre Bergsgatan 28
Gävle, Sweden
070-3186391
http://www.gavle.se/turism/sevart/gamla_g.html
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Kulturhustaket
Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.kulturhuset.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=22977
Price: 150 sek
Kompledigt© -- Stiko Per Larsson, Anne Feeney
Stiko Per Larsson är en dalkarl som på rekordtid, och med hjälp av
albumdebuten "Flyktsagor", byggt upp en hängiven publik runtom i
landet. Hör du inte till dom redan är det kanske dags att upptäcka
honom på Kulturhustaket... (with a special guest, too!)
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 7:00 PM
Fundraiser for Derry Anti-War Committee
Sandino's
Derry, Ireland
http://www.sandinos.com/
Contact: Resistderry(@)aol.com
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 3-8PM
Ireland Anti-War Committee Benefit Concert 3PM-8PM
Venue to be announced very soon!
Dublin - Ireland
087 918 4552
http://www.antiwarireland.org
Price: €10 suggested... all welcome
This show is definite, although the location is not, as I go to
press. We'll be starting with a couple of support acts, and the "$7
million disarmament hammer" will be available for folks to take
photos with and maybe a short speech by Harry Browne about his
forthcoming book "Hammered by the Irish" (www.counterpunch.org )
ADMISSION 5 euro and 10 euro
CONTACT PHONE Ciaron
EMAIL ploughsharesireland(@)yahoo.co.uk
also check out http://www.peaceontrial.com
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 7:30 PM
Concert at Collette's
Collette's Crepes
1611 Virginia Avenue, Suite #501
North Bend, OR 97459-2759
(541) 751-1475
http://www.colettescrepes.com/1294187.html
Price: $15 suggested
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 8:00 PM
House Concert
Ken and Janet Bates' place
89569 Sunny Loop Lane
Bandon, OR 97411
email jankenb@starband.net for more information and reservations
Monday, September 8th, 2008 6:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert in the Bromley Room
Florence Public Library
Florence, OR
Price: $10 suggested
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Ron Rodgers' House
Albany, OR
email roknron_99(@)yahoo.com to reserve a seat and get directions
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Sam Bond's Garage
407 BLAIR BLVD
Eugene, OR
http://www.sambonds.com/
Price: $8
Thursday, September 11th- Sunday, Sept 13th
Peace & Justice Studies A Conference
Portland State University
Portland, OR
http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference/
this conference runs through Sept 14th
Kathy Kelly, Ann Wright, Stephen Zunes, David Rovics and much much
more! Don't miss it
info(at)peacejusticestudies.org
I perform several times: Thursday evening, at a rally on Friday
afternoon, at the banquet on Saturday evening.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 8:00 PM
European Social Forum
Malmö, Sweden
http://www.esf2008.org/
This Forum runs from September 17-21 - I'll be there for the whole
thing, and looking for gigs in Lund, Copenhagen and thereabouts until
I leave for Ireland on September 29th.
Friday, September 26th, 2008 8:00 PM
Consert with Micael Castor Andersen
Svendborg, Denmark
more info soon
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 8:00 PM
Tour Ireland with me! September 30-October 9th
plenty of seats on this tour, which will feature the best airfares of
the year, a great group of folks, the best music, amazing scenery...
yow!! come along!!
Check out all the details at
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13 where you'll find a
complete description and email me at anne@annefeeney.com to come
along...
and after that...
NEW ENGLAND IN NOVEMBER... including a mini-tour with the wonderful
Charlie King!
SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS WATCH VIGIL @ FT BENNING
A MIDWEST TOUR IN DECEMBER WITH THE ORNERY DUFFERS - featuring me,
Oliver Steck (trumpet, accordion, somersaults and vocals) and a tuba
player TBA... this tour will be part marching band, part dance band,
part revolutionary incendiary sing a long, part circus!! book a show
in your town now! email anne@annefeeney.com
JANUARY 2009 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST/BRITISH COLUMBIA
APRIL 2009 - ONTARIO with JOEY ONLY!!
Monster: Who Really Killed the Knoxville Unitarians?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/monster-who-really-killed_b_115363.html
From the Huffington Post:
Monster: Who Really Killed the Knoxville Unitarians?
By RJ Eskow Posted July 28, 2008
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I'd say that Unitarians were God's thoughtful people, but they make no particular claims about God. In some parts of the country that takes real courage.
My first wife and I joined a Unitarian church in suburban DC and raised our kids there. She and I were from different religious backgrounds - in a way, I was from different religious backgrounds, raised in Judaism but with Catholic and Southern Baptist relatives. We both practiced Buddhist meditation (and found others there that did the same.)
Unitarians tend to be intellectual, verbal, literate, thoughtful, and from a variety of backgrounds. Some are atheist, some are agnostic, others believe in God in a variety of Eastern and Western forms. Some would describe themselves as "ethically Christian," although others would not - and it is not an exclusively Christian group. The running joke among Unitarians was that the name "Jesus" is only heard when someone falls down the stairs, and that the only sacrament is the black coffee brewed after services.
The Unitarian Universalist (or UU) denomination is the product of a merger between Unitarianism and Universalism, two centuries-old Christian denominations. Unitarianism was founded on the belief that the Trinity was illogical and that there could only be one divinity. Universalists believed that God was too merciful to condemn anyone to an eternity in hell, and that even the most evil person would get out of there eventually (after fifty thousand years or so). Eventually they merged and abandoned all dogma. (You can read the Knoxville church's website for a summary of beliefs.)
