A humble tribute to The Liberator Comics (one of a planned series) depicting The Animal Liberation Front on action with a a beautiful vivid graphics.
Nothing can compare to seing a burning slaughterhouse in vivid, living colors, like it is or like it should have been.

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From a very, very, very, very, very rare promo disc called 'Animal Rights Interview'.

Moby - Why is the new album called "Animal Rights"? What made you choose that title?

Dr William Lemmon ran the Institute for Primate Studies and was known for his special brand of cruelty towards his chimpanzee "subjects".  I wrote this song after learning about Lemmon in Roger Fouts' book, Next of Kin" and through other sources. I felt compelled to out this revered doctor who was a sadistic, fame-and-power hungry man.  Everything in the song is true, including Lemmon making the chimpanzees bow down and kiss his ring. Roger Fouts was able to save only some of the sign language chimpanzees he worked with in Dr. Lemmon's program. These chimps had been raised like human children yet Lemmon sold as many as he could into the nightmarish world of research.

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Dr. Lemmon

"Well-known and well-loved Woodstock singer Kirsti Gholson is often seen and heard as a harmony singer, a member of the group PRANA, and with other artists. But here she has an exquisite new release that is simply brilliant.
You might miss it though, because now she's going under the name The Little Green Blackbird. Beyond stealth marketing, this is a glorious collection full of grace and gravity. Gholson has enlisted many local lights, such as Jerry Marotta, Jane Scarpantoni and Joe Veillette aid and abet her, while the CD is produced by Barrie Maguire, Julie Last and Gholson. 
"The little green blackbird" is a character from a book of poems by Kenneth Patchen titled Because It Is, which inspired the songs, as did "The Wizard Of Oz," and other works.
Starting off with "Sing Hallelujah" Beatle-esque hints, layers and textures emerge, and an intriguing mood pervades, like an invitation to go to some secret, magical new place. Not one in a million, "One In A Thousand" is perfectly powered by upright bass (Erik Hammarberg) and soon Gholson sings to a wayward lover "Say what you might, it won't be a pretty sight/cause I've learned how to bite." "Happy and Free" is wide open to possibilities and cautiously hopeful, while the spare "For Ally (Lost in The Maze)" is more melancholic and 
bittersweet, yet the jazzy "Before You Go" is a pleasing departure. The production and arrangements here are inventive and impeccable, and Gholson's sweet voice is gorgeous, emotional and flexible. Even better are her well-crafted songs about life and love that dig far deeper then most.
Certainly the best regional recording of the year, "the summer I stopped whining" is a thoughtful, quiet masterpiece…"
-David Malachowski, The Daily Freeman

Happy & Free

New Single by Avi Jacob, video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGL8NJvNEE0

Cannonball

From RM album that never came out circa mid 90s. Ken on drums.

 "who controls the past controls the future;
who controls the present controls the past:
read "1984"
that's what we have here
full blow orwellian nightmare
FCK YOU d.c.

extra, extra
read f.a.i.r.
we never signed any contract on america
less school, more legalized illegal cheap prison labor
more cops, less liberty
fck you d.c.

big money fear of a colored economy
white-trash racial purity 'dittohead' suckers
sell out the dregs of democracy
fck u race baiting cowardly congressional majority
fck u d.c.

gutless hack executive
blows every opportunity
to stand up to selfish health insurance
and the a.m.a.
swallows hollow murderous crime bill...(of rights rape)
and helps to pimp the earth

twisted priorities
fuck you rudy pataki
fuck you d.c.

Hitchhiker's Blues #7 (fu dc)

1. Prince - Animal Kingdom 
2. The Colourfield - Cruel Circus 
3. Luminous Frenzy - McEmotion 
4. Robert Wyatt - Pigs (in there) 
5. The Style Council - Blood Sports 
6. The Playthings - Life in a Bowl 
7. Howard Jones - Assault & Battery 
8. Cerrone - Supernature 
9. Poison Girls - The Offending Article 
10. Cecil McCartney - Sacrifice 
11. Paul McCartney & Wings - Wild Life 
12. X-Ray Spex - Peace Meal 
13. The Smiths - Meat is Murder 
14. Consolidated - Stoned (Live Bass Mix) 
15. Dead Prez - Be Healthy 
16. The Playthings - Nursery Rhymes 
17. Crass - Merry Crassmas


1. 'Animal Kingdom' by PRINCE, was released in 1998 on The Truth - a bonus disc with 12 acoustic tracks from the album Crystal Ball

2. THE COLOURFIELD was a British new wave band fronted by Terry Hall, formerly singer with The Specials. Their biggest hit 'Thinking of You' reached no 12 in the UK charts

3. LUMINOUS FRENZY is a contemporary British band. Their track 'McEmotion' from the album Violence Ambience was featured in the film 'McLibel' (recently selected by the UK's Channel 4 as one of the 'Best films of the Noughties')

4. THE STYLE COUNCIL was a successful British band formed by Paul Weller ex singer with The Jam. They had a string of hits including one in the US with 'My Ever Changing Moods'

5. ROBERT WYATT is a hugely respected and influential British solo artist (formerly of Soft Machine) who has inspired bands like Tears for Fears and recently collaborated with Bjork and Dave Gilmour

