RE: (TV) Heard ole Neil put us down

[William Hooper <gsr100@hotmail.com>]

Who at ATP in mt buller were a little disappointing, The Laughing Clowns were
much much better.

Chris Bailey just wandered around a little disinterested.

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> Subject: Re: (TV) Heard ole Neil put us down
> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:24:53 -0500
> From: andrewmfc@aol.com
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> Ahh... but they have gained Ed Kuepper (from the Saints)!
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> From: William Hooper <gsr100@hotmail.com>
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Sent: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 4:19 pm
> Subject: RE: (TV) Heard ole Neil put us down
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> a little off topic but I saw ol Neil for the first time about 3 weeks ago
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> he was amazing, no other word for it.
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> I'm not even a big fan, my girlfriend has has about half a dozen of his
best
> albums and
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> I've got a few bootlegs, but he blew me away, like a hurricane. It was
worth
> staying all day in 400C heat
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> surrounded by shirtless white trash just to see him. It was equally as good
as
> Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, who just lost mick harvey.
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> > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:16:15 -0600
> > Subject: Re: (TV) Heard ole Neil put us down
> > From: russvr@gmail.com
> > To: tv@obbard.com
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> > This is a great expression, Andy. I'm glad you have brought it up. I
don't
> > think of Neil as a social crusader but he has stuck up for the down and
> out,
> > and the oppressed and repressed, of society . And Southern Man, along
with
> > Ohio, as well as more obscure songs like Southern Pacific, have decried
the
> > injustices perpetrated by the majority, the resourceful and privileged
onto
> > the minority and vulnerable people of our society. Not just African
> > Americans but any who have been discriminated against.
> > Funny, while his being from Canada has always been a part of his persona,
> > often mentioned in his songs, I always felt he has a 'southern" feel to
him
> > - a Stephen Foster thing that gets expressed in songs like 'Cripple Creek
> > Ferry' and 'Losing End' and others.
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> > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:01 PM, andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com>
wrote:
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> > > Not so fast.
> > >
> > > I grew up in Richmond, VA, and I think "Southern Man", for all it's
> > > excess, was quite justified for the time.
> > >
> > > The racism in the South during the 60s and 70s was intense and quite
> > > overt, nothing subtle about it at all. My high school was Douglas
> > > Freeman (the famous Lee biographer), the school song was Dixie, the
> > > football team was the Freeman Rebels, the school flag was the Stars
> > > and Bars, the school colors were grey, and the majorettes pranced in
> > > sexy outfits styled after Confederate officer's uniforms. But those
> > > were just symbols: the blatant racism that was tolerated -- no,
> > > expected -- as a matter of course in everyday social discourse, and
> > > the actions that were acknowledged, allowed and tacitly approved as a
> > > matter of course, at ever level of society, was simply appalling.
> > >
> > > The whole thing was utterly mystifying to us, as we were immigrants
> > > (from Hungary), and weren't raised with the requisite mindset. Modern
> > > Southern revisionists like to pretend it wasn't a big deal, but it was
> > > definitely there, alright, and very, very ugly. I doubt it is
> > > possible for anyone, even a Canadian hippie peacenik, to
> > > over-exaggerate how pervasive and ugly it truly was.
> > >
> > > -A
> > >
> > > Boat Burning / Amps Do Furnish A Room
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Scott Simpson <SSimpson@nyc.rr.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I feel the love. Hugs all around.
> > > >
> > > > But, it's a Southern thang, y'all.
> > > >
> > > > Scott Simpson
> > > >
> > > > 212 795 2846
> > > >
> > > > Yes Rudy, a community organizer
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