When my work sent me to Hungary, I arrived in the only nation on earth that ever had a Unitarian state (during the reign of King John Sigismund, who decreed religious tolerance in 1568). Ralph Waldo Emerson is the closest thing to a saint that UU's have. An ordained minister in the church, his Harvard Divinity School address was revolutionary in its day.
Emerson rejected all claims of the supernatural in the Bible. He said that miracles were "monster," in the original meaning of that word as "against nature." In a characteristically striking turn of phrase, he said they were "not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain." Emerson was telling us that the beauty of the manifest world should be enough.
Is it worth killing a person for believing that?
My current (and future) wife and I were married by the Rev. Forrest Church at All Souls Unitarian in Manhattan. (Dr. Church is now teaching us how to face death.) When at several points in my career jobs came up in the Deep South, I always checked to see if there was a Unitarian Church nearby. One of those job possibilities, which I chose not to pursue, was in Knoxville.
Jim Adkisson of Powell, Tennessee was the man with his finger on the trigger. He had mental health problems, and a hard and bitter life. He apparently left a letter explaining that he hated the church for its liberal beliefs and opinions. And the church had a sign outside indicating it welcomed gays and lesbians.
Who really killed those Unitarians? Was it the preachers who spread hatred and intolerance? The politicians who court and flatter them instead of condemning their hate speech? The media machine that attacks liberals, calls them "traitors" and suggests you speak to them "with a baseball bat"? The economic system that batters people like Jim Adkisson until they snap, then tells them their real enemies are gays and liberals and secular humanists?
If you ask me, it was all of the above.
You killed them, Pat Robertson. You killed them, Pastor Hagee. You killed them, Ann Coulter. You killed them, Dick Morris and Sean Hannity and the rest of you at Fox News.
The shooting began while the children of the church were putting on a musical based on "Annie." One broad-shouldered church member blocked the bullets from hitting other people, and died. You don't need to believe in dogma to be a hero. Remember that song from "Annie"? It probably got on your nerves like it got on mine. "The sun'll come out tomorrow."
The sun coming out. That's natural. It's one with the blowing clover and the falling rain. But a man driven insane, then programmed by society to kill people just because they're loving and tolerant?
That's monster.
From the Huffington Post:
Monster: Who Really Killed the Knoxville Unitarians?
By RJ Eskow Posted July 28, 2008
Top of Form 1
Bottom of Form 1
I'd say that Unitarians were God's thoughtful people, but they make no particular claims about God. In some parts of the country that takes real courage.
My first wife and I joined a Unitarian church in suburban DC and raised our kids there. She and I were from different religious backgrounds - in a way, I was from different religious backgrounds, raised in Judaism but with Catholic and Southern Baptist relatives. We both practiced Buddhist meditation (and found others there that did the same.)
Unitarians tend to be intellectual, verbal, literate, thoughtful, and from a variety of backgrounds. Some are atheist, some are agnostic, others believe in God in a variety of Eastern and Western forms. Some would describe themselves as "ethically Christian," although others would not - and it is not an exclusively Christian group. The running joke among Unitarians was that the name "Jesus" is only heard when someone falls down the stairs, and that the only sacrament is the black coffee brewed after services.
The Unitarian Universalist (or UU) denomination is the product of a merger between Unitarianism and Universalism, two centuries-old Christian denominations. Unitarianism was founded on the belief that the Trinity was illogical and that there could only be one divinity. Universalists believed that God was too merciful to condemn anyone to an eternity in hell, and that even the most evil person would get out of there eventually (after fifty thousand years or so). Eventually they merged and abandoned all dogma. (You can read the Knoxville church's website for a summary of beliefs.)
When my work sent me to Hungary, I arrived in the only nation on earth that ever had a Unitarian state (during the reign of King John Sigismund, who decreed religious tolerance in 1568). Ralph Waldo Emerson is the closest thing to a saint that UU's have. An ordained minister in the church, his Harvard Divinity School address was revolutionary in its day.
Emerson rejected all claims of the supernatural in the Bible. He said that miracles were "monster," in the original meaning of that word as "against nature." In a characteristically striking turn of phrase, he said they were "not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain." Emerson was telling us that the beauty of the manifest world should be enough.
Is it worth killing a person for believing that?
My current (and future) wife and I were married by the Rev. Forrest Church at All Souls Unitarian in Manhattan. (Dr. Church is now teaching us how to face death.) When at several points in my career jobs came up in the Deep South, I always checked to see if there was a Unitarian Church nearby. One of those job possibilities, which I chose not to pursue, was in Knoxville.
Jim Adkisson of Powell, Tennessee was the man with his finger on the trigger. He had mental health problems, and a hard and bitter life. He apparently left a letter explaining that he hated the church for its liberal beliefs and opinions. And the church had a sign outside indicating it welcomed gays and lesbians.
Who really killed those Unitarians? Was it the preachers who spread hatred and intolerance? The politicians who court and flatter them instead of condemning their hate speech? The media machine that attacks liberals, calls them "traitors" and suggests you speak to them "with a baseball bat"? The economic system that batters people like Jim Adkisson until they snap, then tells them their real enemies are gays and liberals and secular humanists?
If you ask me, it was all of the above.
You killed them, Pat Robertson. You killed them, Pastor Hagee. You killed them, Ann Coulter. You killed them, Dick Morris and Sean Hannity and the rest of you at Fox News.
The shooting began while the children of the church were putting on a musical based on "Annie." One broad-shouldered church member blocked the bullets from hitting other people, and died. You don't need to believe in dogma to be a hero. Remember that song from "Annie"? It probably got on your nerves like it got on mine. "The sun'll come out tomorrow."
The sun coming out. That's natural. It's one with the blowing clover and the falling rain. But a man driven insane, then programmed by society to kill people just because they're loving and tolerant?
