O Crown of Light, O Darkened One,
I never thought we’d meet.
You kiss my lips, and then it’s done:
I’m back on Boogie Street.
A sip of wine, a cigarette,
And then it’s time to go.
I tidied up the kitchenette;
I tuned the old banjo.
I’m wanted at the traffic-jam.
They’re saving me a seat.
I’m what I am, and what I am,
Is back on Boogie Street.
And O my love, I still recall
The pleasures that we knew;
The rivers and the waterfall,
Wherein I bathed with you.
Bewildered by your beauty there,
I’d kneel to dry your feet.
By such instructions you prepare
A man for Boogie Street.
O Crown of Light, O Darkened One…
So come, my friends, be not afraid.
We are so lightly here.
It is in love that we are made;
In love we disappear.
Tho’ all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There’s no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.
O Crown of Light, O Darkened One,
I never thought we’d meet.
You kiss my lips, and then it’s done:
I’m back on Boogie Street.
A sip of wine, a cigarette,
And then it’s time to go . .
Weybridge, Boogie street, Sharon Robinson, Leonard Cohen Concert .
WHEN I FIRST EMMIGRATED TO THE FABULOUS USA, I LIVED AND WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN NEW YORK
CITY, THE ABSOLUTELY BEST CITY IN THIS COUNTRY
MY MOM USED TO TAKE ME TO THE MOVIES, 'THE LEATHER BOYS', 'JULIET OF THE SPIRITS',
'THE L-SHAPED ROOM', WHILE MY DAD WAS HARD AT WORK FOR DAVID ROCKEFELLER, AT THE
CHASE-MANHATTAN
THEN WE'D GO OVER TO HANG OUT WITH HER 'COUSIN', AFTER GETTING LUNCH AT 'HEBREW NATIONAL',
THE BEST, BIGGEST, DELI IN TOWN, YES, WE'D GO OVER TO THE HARPER-BAZAAR OFFICE ON FIFTH
AVENUE, HER COUSIN WAS THE EDITOR AT THE TIME
JACKIE KENNEDY LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE'D BE DOWN AT THE GREEK
COFFEE SHOP ON MADISON AT AROUND 7:30 AM, ACCOMPANIED BY TWO VERY SMART SECRET SERVICE MEN
IT WAS A SHORT WALK UP FIFTH TO GO CHECK WHO WAS SHOWING AT 'THE JEWISH MUSEUM',
OFTEN IT WAS LARRY RIVERS, OR BOB RAUSCHENBERG, (A SO-CALLED NEO-DADIST WHOSE PARENTS WERE
TEXAN CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS)
THEN, ANOTHER SHORT WALK UP TO THE GUGGENHEIM, TO RUN UP AND DOWN THOSE RAMPS (IT WAS
DEFINITELY NOT ALLOWED)
LARRY SHOWED A HUGE COLLECTION OF VERY REALISTIC NUDES PAINTED WITH HUGELY ROTHKO-TYPE
BACKGROUNDS, FEATURING HIS GRANNY, BIRDIE, IN MANY PAINTINGS, AND OTHERWISE, HE AND BOB WERE
STARTING TO DO POP ART MOSTLY, SOMETHING THAT WOULD RUB OFF ON ANDY LATER, AFTER HE QUIT
DRAWING FASHION FOR THE SUNDAY PAPERS
I MET LARRY AT THE HOTEL I LIVED IN, AND OFTEN AT MAX'S OR THE MARLBOROUGH, OR ON W 23RD
(ZIHUANTANEJO AND NYU!)
SOMETIMES I WISH I HAD STAYED IN NEW YORK AND GONE TO COLLEGE THERE, INSTEAD OF LETTING MY
DAD TALK ME INTO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, THE SUITS AT WELLS FARGO BANK REALLY THOUGHT
THEY HAD FOUND THE MYTHICAL GOOSE WHEN THEY STOLE MY DAD FROM DAVID
ONLY TO CONSIGN HIM TO 'APPROVING' ENORMOUS LOANS TO SOUTH AFRIKA (HOW UNFASHIONABLE!)
AND HOW WRONG, CONSIDERING THAT WAS APPROVING OF APARTHEID, IN THOSE DAYS
(THEN I WOULD HAVE MISSED OUT ON THE WHOLE HIPPIE THING, AND NEVER HAVE LIVED IN LOS
ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WHILE EXPERIENCING THE WHOLE RECORD COMPANY THING, OR RODNEY
BINGENHEIMER'S, DINO'S, OR DENNY'S, RIGHT?)
I LOVED THAT LINE ABOUT 'I DON'T GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS, IT'S BENEATH ME, AND, BESIDES,
THEY'D JUST TAKE ME TO THE CARMO AND SHOOT ME! I JUST MANAGE THE COMPANY WELL, I DO MY JOB!'
RIGHT-O, MUNDET E CIA LTDA, LISBOA, PORTUGAL, A CORK IN EVERY BOTTLE, WHAT?