6. THE PLAYTHINGS were a British indie band who recorded the album 'Consumed' in 1991, with mesmerising lyrics by singer Tina Irving. Their "Godlike Guitarist" Frank Frenzy went on to become an award-winning composer and now fronts the band Luminous Frenzy, whilst drummer Franny Armstrong is a top filmmaker (e.g. Age of Stupid)

7. HOWARD JONES is a singer-songwriter who had a string of synth-pop hits in the mid 1980s in the UK and the US

8. CERRONE is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer. His album Supernature sold over 8 million copies worldwide

9. The POISON GIRLS were an English anarcho-punk band in the 80s with a female singer/guitarist called Vi Subversa whose lyrics are of a radical feminist perspective

10. CECIL McCARTNEY recorded a folk album 'Om' in the late 60s, and is said to have inspired Van Morrison's album 'Astral Weeks'. He's now a celebrated painter of international repute

11. Wild Life was the debut album from WINGS, and the track itself features an amazing throat-shredding vocal performance by Paul McCartney

12. X-RAY SPEX was an english punk band who had a big hit with 'Germ Free Adolescence', ranked number 5 in Spin magazine's "50 Most Essential Punk Records". 'Peace Meal' is taken from their 1995 album Conscious Consumer

13. 'Meat is Murder' was THE SMITHS second album, and their sole number 1 album in the UK charts during the band's lifetime

14. American band CONSOLIDATED were best known in the early 1990s as an alternative dance/industrial music band distinguished by left-leaning political activism and politically radical lyrics, as well innovative sonic collages blending industrial and hip-hop styles

15. DEAD PREZ are an American underground political hip hop duo composed of stic.man and M-1. "The most politically conscious rap since Public Enemy"

16. see no 6 above

17. In 1981, CRASS were the most controversial band in Britain. They lived in a commune, dressed in black and sang ferocious punk rock diatribes. Something of a departure, 'Merry Crassmas' reached the #2 spot on the UK indie singles chart and was cited by the UK's Guardian newspaper as one of the "12 oddest Christmas hits ever!"


Vegan Anthems

A home demo. I wrote this after the huge global march and day of action following the announcement that the United States intended to go to war with Iraq. That day of marches and demonstrations was February 15th, 2003. I decided to upload this after the Women's March (January 21st, 2017) in honor of the spirit that keeps making everyone go out and raise their voices together.  
Recorded at home in my living room with instruments I had on hand, scratchy tired voice, but in awe of everybody.

Lyrics:
Paint your hand red and hold it high - Up against the February (January) Sky
We got through the barricades to join the crowd and head downtown
I just flew - my blue scuffed sneakers never touched the ground...

Chorus:
Oh I know you feel paralyzed sometimes
but this could be our first day on the sun
Alive, alive, alive together
Alive, alive, alive together
Kiss me, am I alive here kissing you - yes I am!
And I could walk for miles.

Something different about this day
Come out Come out Come out come out, don't hide!
A bunch of souls from Detroit to Baghdad will be stepping outside
One man in a White House has said he will not hear...
I suggest we keep showing up, until we make ourselves so clear.

Chorus:
Oh, I know you feel paralyzed sometimes...
But let this be your first day on the sun
Alive, alive, alive together
Alive, alive, alive together
Kiss me - am I alive here kissing you - Yes I am...
And I could walk for miles....

February 15

1. Jamiroquai – Picture of my life (acoustic)
2. Sublime – Saw red (acoustic)
3. Chris Isaac – Big blue spanish sky
4. Ojos De Brujo – Ventilador R-80
5. Tryo – Pas pareil
6. Cody Chestnutt – Come back like spring
7. Yann Tiersen – Le matin (la traversée)
8. Elliot Smith – Say yes
9. Raggabund – Baby girl
10. Los Delinquentes – El aire de la calle
11. Dead Prez – Be healthy
12. G-love and Special Sauce – Loving me
13. Method Man feat. Lauryn Hill – Say
14. Devin The Dude feat. Snoop Dogg & Andre 3000 – What a job this is
15. Mathieu Boogaerts – Retrouver
16. Rene Aubry – Pauvre Juliette
17. Lilly Allen – Naive (The Kooks Cover)
18. Mellow Mark feat. Pyro – Einfach
19. Eddie Vedder – Guaranteed
20. Freundeskreis feat. Wasi – Wenn der Vorhang fällt
21. José Luis Encinas – Capricho arabe

Awesomatik.wordpress.com - acoustic inspiration Vol. 1

Warren House, Canadian Trade Marketing Manager, Nutrience, outlines how Nutrience has helped animal welfare across Ontario, how they have helped Ontario SPCA Rescue &  Relief services and why they chose to help animal welfare.

Connie Mallory, Chief Inspector, Ontario SPCA, explains more about the Ontario SPCA Rescue & Relief services. Connie also highlights the challenges that face the Ontario SPCA when providing this service.


Rescue and Relief - Animals’ Voice Pawdcast Season 1, Episode 1

I see the day you crack yourself open,
become more animal 
become more clairvoyant


February 15

Larry Rooster

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