That's monster.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Three Turning Three!
Emma, Colin and Tara with big brother Connor Duncan ... The triplets celebrated their third birthday on July 16th... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
ACT NOW for justice in Zimbabwe!!
Lovemore Matombo and Wellington Chibebe, the President and General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) were arrested on 8 May for speaking out about the state-sponsored violence in Zimbabwe - or as Robert Mugabe's government put it "spreading falsehoods prejudicial to the State".
Lovemore and Wellington are due to appear in court on 30 July, to defend themselves against these charges. Over 2,000 trade unionists from around the world have come together to make a public demonstration of support for the ZCTU leaders and all unionists in Zimbabwe.
Please take a moment to add your voice to this growing tide of support for these brave trade unionists. Everyone can do something to help --
Lovemore and Wellington are due to appear in court on 30 July, to defend themselves against these charges. Over 2,000 trade unionists from around the world have come together to make a public demonstration of support for the ZCTU leaders and all unionists in Zimbabwe.
Please take a moment to add your voice to this growing tide of support for these brave trade unionists. Everyone can do something to help --
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Racism by any other name...
To the New Yorker:
I am a satirist (musical) myself. I am married to a visual artist who does satirical political cartoons here in Sweden. As artists, we are constantly defending freedom of expression. HOWEVER, if this picture had appeared on the front page of any mainstream or conservative publication, it would have been correctly identified as what it is: Right wing racist propaganda featuring slanderous stereotypes.
Instead, you have sullied the pages of the illustrious New Yorker with this disgusting image, leaving the media to hail this as "satire."
Satire reveals truth. This image obfuscates the truth -- in an era when truth becomes increasingly harder to find.
It doesn't matter what sort of articles appear inside the magazine. You are perpetuating villainous public falsehoods designed to manipulate the fear and ignorance that abounds in this country. That ignorance abounds in large part due to a COMPLICIT media that does NOTHING to shed light on the real issues.
Next month's cover should be an apology and a clarion call for a more vigilant media.
Your former subscriber
Anne Feeney
I am a satirist (musical) myself. I am married to a visual artist who does satirical political cartoons here in Sweden. As artists, we are constantly defending freedom of expression. HOWEVER, if this picture had appeared on the front page of any mainstream or conservative publication, it would have been correctly identified as what it is: Right wing racist propaganda featuring slanderous stereotypes.
Instead, you have sullied the pages of the illustrious New Yorker with this disgusting image, leaving the media to hail this as "satire."
Satire reveals truth. This image obfuscates the truth -- in an era when truth becomes increasingly harder to find.
It doesn't matter what sort of articles appear inside the magazine. You are perpetuating villainous public falsehoods designed to manipulate the fear and ignorance that abounds in this country. That ignorance abounds in large part due to a COMPLICIT media that does NOTHING to shed light on the real issues.
Next month's cover should be an apology and a clarion call for a more vigilant media.
Your former subscriber
Anne Feeney
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - JULY 2008, VOLUME FOUR, #4
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
(all the details about where and when appear in Swedish at http://www.goatbridge.com/bokning.asp, and are continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html)
SUMMER IN SWEDEN!!
Borlange - 27 & 28th of June
Skellefteå - 18th July
Gnesta - 19th of July
Smedjebacken - 22nd of July
Årjäng - 23rd of July
Falun - 26th of July
Leksand - 30th of July
Stockholm - 6th of August
This weekend I am performing at a very cool festival - the Peace and Love Festival - in Borlange Sweden. Manu Chao, Suzanne Vega, the Sex Pistols and Roky Erickson are on the bill too! Cool beans. I still have lots of places I'd like to visit on this tour - email my agent Fredrik@goatbridge.com if you want to put together a gig in Göteborg, Lund, Malmö, Östersund, Sundsvall, Örebro, Kiruna, Gotland ... Fredrik is terrific!
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GENERAL INFO:
BUY CDS: http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid
BUY NEW CD: http://cdbaby.com/cd/annefeeney7
Thank you so much for your interest in my music and work. I couldn't do this without you! Let me know what you're up to!
If you'd like to subscribe and have The Fellow Travelers' Advisory delivered to your mailbox every month, please visit http://annefeeney.com/newsletter.com and sign up. Over 10,000 other happy subscribers have done the same!
You can also digitally download all my stuff at CDBaby, or Apple I-Tunes http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=75034988 and most other online services.
My cell is 1-412-877-6480
For this summer, email is better - anne@annefeeney.com
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IN THIS ISSUE:
REPORT FROM THE FIRST IRELAND TOUR
*Acquittal of the Raytheon 9*
*Defeat of the Lisbon Accord*
FISA FILIBUSTER
CONCERT DVD NOW AVAILABLE
PRICE HIKE COMING FOR SEPT/OCT IN IRELAND - BOOK NOW!!
LINK OF THE MONTH
DONEGAL WOMAN - a book
BOOKING FALL 2008 and WINTER 2009
2009 IRELAND TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
FAMILY NEWS/JULY BIRTHDAYS
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
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REPORT FROM THE FIRST IRELAND TOUR
There were 21 of us on this first tour of Ireland - a real international group we were, too! Irish, American, Swedish, Canadian & Danish - and now all friends for life! We went to Kerry, Clare and Galway.
(This group photo taken by Tom Pigott on Guy Zahller's camera...)
We visited Padraic Pearse's summer house, a dozen fabulous pubs to hear traditional music and ballads, the Cliffs of Moher, Lady Gregory's house at Coole Park, and took in some of the most amazing scenery Ireland has to offer... AND ... we made some great music of our own!
