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Breaking SLAYER's Drum Riser, PORTNOY Talks DREAM THEATER & Eight Other Top Stories You Might've Missed This Week
Plus the ongoing Sammy Hagar drama.
Today in Labor History November 27, 1937: The ILGWU-commissioned musical "Pins & Needles" opened on Broadway, with a cast made up entirely of International Lady Garment Worker Union members. Rehearsals were held at night and on weekends, and performances were all on Fridays and Saturdays to appease their bosses (i.e., keep their jobs). In 1962, a 25th anniversary edition of the score was released featuring Barbra Streisand.
Today in Labor History November 19, 1915: Joe Hill, IWW organizer and song writer was executed by a Utah firing squad after being convicted of murder on trumped-up charges. His final message from prison was “Don’t mourn, Organize!” His ashes were supposedly sprinkled in every state of the union, except Utah, because he had said, "I don't want to be found dead in Utah." They were also sprinkled in Canada, Sweden, Australia and Canada. Some of his most famous songs were “The Preacher and the Slave,” “The Rebel Girl,” “There is Power in a Union,” “Casey Jones, the Union Scab,” and “Mr. Block.” In 1988, an envelope containing his remaining ashes was discovered. Abbie Hoffman suggested that folksinger Billy Bragg should consume them and he supposedly did, washed down, of course, with copious beer.
It isn’t always easy, but sometimes you have to say #GoodbyeMyFriend 💔
I wrote this #song in about 5 minutes in a rush of emotion; it's dedicated to all the friends who are no longer in my life. I've valued each relationship – even if it was necessary for it to end.
Alt-pop #piano#vocal song from the SHELTER collection – released by Novy Music (a division of Novy Unlimited).
Today in Labor History November 5, 2001: At least four hunger strikers who were protesting Turkish prison conditions died in a police raid. Their deaths brought the total to 45 deaths in that year. Hundreds of jailed left-wing militants had joined the death fast to protest being kept in isolation cells in “F-type” high security prisons, subjected to torture, beatings and abuse.
New single coming Friday (Bandcamp) and Nov. 10 (streaming)!
I sing it myself and it's all about knowing you gotta leave even if you don't have a plan beyond that! Lots of synths, vox, electric bass, & just a pinch of funk guitar in the prechorus.