UM POUQUINHO SALAZARISTA, PÁ! MAS ENFIM, A GENTE NÃO FALA DESSAS 'MANOBRAS' NA 'MOCIDADE
PORTUGUESA' TODAS AS QUARTA-FEIRAS! OU DO 'CHAUFFEUR' QUE ERA O MAIOR ESPIÃO QUE CONHECIA!
O PASSADO SÓ SE VÊ DE LONGE, NÃO É?
ENTÃO. . . NÃO SE ESTRANHA NADA. . . QUER DIZER. . .
WHAT THE FUCK IS IT THAT MAKES US REMINISCE SO WHEN WE GET OLD AND DECREPIT?
California Uber Alles - The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Track 12. 'California Uber Alles'. From the album 'Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury'.
Written by J. Biafra / J. Greenway / M. Franti / M. Pistel / Boucher
Contains sample from "California Uber Alles" performed by Dead Kennedys
Hiphoprisy is:
Michael Franti & Rono Tse
Musicians:
Michael Franti - Vocals, Background Vocals
Rono Tse - Angle Grinder, Tire Rims, Chains, Break Drums, Electronic Springs, Sheet Metal & Steel Drums
Charlie Hunter - Guitar, Bass Guitar
Programming and Musical Arrangements by Mark Pistel & Michael Franti
Mixed by Hiphoprisy
Engineered by Mat Callahan, John Baker
Post production engineering by Jeff Mann
?? California über alles
California above all others
(California über alles) (2x) [Dead Kennedys]
I'm your governor Pete Wilson, ya know
The baddest governor to ever grab the mic and go
BOOOM!
Gimme a budget and watch me hack it!
Gimme a beat and I'll show you how to jack it!
I give the rich a giant tax loophole
I leave the poor living in a poophole
At a time when Aids is in a crisis
I cut health care and I raise prices
Sales tax, snack tax, excise tax
Information attack with a newspaper tax
Hit the pocket books of working families
Increase tuition at the universities
Some day I'll command all o' you
Even your kids are gonna pray to me in school
Soon I'm gonna be the president
You might remember the last one this state sent
California über alles (4x)
(California über alles) (2x)
I'm so proud to know the Great Communicator
Wanna be known as the Great Incarcerator
I'll blow environmentalists away
And I'll be the führer some day
I'll keep cuttin' Public Education
even though we rank 45th in the nation
I've got a plan for all the minorities
Send'em to the California Youth Authorities
From San Francisco Urban Elementary
to Pelican Bay State Penitentiary
There they can work for the master race
and always wear a happy face
Close your eyes, it can't happen here
Big Brother in a squad car's comin' near
Come enjoy the surf and the sun
and keep California number one!
California über alles (4x)
(California über alles) (2x)
Now it's 1992
Knock knock on your front door, yo guess who
It's the suede denim secret police
They've come to your house for your long haired niece
Gonna send her off to a camp
'cause she's been accused of growing hemp
Don't you worry it's only a shower
And now for your clothes here's a pretty flower
Gonna die on malathion gas
The serpent's egg has already been hatched
People starvin' and livin' in the streets
because they tried to mess with me, President Pete!
California über alles (4x)
(California über alles) (2x) ??
Note: This album is dedicated to Tahan K. Jones, the first African-American conscientious objector from the Iraqi slaughter, and to all others who refused to kill or be killed in the name of the New World Order, and to the infamy of those who did and were.
DEDICATED TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE AMERICAN FARMER, WHICH TOTALS LESS THAN NOTHING. . .
AND TO THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, WELL WE WON'T GO THERE OUT OF DECENCY, BUT WE'RE SURE THOSE THOUSANDS OF DEAD INDIANS ARE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU. . .
AND TO THOSE WHO SAY I HATE AMERICA, FUCK YOU, YOU ARE DEAD WRONG, I LOVE AMERICA
I HATE THE WAY SOME PEOPLE ARE DESTROYING THIS GREAT COUNTRY, AND I'M NOT GOING TO STAND BY
AND MERELY LET THEM DO IT, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO BE DOING
Live 8 CANADA Neil Young
Neil Young - Live Aid 1985 Nothing is Perfect
Neil Young - Homegrown live at Farm Aid II
Four Strong Winds
neil young live aid 85 powderfinger
NEIL YOUNG & Crazy Horse - Like A Hurricane (Live Rust)
Neil Young- Comes A Time Farm Aid '86
Neil Young - Cortez The Killer
Neil Young w/Willie Nelson Farmer's Song
YEAH, WHERE'S THE CHANGE?
OH, AND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PROPAGAANDA, HOW ABOUT INCLUDING SOME TRUTH IN YOUR
FUCKING TWISTED HISTORY BOOKS, LIKE AN EXPLANATION WHY THERE ARE EVER
DECREASING NUMBERS OF FAMILY FARMS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WHY THE NATIVE AMERICAN
TRIBES HERE ARE VIRTUALLY EXTINCT
DON'T GIVE US ANY OF THAT COWBOY VS INDIAN SHIT, IT'S TIRED Y'ALL AND Y'ALL KNOW IT,
TELL US SOME TRUTH NOW. . .