I sure didn't have to do all the singing on this trip! Our tour was enlivened by the musical presence of Nell and Laurie Postans and Molly Newman of Victoria, BC as well as the singing of our fearless tour leader, Tom Pigott, birthday girl Marie Berlev of Copenhagen, Denmark and Nettie (also celebrating her birthday on this trip!) Sabin and Linda Turney of Chicago - and really, when we all sang together - (frequently) - it sounded great.
My husband, Julie Leonardsson, took great photos and made many wonderful sketches during the tour... You can see them at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annefeeney/sets/72157605809447284/
And our Danish friends have posted their photos at:
http://rejser.berlev.dk/#2.0
We had plenty to celebrate on this tour. On June 11th, we were overjoyed to learn that the Raytheon 9 were acquitted.
"The six anti-war activists who occupied arms manufacturer Raytheon's offices in Derry and destroyed its computers have been acquitted by a jury in Belfast.
Derry Anti War Coalition calls on the office of the Attorney General and the Crown Prosecution Service, in light of the jury's verdict of 'not guilty' to criminal damage charges, to institute an investigation into the activities of Raytheon at its various plants across the UK, with a view to determining whether Raytheon is a criminal enterprise."
Read the full article, as well as the powerful statement of the Raytheon 9, that begins...
"We said from the beginning that we came to this court not as the accused but as the accusers of Raytheon."
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87945
... There was NOTHING about it in the Irish Times - Ireland's major daily.
Then, on the 13th of June, Ireland overwhelmingly rejected a militarised corporatized federal Europe and defeated the "Lisbon Accord." In Clifden my friend Niall Farrell, who had been working tirelessly for the treaty's defeat, filled everyone in on all the details and explained why the defeat of the treaty was a victory for working people everywhere.
In that case, the vote was widely covered in the media as a huge "embarrassment" for Ireland, and a "failure." Perhaps, the pundits opined, the people were too stupid to understand how important it was to vote YES... perhaps there should be another vote to see if they could get it right.
It's obvious that media consolidation is burying the truth everywhere, not just in the United States.
Anyway, the tour was exhilarating and uplifting! I wish you could have all been there!
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FISA FILIBUSTER
As I'm going to press with this issue it looks like there may still be some hope to stop this latest hateful version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - retroactively legalizing the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
Call your Senators today and ask them to support the Feingo-Dodd filibuster and oppose any version of FISA that grants retroactive immunity for warrantless wiretapping.
http://www.truemajority.org/FISAcalls/call_save_filibuster.php
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CHICAGO CONCERT DVD AVAILABLE!
"Anne Feeney - Songs of Struggle at the Heartland Cafe" is airing on Chicago's Labor Beat TV show this month.
Filmed before a live (and lively!) audience at Chicago's Heartland Cafe on May 18, 2008, this three camera DVD came out really well.
You can watch the video on Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4868765863170585425&hl=en
Or order a DVD: $15 by PayPal, go to www.laborbeat.org/3/forml604.htm and fill out the form with your mailing address, and title of the DVD "Anne Feeney / Heartland Cafe"
You can also order by mailing a check for $15 to:
Labor Beat, 37 S. Ashland, Chicago, IL 60607
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PRICE HIKE COMING ON LAST TOUR OF IRELAND IN 2008
The September tour of Clare, Kerry and Cork is filling up.
Your $1750 tour cost includes all ground transportation, all hotels, all breakfasts, three dinners, and many extras. If you reserve now, or if you've already reserved a seat on this tour, you are still guaranteed the original rate of $1750. This is a fantastic bargain, as anyone who has travelled recently in Ireland can tell you.
http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html
is the link on my webpage to describe the tours..
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13
particularly describes the Clare, Kerry and Cork tour.
Unless the dollar makes a huge comeback between now and the end of July, my Irish partner, Tom Pigott, has asked me to raise the price on this tour of Ireland, which begins on September 30, 2008 and ends on October 9, 2008. We'll decide closer to the end of the month how much we need to raise the tour cost to compensate for the dollar's shrinking value abroad ... but if you've been seriously thinking about this tour, now would be an excellent time to commit. The price will go up on August 1st.
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LINK OF THE MONTH
Quite a few of you sent this link to me, but for those of you who haven't seen it yet, check out:
"I'M VOTING REPUBLICAN"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0xxU
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DONEGAL WOMAN - A BOOK
I just finished reading "Donegal Woman," by activist Séan Throne. It's a vivid depiction of rural life in Donegal at the turn of the 20th century, to which Throne has a very personal connection. Born in Lifford, Co. Donegal, Throne was involved in the civil rights movement in Derry and an eyewitness to Bloody Sunday in 1968. Throne now lives in Chicago. Donegal Woman is a combination of family history, historical fiction, manifesto and documentary -- I found the book very compelling. If you'd like to order a copy, the book is $23. You can order it directly from the author - loughfinn@aol.com - and have it signed by the author.
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BOOKING FALL 2008 and WINTER 2009
Midwest in the Fall with Anne Feeney & the Ornery Duffers
I'd love to do a CD-release tour for DUMP THE BOSSES OFF YOUR BACK through Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas with the fabulous Oliver Steck on accordion and a yet-to-be-named tuba player .... (now that's some Ornery Duffers!) If you'd like to see this powerhouse trio in your town, email me at anne@annefeeney.com
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Northwest after Western Workers in 2009 with Rebel Voices
After the Western Workers' Labor Heritage Festival in San Francisco (Jan 16-18), I plan on taking the train to Portland and doing a tour with Susan Lewis and Janet Stecher (Rebel Voices - http://www.rebelvoices.com/) at least as far as Seattle, but possibly on up to Victoria. If you're anywhere along that route and would like to host a concert for us, contact me at anne@annefeeney.com
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2009 IRELAND TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!
