Today on the VE, unwrapping some post-Thanksgiving leftovers. Worthy songs by some of rock’s greatest, that never made it to their original album projects until hunger for a fresh bite brought them out of refrigeration.
JAN WILLIS – A Peaceful World Begins With Small Peaceful Actions
To change the world, says Jan Willis, we need hope. And hope grows from nonviolent actions, no matter how small. Sharing this tiny planet amidst a vast universe, we are all interconnected beings, incapable even for a nanosecond of complete independence. Yet we conduct our lives as though we each possessed complete and ultimate control of our individual, isolated universes. We …
John W. Whitehead – Playing The Government’s Game: When It Comes To Violence, We All Lose
“When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.”—John Lennon …
The Vinyl Experience – 12.04.15
Guest, Keith Elliot Greenberg, author “December 8, 1980-The Day John Lennon Died”
John Lennon: Borrowed Time
Tim Curry: I Do The Rock
B52’s Rock Lobster
Blondie: One Way Or Another
Cars: Best Friend’s Girl
Yoko Ono: Walking On Thin Ice
Elton John: Empty Garden
Queen: Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)
Paul Simon: The Late Great Johnny Ace
George Harrison: All Those Years Ago
Paul McCartney: Here Today
John Lennon: Grow Old With Me/Starting Over
John Lennon: Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down And Out)