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9/5/2011 Acoustic Folk

The 300,000 Little Pigs The 300,000 Little Pigs

9/5/2011 Acoustic Folk

Bella Ciao Bella Ciao

9/5/2011 Acoustic Folk

300,000 300,000

9/5/2011 Acoustic Folk

The Partisan Song The Partisan Song

Translation of the traditional 'Chant des Partisans,' sung by workers and farmers in the French anti-Nazi resistance during World War Two, and written by Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon. A french version is also on this website.

1/2/2007 Acoustic Folk

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

I edited T.S. Eliot's 1917 poem, 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' down for length and set it to music. S. Sebastian Petsu ad-libs here on the French Horn. This was performed at Kaffa Crossing on December 16, 2006.

1/2/2007 Cover Songs

Marie-Jeanne Marie-Jeanne

This is me on the vocals and David Kleiner on the guitar; it was performed at the New Jersey Folk Project Spring Festival on Fairview Lake.

1/2/2007 Acoustic Guitar

When All the Poor are Free at Last When All the Poor are Free at Last

'La Semaine sanglante' ('Bloody Week') May 22-28 1871 ended the Paris Commune, an attempt to make Paris an autonomous worker-run city. Over 10,000 communards were shot. See http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Semaine_sanglante

1/2/2007 Trip Hop

How Much Do We Pay You? How Much Do We Pay You?

This is based on a french protest song called 'Allez les Gars,' originally by Groupes d'Actions Musicales (Groups of Musical Actions).

1/1/2007 Acoustic Folk

This is Not a Song This is Not a Song

Based on the poem by Alexander Brener and Barbara Schurz as part of the book, 'Bukaka Spat Here.'

1/1/2007 Acoustic Folk

Empire Empire

Lyrics adapted from the introduction of the book 'Empire' by Antonio Negri. Music from 'The Nutcracker Suite' by Tsaikovsky

12/24/2006 Symphonic

When God Lets My Body Be When God Lets My Body Be

A medley of poems by e. e. cummings.

9/23/2006 Acoustic Folk

Eyes on the Prize, Hold On Eyes on the Prize, Hold On

Adapted from the traditional hymn, 'The Gospel Plough' in 1956 by civil-rights activist Alice Wine.

9/23/2006 Acoustic Vocals

National Security National Security

'Go back to normal. I'm here to protect you.'

9/23/2006 Acoustic Vocals

No Border No Nation No Border No Nation

Chants in various languages that I heard in the streets of Salzburg, July 1, 2001, during the World Economic Forum there.

9/23/2006 Acoustic Vocals

Makhnovtchina (Makhno's Army) Makhnovtchina (Makhno's Army)

The Makhnovtchina was an anarchist Ukrainian army led by Nestor Makhno during the Russian Civil War of 1918-20. They fought the Germans, the white czarists, the nationalists and later the Bolshevik army. They were annihilated by the Bolsheviks.

9/22/2006 Acoustic Folk

Peter Pan Peter Pan

'I've got a son named Peter Pan, he's eleven, not yet quite a man...' Dedicated to all overmedicated kids everywhere.

9/22/2006 Acoustic Folk

Babylon is Fallen Babylon is Fallen

An old shape-hymn rewritten for modern times.

9/22/2006 Acoustic Vocals

Chant des Partisans Chant des Partisans

The beat is by Plataforma as part of their international anticapitalist hip-hop project. The lyrics are by Maurice Druon and Joseph Kessel. Sound effects are from the G8 marches in Genoa, Italy, July 2001. Mixing is by Mark Price.

11/7/2004 World Fusion

Cosmetic Psychopharmacology Blues Cosmetic Psychopharmacology Blues

'I fry up some Zoloft felafel when they say I need some rest. It picks me up when I feel low, but you're the reason why. Half the world's on Zoloft, so why not you and I?'

11/7/2004 Comedy - Political Humor