If you can't make it in September, Tom Pigott (http://enchantedwaytours.ie) and I have agreed on our 2009 tour dates:
May 19-28 (probably Clare, Galway & Kerry)
June 30- July 9 (probably Donegal/Derry - I'll be celebrating my birthday on this tour!!)
August 25-September 3 (probably Cork, Kerry & Clare)
The 2009 tour cost will be $1950 and the single supplement $350. To guarantee a seat, send $250 (fully refundable until eight weeks prior to departure) to:
Anne Feeney
2240 Milligan Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
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FAMILY NEWS & BIRTHDAYS
Today is the birthday of socialist activist Helen Keller, my former brother-in-law Mark Sever, and Captain Kangaroo!
My Aunt Claire O'Connor has moved to:
Eden Gardens, Room 206
1385 Silver Bluff Rd
Aiken, SC 29803
send her a card!
July Birthdays
Anne Feeney - July 1
Carolyn Weldon's husband Patrick - Jul 3
Suzanne Beers - Jul 3
Michael Grefenstette - Jul 8
Kristen Grefenstette - Jul 9
Judy Lane McCahill - Jul 10
Eileen Metcalfe - Jul 14
Erin Grefenstette Henninger - Jul 18
James McCahill - Jul 25
Karen McCahill - Jul 25
JoAnne Metcalfe -
Marlo Mary Henninger - Jul 30
Monique Murad - Jul 30
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(all the details about where and when appear in Swedish at http://www.goatbridge.com/bokning.asp, and are continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html)
SUMMER IN SWEDEN!!
Borlange - 27 & 28th of June
Skellefteå - 18th July
Gnesta - 19th of July
Smedjebacken - 22nd of July
Årjäng - 23rd of July
Falun - 26th of July
Leksand - 30th of July
Stockholm - 6th of August
This weekend I am performing at a very cool festival - the Peace and Love Festival - in Borlange Sweden. Manu Chao, Suzanne Vega, the Sex Pistols and Roky Erickson are on the bill too! Cool beans. I still have lots of places I'd like to visit on this tour - email my agent Fredrik@goatbridge.com if you want to put together a gig in Göteborg, Lund, Malmö, Östersund, Sundsvall, Örebro, Kiruna, Gotland ... Fredrik is terrific!
********************************************
GENERAL INFO:
BUY CDS: http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid
BUY NEW CD: http://cdbaby.com/cd/annefeeney7
Thank you so much for your interest in my music and work. I couldn't do this without you! Let me know what you're up to!
If you'd like to subscribe and have The Fellow Travelers' Advisory delivered to your mailbox every month, please visit http://annefeeney.com/newsletter.com and sign up. Over 10,000 other happy subscribers have done the same!
You can also digitally download all my stuff at CDBaby, or Apple I-Tunes http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=75034988 and most other online services.
My cell is 1-412-877-6480
For this summer, email is better - anne@annefeeney.com
******************************************************
IN THIS ISSUE:
REPORT FROM THE FIRST IRELAND TOUR
*Acquittal of the Raytheon 9*
*Defeat of the Lisbon Accord*
FISA FILIBUSTER
CONCERT DVD NOW AVAILABLE
PRICE HIKE COMING FOR SEPT/OCT IN IRELAND - BOOK NOW!!
LINK OF THE MONTH
DONEGAL WOMAN - a book
BOOKING FALL 2008 and WINTER 2009
2009 IRELAND TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
FAMILY NEWS/JULY BIRTHDAYS
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
*******************************************************
REPORT FROM THE FIRST IRELAND TOUR
There were 21 of us on this first tour of Ireland - a real international group we were, too! Irish, American, Swedish, Canadian & Danish - and now all friends for life! We went to Kerry, Clare and Galway.
(This group photo taken by Tom Pigott on Guy Zahller's camera...)We visited Padraic Pearse's summer house, a dozen fabulous pubs to hear traditional music and ballads, the Cliffs of Moher, Lady Gregory's house at Coole Park, and took in some of the most amazing scenery Ireland has to offer... AND ... we made some great music of our own!
I sure didn't have to do all the singing on this trip! Our tour was enlivened by the musical presence of Nell and Laurie Postans and Molly Newman of Victoria, BC as well as the singing of our fearless tour leader, Tom Pigott, birthday girl Marie Berlev of Copenhagen, Denmark and Nettie (also celebrating her birthday on this trip!) Sabin and Linda Turney of Chicago - and really, when we all sang together - (frequently) - it sounded great.
My husband, Julie Leonardsson, took great photos and made many wonderful sketches during the tour... You can see them at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annefeeney/sets/72157605809447284/
And our Danish friends have posted their photos at:
http://rejser.berlev.dk/#2.0
We had plenty to celebrate on this tour. On June 11th, we were overjoyed to learn that the Raytheon 9 were acquitted.
"The six anti-war activists who occupied arms manufacturer Raytheon's offices in Derry and destroyed its computers have been acquitted by a jury in Belfast.
Derry Anti War Coalition calls on the office of the Attorney General and the Crown Prosecution Service, in light of the jury's verdict of 'not guilty' to criminal damage charges, to institute an investigation into the activities of Raytheon at its various plants across the UK, with a view to determining whether Raytheon is a criminal enterprise."
Read the full article, as well as the powerful statement of the Raytheon 9, that begins...
"We said from the beginning that we came to this court not as the accused but as the accusers of Raytheon."
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87945
... There was NOTHING about it in the Irish Times - Ireland's major daily.
