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Listen: Mary Timony’s Ex-Hex Cover Slant 6’s “What Kind of Monster Are You”
Ex-Hex take on Slant 6’s “What Kind of Monster.”
And here’s Slant 6’s 1993 original:
Watch: The National’s Subversive “Gravy Boat” Video
The National have made a Thanksgiving video for “Bob’s Burgers,” the animated TV show.
The group has done a remake of “Gravy Boat,” putting a dark, possibly vegan spin on it.
In the video, a group of sailors sing the ode to gravy, now turned into a dour funeral march, including the daft chorus, “Sailors in your mouth,” and are ultimately eaten by the Belcher family, equating the eating of animals with the eating of humans.
Check the video here.
Other vegan news this week: Former Vice-President Al Gore has gone vegan joining former President Bill Clinton.
And Morrissey offered a full-bore rant against President Obama for the annual turkey pardon, which Morrissey calls “Thankskilling.”
On the Morrissey fan site True To You he writes:
Thankskilling
26 November 2013Thankskilling
Please ignore the abysmal example set by President Obama who, in the name of Thanksgiving, supports torture as 45 million birds are horrifically abused; dragged through electrified stun baths, and then have their throats slit. And President Obama laughs. Haha, so funny!
As Ingrid Newkirk from PETA points out, turkey ‘meat’ is one of “our nation’s top killers”, causing heart-attacks and strokes in humans due to saturated animal fats and cholesterol. And President Obama laughs.
Further, the meat industry is responsible for 51% of human-caused greenhouse-gas emission, therefore the embarrassingly stupid White House ‘turkey pardon’ is open support for a viciously cruel and environmentally irresponsible industry.
And President Obama laughs.MORRISSEY
26 November 2013
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Hear How Kathleen Hanna Inspired Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Cool excerpt from the new documentary, “The Punk Singer,” at Spin today.
The film is about former Bikini Kill leader/ current The Julie Ruin front-person, Kathleen Hanna, and in this clip Hanna and others talk about Nirvana and Hanna’s role.
Watch: Bonnie “Prince” Billy Sings “Black Captain” For Greenpeace’s Peter Willcox
Bonnie “Prince” Billy released a new recording of his “Black Captain” on Saturday, dedicated to Greenpeace captain Peter Willcox, who was recently released from a jail in St. Petersburg after spending over two months in Russian custody, the Huffington Post reports.
Read more at Huffington Post.
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Watch: Body/Head with Kim Gordon, “Frontal” & “Last Mistress”
The softcore porn photographer Richard Kern shot these videos.
“Frontal”
“Last Mistress”
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Watch: U2 Cover Daft Punk, Lou Reed & Bowie at RED AIDS Benefit
Check out these videos of U2 at the RED Auction in NYC last night, where they were raising money to fight against AIDS.
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Imprisoned Pussy Riot Members Appeal Sentences
Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina have filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in hopes their two-year prison sentences will be overturned.
Both women claim they were unfairly punished for performing a protest song against President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow church last year, the Australian Associated Press reports.
This latest legal move on the part of the Pussy Riot members is supported by the country’s Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin.
Both women are due to be released in March of 2014.
Meanwhile, a few days ago Tolokonnikova’s husband Pyotr Verzilov finally got to see her after being unable to see or speak to her for over three weeks. Ten hours after the couple spoke Verzilov did an interview with Aljazeera America.
Check out the TV interview:
Listen: U2 Debut New Song, “Ordinary Love”
Today U2 debut their new song, “Ordinary Love.” To listen, please click this link and then you’ll see a video player on Facebook.
Watch: 40 Savage Minutes of the Savages Live
The terrific English post-punk combo Savages performed at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall earlier this year.
Here’s a 40-minute blast of the group in action.
Thanks Sound Opinions and NPR.