“Hangin’ In The High School Hall” by Sonny Meadows is the Peace Song of the Day for December 7th.
You can find this song on two different albums: How Does A Patriot Act (Sonny Meadows) and I Never Thought I’d Miss Richard Nixon (Blacklisted & The Banned, with Sonny Meadows, Bob Campbell, Jon Foreman, Bob Westcott, and Robert Langley).
Continue reading High School and the military: Peace Song for 12/7/2011
“Heard Somebody Say“, by Devendra Banhart, is the Peace Song of the Day for December 3rd. (We are catching up on days, because we like to have one peace song assigned to each day.)
Continue reading When will the wars end?: Peace Song for 12/3/2011 (catch-up)
Update: Saw Arlo Guthrie and family perform at Carnegie Hall tonight (11/26/2011). He mentioned his support for the occupy movement. Talked about marching to the Occupy Wall Street concert with Pete Seeger. And, spoke strongly about the need for unions. He performed “All Over The World”, with a mention of occupation.
“Alice’s Restaurant” by Arlo Guthrie is the Peace Song of the Day for November 26th. It’s not the kind of song most folks memorize and sing at demonstrations. But, it is a great diatribe against war. And, the chorus is catchy…”You can get, anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant…”
Here’s a link, if you want to sing along: Youtube of Alice’s Restaurant: here.
The Duke and Duchess will be making their annual pilgrimage to Carnegie Hall tonight. Arlo performs at Carnegie Hall the Saturday after Thanksgiving each year. The show is an extension of the Carnegie Hall shows that the Weaver used to do.
Most years, in addition to beautiful music, and hippie bonding, something exciting happens. Sometimes Pete Seeger shows up. Other times, there will be a timely and profound political reference, such as to acknowledge the injustices to immigrants on Long Island. We will give a report back, with this year’s highlights and surprises.
(And, of course, the answer to the big question…Will Arlo or will Arlo not play “Alice’s Restaurant” at Carnegie Hall this year? My guess: YES. And, I think he will add a reference to the occupations.)
Please feel free to add your review or thoughts in the comment section to this post. (We review and filter the comments about once a day).
Related post: Review of the 2008 Arlo at Carnegie Hall Show, with comments on the history of the show, the politics of Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and more: here.
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The Peace Song of the Day is a project of Duke Augustus and Duchess Susanna, The Duke and Duchess of Peace. The Duke and Duchess recognize that one of the paths to peace is to find soulful and nonviolent entertainment, and to express oneself with art and song.
War by Edwin Starr is the Peace Song of the Day for Monday, November 21st. Singing this song will open up your chakras, and help you get emotionally fierce about war and peace!
“War…huh! Good God…”
Continue reading Peace Song of Day…”War: What is it good for? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!”
“Where’s My Apple Pie” by Joan Baez is the Peace Song of the Day for November 11th. (Yes, we are announcing it a day late. But, some folks were singing it yesterday.)
Joan Baez performed this song, with a new, additional chorus, at the Occupy Wall Street concert for Veterans Day 2011.
Continue reading It’s Time To Occupy, words of Joan Baez: Peace Song for 11/11/11
Click on the photo or the link above to purchase this bumper sticker.
Both sets of Peace Couples are proud to announce the launching of our new Cafe Press shop. Hope you are as eager as we are to see the shop fill up with items that celebrate peace and nonviolence.
Our first item is a bumper sticker, with a slogan inspired by Occupy Wall Street, and dreamed up by Duchess Susanna:
“War is for the 1%”
You can purchase this bumper sticker at the PeaceCouple Cafe Press Shop for $5.
We truly appreciate your financial support for our message, and for our continuous work promoting peace and nonviolence.
Sincerely,
Duke Augustus and Duchess Susanna
aka
Ian and Kimberly Wilder
of Wilderside LTD
“The Bell” by Stephan Said (aka Stephan Smith) is the Peace Song of the Day for November 10th. This song was created back in 2002, in response to the Iraq War. Unfortunately, it is still relevant today, on a variety of levels.
The video below includes vocals by Stephan Said and Pete Seeger.
Continue reading “I will not fight your war,” said the child and he stood: Peace Song for 11/10/2011