Then, on the 13th of June, Ireland overwhelmingly rejected a militarised corporatized federal Europe and defeated the "Lisbon Accord." In Clifden my friend Niall Farrell, who had been working tirelessly for the treaty's defeat, filled everyone in on all the details and explained why the defeat of the treaty was a victory for working people everywhere.
In that case, the vote was widely covered in the media as a huge "embarrassment" for Ireland, and a "failure." Perhaps, the pundits opined, the people were too stupid to understand how important it was to vote YES... perhaps there should be another vote to see if they could get it right.
It's obvious that media consolidation is burying the truth everywhere, not just in the United States.
Anyway, the tour was exhilarating and uplifting! I wish you could have all been there!
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FISA FILIBUSTER
As I'm going to press with this issue it looks like there may still be some hope to stop this latest hateful version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - retroactively legalizing the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
Call your Senators today and ask them to support the Feingo-Dodd filibuster and oppose any version of FISA that grants retroactive immunity for warrantless wiretapping.
http://www.truemajority.org/FISAcalls/call_save_filibuster.php
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CHICAGO CONCERT DVD AVAILABLE!
"Anne Feeney - Songs of Struggle at the Heartland Cafe" is airing on Chicago's Labor Beat TV show this month.
Filmed before a live (and lively!) audience at Chicago's Heartland Cafe on May 18, 2008, this three camera DVD came out really well.
You can watch the video on Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4868765863170585425&hl=en
Or order a DVD: $15 by PayPal, go to www.laborbeat.org/3/forml604.htm and fill out the form with your mailing address, and title of the DVD "Anne Feeney / Heartland Cafe"
You can also order by mailing a check for $15 to:
Labor Beat, 37 S. Ashland, Chicago, IL 60607
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PRICE HIKE COMING ON LAST TOUR OF IRELAND IN 2008
The September tour of Clare, Kerry and Cork is filling up.
Your $1750 tour cost includes all ground transportation, all hotels, all breakfasts, three dinners, and many extras. If you reserve now, or if you've already reserved a seat on this tour, you are still guaranteed the original rate of $1750. This is a fantastic bargain, as anyone who has travelled recently in Ireland can tell you.
http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html
is the link on my webpage to describe the tours..
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13
particularly describes the Clare, Kerry and Cork tour.
Unless the dollar makes a huge comeback between now and the end of July, my Irish partner, Tom Pigott, has asked me to raise the price on this tour of Ireland, which begins on September 30, 2008 and ends on October 9, 2008. We'll decide closer to the end of the month how much we need to raise the tour cost to compensate for the dollar's shrinking value abroad ... but if you've been seriously thinking about this tour, now would be an excellent time to commit. The price will go up on August 1st.
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LINK OF THE MONTH
Quite a few of you sent this link to me, but for those of you who haven't seen it yet, check out:
"I'M VOTING REPUBLICAN"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0xxU
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DONEGAL WOMAN - A BOOK
I just finished reading "Donegal Woman," by activist Séan Throne. It's a vivid depiction of rural life in Donegal at the turn of the 20th century, to which Throne has a very personal connection. Born in Lifford, Co. Donegal, Throne was involved in the civil rights movement in Derry and an eyewitness to Bloody Sunday in 1968. Throne now lives in Chicago. Donegal Woman is a combination of family history, historical fiction, manifesto and documentary -- I found the book very compelling. If you'd like to order a copy, the book is $23. You can order it directly from the author - loughfinn@aol.com - and have it signed by the author.
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BOOKING FALL 2008 and WINTER 2009
Midwest in the Fall with Anne Feeney & the Ornery Duffers
I'd love to do a CD-release tour for DUMP THE BOSSES OFF YOUR BACK through Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas with the fabulous Oliver Steck on accordion and a yet-to-be-named tuba player .... (now that's some Ornery Duffers!) If you'd like to see this powerhouse trio in your town, email me at anne@annefeeney.com
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Northwest after Western Workers in 2009 with Rebel Voices
After the Western Workers' Labor Heritage Festival in San Francisco (Jan 16-18), I plan on taking the train to Portland and doing a tour with Susan Lewis and Janet Stecher (Rebel Voices - http://www.rebelvoices.com/) at least as far as Seattle, but possibly on up to Victoria. If you're anywhere along that route and would like to host a concert for us, contact me at anne@annefeeney.com
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2009 IRELAND TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!
If you can't make it in September, Tom Pigott (http://enchantedwaytours.ie) and I have agreed on our 2009 tour dates:
May 19-28 (probably Clare, Galway & Kerry)
June 30- July 9 (probably Donegal/Derry - I'll be celebrating my birthday on this tour!!)
August 25-September 3 (probably Cork, Kerry & Clare)
The 2009 tour cost will be $1950 and the single supplement $350. To guarantee a seat, send $250 (fully refundable until eight weeks prior to departure) to:
Anne Feeney
2240 Milligan Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
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FAMILY NEWS & BIRTHDAYS
Today is the birthday of socialist activist Helen Keller, my former brother-in-law Mark Sever, and Captain Kangaroo!
My Aunt Claire O'Connor has moved to:
Eden Gardens, Room 206
1385 Silver Bluff Rd
Aiken, SC 29803
send her a card!
July Birthdays
Anne Feeney - July 1
Carolyn Weldon's husband Patrick - Jul 3
Suzanne Beers - Jul 3
Michael Grefenstette - Jul 8
Kristen Grefenstette - Jul 9
Judy Lane McCahill - Jul 10
Eileen Metcalfe - Jul 14
Erin Grefenstette Henninger - Jul 18
James McCahill - Jul 25
Karen McCahill - Jul 25
JoAnne Metcalfe -
Marlo Mary Henninger - Jul 30
Monique Murad - Jul 30
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - JUNE 2008, VOLUME FOUR, #3
Thanks so much for subscribing to my email news ... My life and work would be impossible without your support! I had planned a nice newsy letter for you this month, but I'm camping at the Kerrville Folk Festival and I'm underslept and over-sunned ...
