"Popular #music may not be satanic, but #MAGA is right to see it as mostly #liberal. That’s why they fear it. Far from avoiding transcendent artistic experiences, the left can lay claim to most of them. Most everything from Taylor #Swift to the grittiest punk music is made by people on the left. That’s why evangelicals want their kids to avoid it. They rightly believe that it’s hard to go back to mediocrity after you’ve tasted excellence."

https://www.salon.com/2025/10/01/maga-cant-expand-its-base-and-christian-music-tells-us-why/

#USPol
#PurpleHaze

"Popular #music may not be satanic, but #MAGA is right to see it as mostly #liberal. That’s why they fear it. Far from avoiding transcendent artistic experiences, the left can lay claim to most of them. Most everything from Taylor #Swift to the grittiest punk music is made by people on the left. That’s why evangelicals want their kids to avoid it. They rightly believe that it’s hard to go back to mediocrity after you’ve tasted excellence."

https://www.salon.com/2025/10/01/maga-cant-expand-its-base-and-christian-music-tells-us-why/

#USPol
#PurpleHaze

Ominous —
https://youtu.be/cNk-CnfTQFM
h/t @PetaPixel
https://toot.earth/@PetaPixel/115293192433635016
#AI #surveillance #privacy #NoPrivacy #artificialintelligence #surveillancecamera #Technology #musicians #orchestra #music

In the mean time, I’m vibing to Streetlight Manifesto’s Somewhere in the Between: https://youtu.be/cuuJRsBiPho

#Music #SteetlightManifesto #Ska #Punk #SkaPunk

The Steampacket, 1965, with Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger. #music #thesteampacket #rodstewart

And that's a wrap on the 2025 season for the museum! Thank you to all our visitors, artists, and musicians who shared their time and talents with us this summer.

We're now looking at booking acts for 2026. All genres will be considered, but our outdoor setting is quite unique and all we ask is for music to be as chilled out as we are...

#Swindon #Music #LiveMusic

And that's a wrap on the 2025 season for the museum! Thank you to all our visitors, artists, and musicians who shared their time and talents with us this summer.

We're now looking at booking acts for 2026. All genres will be considered, but our outdoor setting is quite unique and all we ask is for music to be as chilled out as we are...

#Swindon #Music #LiveMusic

And that's a wrap on the 2025 season for the museum! Thank you to all our visitors, artists, and musicians who shared their time and talents with us this summer.

We're now looking at booking acts for 2026. All genres will be considered, but our outdoor setting is quite unique and all we ask is for music to be as chilled out as we are...

#Swindon #Music #LiveMusic

The Steampacket, 1965, with Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger. #music #thesteampacket #rodstewart

How Astrid Jorgensen turned a suburban pub choir into a worldwide musical phenomenon https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-29/astrid-jorgensen-pub-choir-phenomenon/105785800 #music #pubchoir

How Astrid Jorgensen turned a suburban pub choir into a worldwide musical phenomenon https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-29/astrid-jorgensen-pub-choir-phenomenon/105785800 #music #pubchoir

Something inside so wrong: Labi Siffre tells Tommy Robinson to stop using anti-apartheid anthem https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/28/labi-siffre-cease-and-desist-letter-tommy-robinson-anti-apartheid-anthem-something-inside-so-strong 'Siffre is the latest figure in a long line of musicians who have condemned the unauthorised use of their music for political reasons.' #copyright #music #moralrights #UKPol #UKlaw

Something inside so wrong: Labi Siffre tells Tommy Robinson to stop using anti-apartheid anthem https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/28/labi-siffre-cease-and-desist-letter-tommy-robinson-anti-apartheid-anthem-something-inside-so-strong 'Siffre is the latest figure in a long line of musicians who have condemned the unauthorised use of their music for political reasons.' #copyright #music #moralrights #UKPol #UKlaw

So Say We All: Battlestar Galactica Live - "All Along the Watchtower" (feat. Katee Sackhoff)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVkiI9Vm7mE

#SoSayWeAll #BattlestarGalactica #AllAlongTheWatchtower #KateeSackhoff #Music

"A London judge dismissed a terrorism charge against a member of Kneecap, the Irish-language rap group that has landed in hot water over its onstage crusading against Israel and for the Palestinian cause." The rock star, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, said: "This entire process was never about me, never about any threat to the public, never about terrorism. It was always about Gaza, about what happens if you dare to speak up”:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/arts/music/kneecap-terrorism-charge.html
#justice #music #politics #genocide

"A London judge dismissed a terrorism charge against a member of Kneecap, the Irish-language rap group that has landed in hot water over its onstage crusading against Israel and for the Palestinian cause." The rock star, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, said: "This entire process was never about me, never about any threat to the public, never about terrorism. It was always about Gaza, about what happens if you dare to speak up”:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/arts/music/kneecap-terrorism-charge.html
#justice #music #politics #genocide

Tupac Shakur was murdered 29 years ago today. His status as a cultural icon is beyond dispute, but the legend that’s built up around his tragically short life has often overshadowed the radical political outlook that shaped his work.

https://jacobin.com/2025/09/tupac-shakur-assata-black-panthers-hip-hop-rap

#music #art #politics #TupacShakur #socialism #BlackPanthers

Ultimately the British Government have just spent a shit load of money raising the profile of a small Irish punk band by providing them with lots of publicity.

#kneecap #music

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce846r2drg8o