Hnub Sunday, Tsib Hlis 14, San Francisco Chronicle luam tawm kuv tsab ntawv qhib rau Neil Young, "Hav, Neil Young, Peb Cov Hluas Hu Nkauj Tau Hog-tied, Ib Yam." Kuv sim piav qhia yuav ua li cas lub tuam txhab kev lag luam suab paj nruag tau censored tawm suab paj nruag nyob rau hauv ob peb xyoos dhau los. Tsab ntawv tau kis mus rau hauv Internet, thiab kuv tau raug dej nyab nrog cov lus teb zoo siab los ntawm txhua tus neeg. Txawm Neil thiab nws pab neeg tau tshaj tawm nws pem hauv ntej thiab nruab nrab ntawm nws qhov blog rau tag nrho lub lim tiam.

Dab tsi ua rau kuv tsab ntawv thiab qhov kev tawm tsam yog Young cov lus hais txog vim li cas nws xav tias yuav tsum tau sau nws cov ntawv tawm tsam Bush tshiab, Nyob nrog Tsov Rog. "Kuv tab tom tos ib tus neeg tuaj nrog, qee tus neeg hu nkauj hluas hnub nyoog kaum yim-rau-npaum-ob xyoos, sau cov nkauj no thiab sawv ntsug," nws hais rau Los Angeles Times. “Kuv tos ntev. Tom qab ntawd kuv txiav txim siab tias tej zaum cov tiam uas yuav tsum tau ua qhov no tseem yog '60s tiam. Peb tseem nyob ntawm no. "

Raws li thawj tus neeg hu nkauj tawm tsam kom sawv tawm ntawm txoj kev tawm tsam kev ua tsov rog thiab WTO kev tawm tsam thiab tau txais kev faib khoom loj thoob ntiaj teb, kuv xav tias yuav tsum tau piav qhia tias niaj hnub no Dylan, Ochses, thiab Neil Youngs nyob ntawm no, tab sis lawv tau nyob ntsiag to los ntawm ib qho. kev lag luam uas muaj rau xyoo muab nws cov txiaj ntsig los ntawm kiddy porn thiab cov tub hluas npau suav.

Tsuas yog ob hnub tom qab kuv tsab xov xwm tawm, MTV, uas tau tsis kam ua yeeb yaj kiab tiv thaiv kev ua tsov ua rog txawm tias cov hnub qub loj tshaj plaws, tau tshaj tawm ib tsab xov xwm hais txog qhov xav tau kev coj noj coj ua hauv cov suab paj nruag tseem ceeb. Nyob rau hauv kev vam meej ntawm Bush-zoo li hubris, ib lub teb chaws tus thawj purveyors ntawm tub rog nrhiav neeg ua hauj lwm tshaj tawm rau cov hluas tshaj tawm tsab xov xwm, "Qhov twg yog lub suab ntawm kev tawm tsam nyob rau hauv hnub no lub suab paj nruag?" Lub vev xaib khav theeb ua tub rog video game hauv qab sab xis. (MTV, los ntawm txoj kev, tsis kam tawm tsam kev tawm tsam kev ua tsov rog uas tsim los ntawm cov koom haum xws li Tsis Nyob Hauv Peb Lub Npe thiab Yeej Tsis Muaj Tsov Rog.)

Lub suab tawm tsam nyob qhov twg? Nws nyob hauv MTV lub thoob khib nyiab.

Cov neeg tawm tsam hnub no nyob qhov twg? Lawv nyob rau ntawm "tsis txhob ntxiv" cov npe ntawm cov tuam txhab xov tooj cua chaw nres tsheb, qhov chaw uas lawv tau nce ntxiv txij li FCC deregulation tau ua txoj hauv kev rau kev lag luam monopolization.

Tsuas nug Scott Goodstein. Nws yog tus thawj coj zoo nkauj / pab pawg tawm tswv yim nom tswv PunkVoter, uas, nrog Fat Wreck Chords, tso tawm Pob Zeb Tawm tsam Bush muab tso ua ke CDs. Cov CDs, uas suav nrog cov nkauj los ntawm Anti-Flag thiab Green Day, muag 650,000 daim ntawv ua ke. Thaum Goodstein mus txog MTV txog kev tau txais huab cua rau Pob Zeb Tawm Tsam Bush, lawv tau cem nws. "Lawv hais rau peb, 'Koj qhov project tsis cuam tshuam. Los yog, nws tsis yog qhov tseem ceeb txaus,' "nws hais. "Thiab Rolling Stone tsis zoo dua." Lub caij no, Green Day's tam sim no anti-Bush album, American Idiot, tau muag tsib lab luam.

Thaum kawg sawv, MTV muaj cov hlab ntsha rau extol Green Day thiab suav nrog Anti-Flag hauv nws zaj dab neeg ntawm pawg nom tswv! PunkVoter tam sim ntawd tau tshaj tawm cov lus rov hais dua, "MTV, Tseem Tsis Muaj Nqi," hais tias pawg nom tswv "yuav nyob ntawd, tos, thaum MTV npaj pib npog qee cov suab paj nruag tawm tsam. Tsis yog tias lawv yuav. "

Pete Seeger tau hais rau kuv tias cov dej nyab rau kev ywj pheej ntawm kev nthuav tawm tau qhib rau xyoo 1960 thaum Broadway thiab Hollywood kev lag luam kev lag luam tau tawg los ntawm Rock and Roll, Motown, thiab Nashville.