CD!!!
If you haven't already gotten it, I hope you'll get my new CD - "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back" - at CDBaby... http://cdbaby.com/cd/annefeeney7 - It's getting great reviews and one of the songs - "How Long?" - is the featured song at Labor Notes this month... http://labornotes.org
RADIO LIVE!!!
I'm off from here to Pensacola (by Greyhound - yes, riding the dog...) for RadioLive! which you can listen in to at
http://wuwf.org/radiolive/radiolive.shtml on Thursday night at 6PM EDT
IRELAND!!
I'm off to Ireland, Sweden and Denmark for the summer.. I'm so looking forward to it. I won't be back in the states until August 25th. For now, email is the best and sometimes the only way to get hold of me...
UTAH PHILLIPS (1925 - 2008)
How lucky we are that Bruce "Utah" Phillips was so very generous with his time, his music, his humor and his wisdom. He has left all of us with so much. Seventy three years does not seem very long to me any more. I will feel forever grateful to him for the time he shared with me. My heart breaks for his wonderful wife, Joanna Robinson, and all his family and friends. It somehow seems appropriate that Utah's gigantic heart was his weakness... He had a tremendous love for us all. This is the link to the obituary in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/arts/music/27phillips.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
BURGER KING VICTORY FOR CIW
check out http://ciw-online.org for this exciting story!
LINK OF THE MONTH
http://3trillion.org/
SOAW VICTORY!!
Check out http://soaw.org to read about the huge victory in Congress! See you in November @ Ft Benning!
CELL PHONE USERS - at least get a headset!
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/mobile-phones-more-dangerous-than-smoking-802602.html
RAYTHEON 9 TRIAL ENTERS SECOND WEEK IN DERRY
The defense opens its case in the trial of 9 Irish peace activists who exposed RAYTHEON Ireland's complicity in the manufacturing of bombs used in the massacre at Qana. More on this story when we have a verdict...
In the meantime... http://www.raytheon9.org/
READ & SIGN THIS PETITION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/28/china18656.htm
FABULOUS MURALS
When you come to Pittsburgh, be sure to check this out -
www.vankamurals.org
ON STRIKE STILL
Last month I had a chance to visit the Conn Selmer strikers in Elkhart, IN - on strike for two years now!
http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=449745
and I enjoyed my time with the courageous AFSCME strikers against Heartland Health in Effingham, IL... Today is the one year anniversary of their strike
http://www.afscme31.org/articleDetail.asp?objectID=1165
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
To Claire O'Connor (89!)
325 Magnolia Lake Court
Aiken SC 29803
Sara Engstrom
Dave Larkin
and Happy 7th Wedding Anniversary to Erin Grefenstette and Mark Henninger
There's so much to tell, but it's already June 2nd and my access to computers is limited here. So, thanks for reading ... Here's the schedule so far...
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 6:00 PM
Live on WUWF RadioLive!
Museum of Commerce
Pensacola, FL
http://wuwf.org/radiolive/radiolive.shtml
Price: free
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 8:00 PM
Gone to Ireland
Tour Ireland with me - June 10-19th
http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html
Friday, June 20th, 2008 8:00 PM
Touring Sweden and Denmark
Sweden
http://www.goatbridge.com/bokning.asp
fredrik@goatbridge.com is handling all my bookings in Europe from June 20 up to August 13th...
Friday, August 15th, 2008 8:00 PM
Tour Ireland with me!
Gone to Ireland August 15-24th
http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 7:30 PM
Concert at Collette's
Collette's Crepes
1611 Virginia Avenue, Suite #501
North Bend, OR 97459-2759
(541) 751-1475
http://www.colettescrepes.com/1294187.html
Price: $15 suggested
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 8:00 PM
House Concert
Ken and Janet Bates' place
89569 Sunny Loop Lane
Bandon, OR 97411
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 12:00 PM
PJSA Conference
Portland State University
Portland, OR
this conference runs through Sept 14th
more details later
tom hastings is the contact
hastings(@)pdx.edu
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 8:00 PM
Tour Ireland with me! September 30-October 9th
plenty of seats on this tour, which will feature the best airfares of the year
http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html
CD!!!
If you haven't already gotten it, I hope you'll get my new CD - "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back" - at CDBaby... http://cdbaby.com/cd/annefeeney7 - It's getting great reviews and one of the songs - "How Long?" - is the featured song at Labor Notes this month... http://labornotes.org
RADIO LIVE!!!
I'm off from here to Pensacola (by Greyhound - yes, riding the dog...) for RadioLive! which you can listen in to at
http://wuwf.org/radiolive/radiolive.shtml on Thursday night at 6PM EDT
IRELAND!!
I'm off to Ireland, Sweden and Denmark for the summer.. I'm so looking forward to it. I won't be back in the states until August 25th. For now, email is the best and sometimes the only way to get hold of me...
UTAH PHILLIPS (1925 - 2008)
How lucky we are that Bruce "Utah" Phillips was so very generous with his time, his music, his humor and his wisdom. He has left all of us with so much. Seventy three years does not seem very long to me any more. I will feel forever grateful to him for the time he shared with me. My heart breaks for his wonderful wife, Joanna Robinson, and all his family and friends. It somehow seems appropriate that Utah's gigantic heart was his weakness... He had a tremendous love for us all. This is the link to the obituary in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/arts/music/27phillips.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
BURGER KING VICTORY FOR CIW
check out http://ciw-online.org for this exciting story!
