Category: Politics
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Data.1
Today I’m starting a new series of short posts on data I pull from things I’m reading, listening to, or watching online about history and politics. Right now I’m listening to the podcast Millenials Are Killing Capitalism where they interview Michael Hardt, who teaches at Duke here in Durham. Hardt has a new book out…
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New Single “Change” out online today
The song “Change” from my new album “Love in the Time of Capital” was released on streaming services today. The album became available for pre-order on Bandcamp today as well. You can use the following link to get to the track on Bandcamp and two streaming platforms you might subscribe to: https://lnkfi.re/jdsoundbite I thought of…
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What’s Left Out.2: Rania Khalek goes where the New York Times won’t
Korea has been on my mind recently as I was working on a song based on The Blowback Trilogy by Chalmers Johnson, who I have written about before on this blog. As I reread the trilogy looking for bits to use, I decided to try and use a teachable moment Johnson wrote about. He recounted…
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Durham City Workers Event for locals
Are you living in the Triangle area? Consider attending an even this Thursday at 6 pm organized by the Durham City Workers, local branch of the UE150 NC Public Service Workers Union. Their description from this Facebook event page, which has time and location info: City workers are tired of getting passed over for promotion…
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“We Are All Patriots”
Above: Raytheon Theater at the Patriots Hall of Fame in Foxboro MA Recently, a colleague here in Durham NC asked me if I was excited about the Super Bowl because I am from New England and the Patriots are in the big game – again. I said no. He was surprised. Being a native of…
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#freeSamuel
Activists here in Durham are very concerned about this case. Samuel was in Sanctuary at City Well church just down the street from where I teach until he was entrapped and seized by ICE earlier this week. The following statement from local House Reps Price and Butterfield articulate the deception that was involved in the…
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Durham wins one vs. Mass Incarceration
Good news is available here via our city’s City Life program about reforms that are working to remove barriers that people who have been involved with the justice system face when looking for work and getting a driver’s license. Congratulations to Outreach Coordinator Chuck Manning Sr. and Team Project Manager Ryan Smith, a former colleague…
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Top 40 Over 40.25: Wise Intelligent
Even rarer than artists making great records after 40 is those who are able to do so in quick succession. Back when I was high school, Hüsker Dü released New Day Rising and Flip Your Wig only 8 months apart. It’s hard to imagine young bands doing that in today’s post-internet crash music economy, let…
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Bandcamp store now open
Our new record El Pulpo comes out in the US on October 20th, October 14th if you buy the Shrimper Records tape version from a participating brick and mortar store on Cassette Store Day. For the first time, I will be selling music through Bandcamp. I’ve uploaded the new double album as the homepage, (download,…
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