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On AlterNet: music

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "music"

Van Halen, Heart, Others to GOP: Stop Using Our Songs!

Van Halen, Heart, Others to GOP: Stop Using Our Songs!

Dave Burdick, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. September 5, 2008.
GOP ignores copyrights, raises ire of multiple recording artists.

Sex From a Can

Sex From a Can

Joyce McFadden, Huffington Post. July 4, 2008.
Most representations of sexuality in pop culture are not sexy or sexual, erotic or arousing; they're shallow and laughable.

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello Wants to Be a One Man Revolution

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello Wants to Be a One Man Revolution

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet: Video. June 20, 2008.
Tom Morello talks social justice, music, and culture with Laura Flanders.

A Pattern of Republicans Stealing Music from Bands Who Don't Like Them

A Pattern of Republicans Stealing Music from Bands Who Don't Like Them

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. February 18, 2008.
The latest GOP thief is Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee, who's been stealing music from the popular rock band Boston.

"Barack With You": A Collection of All Your Favorite Obama Inspired Hits [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. February 18, 2008.
Anything as earnest as Will.i.Am's "Yes We Can" Obama video was inevitably going to be parodied ad nauseam. Still, this one is pretty clever.

Cinema and Pop Music Therapy for a Lonely Valentine's Day

Cinema and Pop Music Therapy for a Lonely Valentine's Day

Josh Bolotsky, Screening Liberally AlterNet: Media and Technology. February 14, 2008.
Are you holding the razor at your throat this very instant? Take heart, comfort is at hand.

Mellencamp to McCain: Stop Playing My Music

Mellencamp to McCain: Stop Playing My Music

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: Election 2008. February 5, 2008.
The songs are critical and ironic concerning Republican ideals. Shades of Reagan and Springsteen, eh?

“Christmas in Fallujah”: An Anti-War Song by Billy Joel and Cass Dillon [VIDEO]

Paddy, Brave New Films AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 9, 2007.
"Christmas in Fallujah" went on sale last Tuesday on Apple Inc.'s iTunes. Net proceeds will be donated to Homes for Our Troops, which builds homes for severely wounded veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Download A Song -- Lose Your Loan

Download A Song -- Lose Your Loan

Larisa Mann, WireTap. December 8, 2007.
A bill in the works could cut off federal funding for financial aid if universities don't stop their students from filesharing.

Music for the Brain

Music for the Brain

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 27, 2007.
Scientists might not be sure exactly how it works, but musically and artistically inclined students are better readers and mathematicians.

The Art of Mental Warfare Presents: Nine Inch Nails' "The Warning" [VIDEO]

Cliff Schecter, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. November 19, 2007.
From war crimes to the destruction of the environment and a celebrity-obsessed culture, "The Warning" is a clarion call to action for an apathetic nation.

Palestinian Hip-Hop Artist Belly Raps About His War-Torn Homeland In "History of Violence" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. November 13, 2007.
Belly says, "If this puts me in the line of fire, then so be it. I felt I had to do this. I represent Arabs who don't want war, who are just like everybody else and that is 99% of us. I want people to see and hear that perspective."

Is the GOP Propaganda Network Clear Channel Out to Kill Springsteen's "Magic"?

Howie Klein, AlterNet: Video. October 31, 2007.
Howie Klein: Meaningless drivel by Fergie, Britney Spears, Nickelback, and Rihanna you'll hear. But not Springsteen.

No-Nukes Musicians Launch Campaign to Stop the Nuclear Bailout [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. October 11, 2007.
Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne and many other musicians have joined a new campaign to stop Congress from bailing out the nuclear power industry.

Boy Band Guru, Alleged Pedophile, Is a GOP Donor

Boy Band Guru, Alleged Pedophile, Is a GOP Donor

Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. October 9, 2007.
Howie Klein: Lou Pearlman once donated thousands to a GOP Attorney General candidate to get grand larceny charges against him dropped.

Jena's Mayor Attacks John Mellencamp, But Not White Supremacists

Howie Klein, AlterNet: Video. October 8, 2007.
Howie Klein: If Mayor McMillin thinks Mellencamp's pro-Jens Six song is "inflammatory", why is he creating a safe haven for the KKK?

Springsteen's New Album Is "Devastatingly Political"

Bernie Heidkamp, AlterNet: Video. October 5, 2007.
Bernie Heidkamp: Most of the songs are political allegories under the veil of intensely personal stories of relationships struggling to survive.

Bush Is Crazy If He Thinks He's a "Strong Asset" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. September 23, 2007.
President Bush has said that he thinks he'll be a "strong asset" to Republicans campaigning in 2008, Gnarls Barkley disagrees.

Rapper Ja Rule Indulges in Ignorant Attack on Gays

Rapper Ja Rule Indulges in Ignorant Attack on Gays

Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. September 13, 2007.
Pam Spaulding: He must be in need of some publicity.

High-Minded Hip-Hop Any Progressive Can Enjoy

High-Minded Hip-Hop Any Progressive Can Enjoy

Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2007.
Cornel West teams up with artists like Prince and Talib Kweli to release a rap album that paints a powerful portrait of life in Dubya's America.

AT&T Censors Anti-Bush Pearl Jam Lyrics During Lollapalooza

AT&T Censors Anti-Bush Pearl Jam Lyrics During Lollapalooza

Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. August 9, 2007.
Howie Klein: Maybe they figured no one would notice. I guess this has to be expected when one gets in bed with freedom's mortal enemy.

The Problem With Live Earth

The Problem With Live Earth

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 9, 2007.
Bernie Heidkamp: Al Gore's Live Earth concerts were a battle between style and substance, the question is, which won?

Ted Nugent is Still Crazy After All These Years

Ted Nugent is Still Crazy After All These Years

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 5, 2007.
Howie Klein: Right wing rocker Nugent attacks "The Summer of Love", totally misrepresenting what it was and what it meant.

Bush is Crazy [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. July 1, 2007.
In an homage to the Gnarls Barkley hit song and music video, the Bush Administration is diagnosed.

Conspiracy Theory Rock! [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. June 25, 2007.
What happened to the bullets that shot JFK? What doesn't NBC want you to know? This Schoolhouse Rock parody has the answers.