LINK OF THE MONTH
http://3trillion.org/
SOAW VICTORY!!
Check out http://soaw.org to read about the huge victory in Congress! See you in November @ Ft Benning!
CELL PHONE USERS - at least get a headset!
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/mobile-phones-more-dangerous-than-smoking-802602.html
RAYTHEON 9 TRIAL ENTERS SECOND WEEK IN DERRY
The defense opens its case in the trial of 9 Irish peace activists who exposed RAYTHEON Ireland's complicity in the manufacturing of bombs used in the massacre at Qana. More on this story when we have a verdict...
In the meantime... http://www.raytheon9.org/
READ & SIGN THIS PETITION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/28/china18656.htm
FABULOUS MURALS
When you come to Pittsburgh, be sure to check this out -
www.vankamurals.org
ON STRIKE STILL
Last month I had a chance to visit the Conn Selmer strikers in Elkhart, IN - on strike for two years now!
http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=449745
and I enjoyed my time with the courageous AFSCME strikers against Heartland Health in Effingham, IL... Today is the one year anniversary of their strike
http://www.afscme31.org/articleDetail.asp?objectID=1165
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
To Claire O'Connor (89!)
325 Magnolia Lake Court
Aiken SC 29803
Sara Engstrom
Dave Larkin
and Happy 7th Wedding Anniversary to Erin Grefenstette and Mark Henninger
There's so much to tell, but it's already June 2nd and my access to computers is limited here. So, thanks for reading ... Here's the schedule so far...
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 6:00 PM
Live on WUWF RadioLive!
Museum of Commerce
Pensacola, FL
http://wuwf.org/radiolive/radiolive.shtml
Price: free
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 8:00 PM
Gone to Ireland
Tour Ireland with me - June 10-19th
http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html
Friday, June 20th, 2008 8:00 PM
Touring Sweden and Denmark
Sweden
http://www.goatbridge.com/bokning.asp
fredrik@goatbridge.com is handling all my bookings in Europe from June 20 up to August 13th...
Friday, August 15th, 2008 8:00 PM
Tour Ireland with me!
Gone to Ireland August 15-24th
http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 7:30 PM
Concert at Collette's
Collette's Crepes
1611 Virginia Avenue, Suite #501
North Bend, OR 97459-2759
(541) 751-1475
http://www.colettescrepes.com/1294187.html
Price: $15 suggested
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 8:00 PM
House Concert
Ken and Janet Bates' place
89569 Sunny Loop Lane
Bandon, OR 97411
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 12:00 PM
PJSA Conference
Portland State University
Portland, OR
this conference runs through Sept 14th
more details later
tom hastings is the contact
hastings(@)pdx.edu
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 8:00 PM
Tour Ireland with me! September 30-October 9th
plenty of seats on this tour, which will feature the best airfares of the year
http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Bruce “Utah” Phillips Passes
Bruce “Utah” Phillips Passes - Sing Out! News
Saturday morning, May 24th, we received word that Utah Phillips — the great storyteller, songwriter, activist, raconteur, organizer, hobo and more — died last night at his home.
utah phillips - google news search
Saturday morning, May 24th, we received word that Utah Phillips — the great storyteller, songwriter, activist, raconteur, organizer, hobo and more — died last night at his home.
utah phillips - google news search
Monday, May 12, 2008
Don't Pay the Ransom -- I've Escaped!
Thanks so much to everyone who has expressed concern for me during this health scare.. Your kindness means more to me than I can express... here's the latest...
I got home from the Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival at 8 last night. I listened to my "Stress Free Surgery" cassette and began fasting at midnight.
I went in for the surgery this morning... was fitted with the IV and taken to the sonography suite and given a topical anesthetic while they inserted a wire into my bosom to mark the path to the metal marker they implanted when they did the biopsy.
Next it was on to the mammography suite to get films to make sure that the wire was actually AT the metal marker.
That proved to be difficult to the point of impossible ... the 'spot' was very hard to find because it got sooooooooooooooo small after the biopsy.
From there we went back to the surgery suite... The anesthesiologist came in, discussed all the medication I would be receiving and I signed all the consent forms.
My surgeon came in prior to the trip the O.R. and after some discussion my doc said she wasn't 100% committed to the idea of doing the surgery today.
Soooooooooooo, we're going to watch this lump for a few months and see what happens...
A REPRIEVE!!!
TA DA!!
I'm delighted...
So far the keyword for this adventure isn't "scary" or "painful"... it's EXPENSIVE...
I got home from the Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival at 8 last night. I listened to my "Stress Free Surgery" cassette and began fasting at midnight.
I went in for the surgery this morning... was fitted with the IV and taken to the sonography suite and given a topical anesthetic while they inserted a wire into my bosom to mark the path to the metal marker they implanted when they did the biopsy.
Next it was on to the mammography suite to get films to make sure that the wire was actually AT the metal marker.
That proved to be difficult to the point of impossible ... the 'spot' was very hard to find because it got sooooooooooooooo small after the biopsy.
From there we went back to the surgery suite... The anesthesiologist came in, discussed all the medication I would be receiving and I signed all the consent forms.
My surgeon came in prior to the trip the O.R. and after some discussion my doc said she wasn't 100% committed to the idea of doing the surgery today.
Soooooooooooo, we're going to watch this lump for a few months and see what happens...
A REPRIEVE!!!
TA DA!!
I'm delighted...
So far the keyword for this adventure isn't "scary" or "painful"... it's EXPENSIVE...
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