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Category Archives: Music Activism
Nick Cave on the Artist’s Responsibility
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Nick Cave, “Golden Boy” (2014), mixed media including concrete garden ornament, vintage high chair, dildo, and holiday candles, 73 3/4 x 41 x 35 in (© Nick Cave) (photo by James Prinz Photography, courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York)
If the Internet Is Working For Musicians, Why Aren’t More Musicians Working Professionally?
A music activist reports: community and labor stand together in peaceful cry for justice for Eric Garner
Text by JOHN PIETARO (August 25, 2014): http://peoplesworld.org/community-and-labor-stand-together-in-peaceful-cry-for-justice-for-eric-garner/
(John Pietaro is a musician, activist, writer and cultural organizer in New York City. By day he works in the labor movement. His website is www.DissidentArts.com)
Photo: At the Staten Island rally. John Pietaro/PW
STATEN ISLAND, NY: Thousands gathered in a peaceful march and rally on Saturday, August 23. Organized by the National Action Network, delegations of political and community activists, as well as many labor radicals, stood among them.
Attention: AFM President Blasts NFL Super Bowl Halftime Kickback Scheme
Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Unbelievable…! The National Football League (NFL) has reportedly asked potential Super Bowl halftime performers if they would be willing to pay the league to play at its big game. I can’t believe this?!
A couple of weeks I decided for myself not to play for free any more. Yesterday I found out that some major musicians might have played for free for the NFL’s SUPER BOWL HALF TIME event. This is a perfect example what happens in this music business industry, but on a higher and sophisticated level. In this case, much money is made by the NFL, and no money goes to the (major) performing artists who decided to play for free.
Even David Letterman made a joke about this news last night.