Tam sim no, qhov kev ywj pheej tom ntej uas Pob Zeb thiab Yob, Motown, thiab Nashville tsim tau raug rhuav tshem los ntawm Is Taws Nem, qhov twg cov kws ua yeeb yam thiab cov koom haum tab tom tsim cov tes hauj lwm uas hla cov neeg koom tes.

Molly Neitzel, tus thawj coj ntawm Music for America, hais tias "Feem ntau cov kws tshaj lij kev lag luam tsuas yog tsis nkag siab nws," hais tias Molly Neitzel, tus thawj coj ntawm Music for America, lub koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig uas koom nrog cov neeg mloog suab paj nruag hauv cov teeb meem nom tswv. "Peb yog ib tiam neeg uas tsis haum rau hauv lub thawv," nws hais. "Peb mloog txhua yam suab paj nruag, thiab qhov ntawd tsuas yog tsis haum rau cov qauv qub ntawm kev muag cov ntaub ntawv rau cov menyuam hnub nyoog no, xim, cov pej xeem no."

Xav txog yuav ua li cas puas lub hom phiaj kev lag luam tau ua rau peb txoj kev ywj pheej, nws yog qhov zoo uas niaj hnub no cov neeg tawm tsam tawm tsam txhua yam: los ntawm kev tawm tsam txias ntawm indie- rockers zoo li Tuag Cab rau Cutie thiab Bright Eyes, rau hauv koj lub ntsej muag hip-hop ntxias. zoo li lub Coup, Mr. Lif, thiab Immortal Technique; los ntawm punk bands zoo li Anti-Flag thiab NOFX, rau lub teb chaws thiab pej xeem cov neeg ua yeeb yam zoo li Liza Gilkyson thiab Merle Haggard; los ntawm kev sib tw tsis tu ncua xws li David Rovics, Pat Humphries, thiab Chris Chandler, rau cov kws ua yeeb yam zoo li Thievery Corporation thiab Manu Chao.

Qee daim ntawv lo twb khaws rau ntawm lub mem tes. Andy Kaulkin, uas khiav ib daim ntawv lo hu ua "Anti-" rau Epitaph, qhia kuv tias nws tau dhau los ua kev nyiam ntawm pej xeem txoj cai txav thiab xav txog qhov peb tuaj yeem ua nrog suab paj nruag los tsim kom muaj kev txav mus los niaj hnub no. Yog li ntawd, nws tau kos npe rau cov neeg ua yeeb yam thoob plaws cov koom haum suab paj nruag uas sib koom ua ke hauv kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev ntseeg ntawm sab ntsuj plig. Daim ntawv teev npe tam sim no suav nrog Billy Bragg, Coup, Tom Waits, thiab Spearhead.

Hais lus nrog Billy Bragg tom qab kuv tsab xov xwm tawm los, peb tau pom zoo tias niaj hnub "dav dav"-cov nkauj tawm tsam uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau kev nom kev tswv vim tias nws lub peev xwm los cuam tshuam rau pej xeem lub tswv yim-yog qhov dawb mp3. "Nyob rau hauv cov qauv kev lag luam, nws yog tag nrho raws li kev muag khoom, tsis yog ntawm kev sib raug zoo, thiab txawm tias kev tshaj tawm hauv Is Taws Nem tau siv los ua kev tshaj tawm rau kev tshaj tawm yav tom ntej, yog li cov neeg singles tseem tau tuav nyob rau hauv plaub lub hlis lag luam lub sijhawm cov ntaub ntawv kev lag luam xav tau luam ntawv, kev tshaj tawm, kev faib tawm, ”nws hais. Nyob rau niaj hnub no lub suab-tom ntiaj teb no, tsis muaj leej twg xav sau ib zaj nkauj hais txog kev tsov rog uas tej zaum yuav dhau los ntawm lub sij hawm album tawm.

Kuv cov kev sib tham nrog Goodstein thiab Neitzel inevitably veered mus rau lub tswv yim ntawm ib tug thoob plaws lub teb chaws ncig saib ntawm ib tug ntau yam xaiv ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam kom coj los ua ke rhiab, sib xyaw, thiab mloog cov neeg tuaj saib. Tab sis peb kuj tau hais txog yuav ua li cas nthuav dav hom kev ncig xyuas kuv thiab ob peb lwm tus kws ua yeeb yam tau ua. Peb siv peb cov yeeb yam los txhawb kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb hauv zos thiab pab pawg neeg ncaj ncees thoob ntiaj teb. Zoo li qhov SNCC thiab SDS tau ua nyob rau hauv lawv lub hnub, tshwj tsis yog rau lub ntiaj teb no, Internet tiam.

Cov suab paj nruag tawm tsam hnub no nyob qhov twg? Nws nyob ntawm no, nws nyob hauv Is Taws Nem, thiab tsis ntev nws yuav tuaj rau hauv koj lub nroog los tsim kom muaj kev txav mus los thoob ntiaj teb rau kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, pej xeem txoj cai, thiab kev sib npaug. _____

Stephan Smith-Said yog tus kws sau nkauj Iraqi Asmeskas uas nws txiv tsev neeg nyob hauv qhov kev hem thawj niaj hnub ntawm kev foob pob hauv Baghdad thiab Mosul. Nws cov nkauj tshiab tshaj plaws, "Lwm Lub Ntiaj Teb Muaj Peev Xwm," tau tso tawm dawb ntawm nws lub vev xaib www.stephansmith.com.

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