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More light on the Trump/Establishment-Divide = Trump, Russia & Ukraine - here, Chris Hedges weighs in:

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-trump-russia-saga-and-the-death

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Alarmist and Mod.: The Swiss Policy Research site is a well-kept secret. It resisted my attempts to shed some light on its background for years now. - And I'm not the only one trying to figure out: Who Is Behind That Curtain? (Laurie Anderson, Big Science (great crash-landing-song on that one too, btw. And easily in the top-100 of my all time fave records).

That said: The critique of the Council of Foreign Relations - in Germany under the name of Atlantik-Brücke, was a pretty mainstream thing - hardly any leftist cabaret or political comedy program or even election campaign speech on the left, without this critique. Julian Assange was one of the heroes, but many many others too.

That has changed with Covid (& Climate Change before) -and the Donald Trump earthquake though. The Swiss point the Trump part out in absolutely unmistakable clarity. - Huh?!

Now it's the Council / Obama / et. al. who very much dominate the German public sphere. Big exceptions: Mildly right-wing and Trump supportive AfD party and parts of the old Social Democratic Left/ The Left (Oskar Lafontaine, Klaus von Dohnanyi, philosopher Jürgen Habermas, - -
all strongly opposing the Ukraine policy of the Council.
This opposition group includes Sahra Wagenknecht and Alice Schwarzer (old feminist leftist) who just organized a Ukraine-protest rally in Berlin. They follow philosopher Jürgen Habermas' analysis (= a lot like John Mearsheimer's analysis) and: They did not kick out more right-leaning supporters. They even got mainstream media coverage at the weekend. Ahh: Chancellor Scholz is in camp Habermas too here. While foreign minister Baerbock and the Greens and the FDP (liberals) and CDU (christian dem.) stay firm at the side of the US + GB.

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Alarmist and Mod.: The Swiss Policy Review is a well-kept secret. It resisted my attempts to shed some light on his background for years now. - And I'm not the only one trying to figure out: Who Is Behind That Curtain? (Laurie Anderson, Big Science (great crash-landing-song on that one too, btw. easily in the top-100 of my all time fave records).

That said: The critique of the Council of Foreign Relations - in Germany under the name of Atlantik-Brücke, was a pretty mainstream thing - hardly any leftist cabaret or political comedy program or even election campaign speech on the left, without this critique. Julian Assange was one of the heroes, but many many others too.

That has changed with Covid (& Climate Change before) -nd the Donald Trump earthquake though. The Swiss point the trump part out in absolutely unmistakable clarits. - Huh?!

Now it's the Council / Obama / et. al. who very much dominate the public sphere. Big exceptions. Mildly right-wing AfD party and parts of the old Social Democratic Left/ The Left (Oskar Lafontaine, Klaus von Dohnany, philosopher Jürgen Habermas, strongly opposing the Ukraine policy of the Council and Sahra Wagenknecht and Alice Schwarzer (old feminist leftist) who just organized a Ukraine-protest who goes along with Habermas analysis (= a lot like john Mearsheimers analysis) and did not kick out more right-leaning supporters. They even got mainstream media coverage...

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Mr. Mod, while I’d argue that ‘77 was their best year, others might disagree- from roughly 1970 through 1978 the band played well most of the time- 1973 was almost as good as ‘77 IMO. Lots of good stuff before and after 70-78, just not as consistently.

PS The boys did Dancin’ in the Streets a lot in the late 60’s and early 70s- here’s one from May 2, 1970 in Binghamton, NY:

https://youtu.be/p5J22gfxD0k

Compare that to this version recorded on 5/8/77 down the road in Ithaca:

https://youtu.be/eV16Ysr03Vw

De gustibus non est disputantum, I guess.

Later on in the eighties they started doing it the old way again.

Also, here’s a clip from a TV news program, narrated by a very Steve Martin-looking Harry Reasoner, in which the lads play Dancin’

https://youtu.be/H26uOh1xYGI

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You express reservations about the chords and melodies, but as you know, my brain got wired for modern music during the 60s / early 70s - - and to my ancient ear this is very good. Thanks.

PS: Dr. Memento, I'm only familiar with one of the last 4 bands/artists you mentioned, but thank you for the suggestions. Have a good evening, and thanks for writing in.

PS: Ganderson, so Peak Dead was May of ''77. That's 12 years into the 30 year lifetime of the band under that name.

Is the Disco reboot of "Dancin' in the Streets" their only version, as in your comparing to the original, or are you comparing it to another style of it by The Dead? I'm glad you had a great '77.

PS A long gone bud was a huge GD head and Morning Dew live at Wisconsin outdoor amphitheater 1990's after an all nighter was always a fave.
I like the discoesque Shakedown Street and the late 1980's Touch of Grey studio but they are a live band.
Sunday morale mashup with Dr. Strangelove vs. Wagner-Ride of the Valkyries Apocalypse Now Edit, Discharge EP's from 1980, Motörhead, IDM.
Might check out Al Swearengen as Black Beard On Stranger Tides encore after a Bat 21 replay the other night.

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Not to mention “I didn’t matter what you wear, (wore) just as long as you are (were) there…” should read

“It doesn’t (didn’t) matter what you wear, (wore) just as long as you are (were) there…”

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I’d also renew my call for an edit button- it should read “ may it rest in peace”.

Dead and Company do a nice job with the whole Help on the Way-Slipnot-Franklin’s Tower sequence. Supposedly they’re wrapping up that project after this summer, so If you have chance, bite the bullet, pay the obscene prices and go catch them somewhere. You won’t regret it.

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Feeling annoyingly nostalgic this Sunday morning…

As you may know, Mr. Moderator, this show this version is taken from is smack in the middle of what many believe to be the best month in the best year of the band’s history- the night after Cornell, and 2 days before a killer show at the old St. Paul Civic Center (May or rest in peace; the only hockey rink in North America that had clear glass boards) which was followed by outstanding performances in Chicago, St. Louis, Tuscaloosa, etc etc.

I’m pretty sure the whole month of May, 1977 has been released commercially- and with the exception of the awful disco-tinged reboot of “Dancin’ in the Streets” it’s great stuff. It really was so that “I didn’t matter what you wear, (wore) just as long as you are (were) there…”

I was fortunate to see the band three times in ‘77, twice at Winterland in March (3/20/77 was the best rock concert I ever saw) and again in May at the Civic Center. Saw the Dead on Wednesday that week in May, and Bonnie Raitt on Saturday. Two great concerts in 3 days!
‘77 was a memorable year for yours truly in other ways, too; Rod Carew’s MVP year where he flirted with .400 for much of the season, eventually settling at a mere .388. (.449 OBP!); my first of many detached retina and other eye surgeries, and to get all down and dirty the first time I was getting regular… well, you get my drift.

PS: Just checked it out. Thanks, Alarmist.

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Here’s a potential topic idea:

https://swprs.org/the-american-empire-and-its-media/