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In light of recent events, AD contributor j. neas reflects on Springsteen’s 1995 LP The Ghost of Tom Joad, and how the material makes just as much sense in 2008 (if not more). - AD
In the middle of the Clinton ’90s, it was sometimes difficult to feel like there were hard times anywhere. Sure, we were involved in Bosnia, Somalia and ignoring Rwanda, but hey! Internets were booming and the Y2K bug was everyone’s biggest concern. But leave it to the Boss to spot the rot beneath the facade.
In light of this article, his chilling “Youngstown” from The Ghost of Tom Joad is even more revelatory. The boom gone bust. Hailing from an area whose two major industries were the now defunct Cannon textile mills (which took a long, slow slide into obscurity via the NAFTA and CAFTA agreements) and Phillip Morris cigarette manufacturers, I know a bit about the collapse of industry myself.
My home area has managed to recover, but in a lot of places that just isn’t the case. In those places, for native and immigrant workers alike, the lure of easier, better money is constant. In the North Carolina mountains, the profitable, but often lethal, production of crystal meth has become one of the ways people have sought out of the hard life. The Drive-by Truckers wrote about turning to dealing in “Putting People on the Moon,” but the Boss was at it earlier on ..Tom Joad with “Sinaloa Cowboys,” one of the saddest and truest songs he has ever put to tape. - j. neas
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MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: Youngstown
MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: Sinaloa Cowboys
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Amazon: Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
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Who’s hitting up jazzfest this year in New Orleans? We’ll be there the second weekend presenting the Parliament Funkadelic show at The Republic. Details/Tickets to follow…
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MP3: James Booker :: Tipitina/The Grass Looks Greener
MP3: Funkadelic :: Can You Get To That?
MP3: Aaron Neville :: Hercules
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 43: Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk Too Dream ++ Beach House - Wedding Bell ++ Bodies of Water - Here Comes My Hand ++ Feist - Sea Lion Woman ++ Destroyer - European Oils ++ The Dodos - Walking ++ Bowerbirds - In Our Talons ++ The Watson Twins :: Just Like Heaven ++ Horse Feathers - Walking & Running ++ Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Barcelona ++ Silver Jews - Smith & Jones Forever ++ Silver Jews - Send In The Clouds ++ Sonic Youth - Shoot ++ The Breeders - Only In 3’s ++ Pixies - Hey ++ Howe Gelb and Scout Niblett - I Want Candy ++ Ryan Adams - Operator, Operator ++ Chris Mills - Chris Mills Is Living The Dream ++ Pete Ham - Without You (solo) ++ Richard Swift - Dressed Up For The Letdown ++ Harry Nilsson - Me And My Arrow ++ John Cale - Paris 1919 ++ Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) ++ The Kinks - Do You Remember Walter? ++ Japancakes - Only Shallow ++ The Shins - One By One All Day ++ AC Newman - Come Crash ++ Beck - Nobody’s Fault But My Own ++ Ramones - 53rd & 3rd ++ Bob Marley - Interview ++ Ramones - I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement ++ Talking Heads - Don’t Worry About The Government ++ Television - Marquee Moon ++ Black Keys - Remember When
*You can listen, for free, online with the SIRIUS three day trial — just submit an email address and they will send you a password.
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