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New Documentary on DC Activist Music Scene: “Positive Force: More Than A Witness”
New Documentary Chronicles DC Punk Rock Activist Organization "Positive Force" A new documentary film "Positive Force: More Than A Witness" has just been released…
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Anti-Monsanto Activist Music Video
"Nuts & Berries - The Monsanto Blues" [caption id="attachment_3429" align="alignleft" width="150"] NO GMO sign at March Against Monsanto, DC, 2013…
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Once the Musical & Herald Sun Trying to Find Best Busker
Public Can Vote on 5 Finalists on Tuesday JAN 4, 2015 - "Once" the musical, a musical about a busker performing…
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Music Videos Urge Warren and Clinton to Run for President in 2016
Songs Say "Run Liz Run"" and "Let's Smash This Ceiling" DEC 29, 2014 - A Super PAC called "Stand With…
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Once the Musical & Herald Sun Trying to Find Best Busker
Public Can Vote on 5 Finalists on Tuesday JAN 4, 2015 – “Once” the musical, a musical about a busker performing on the streets of Melbourne, Australia who finds his love for music again through a friend, is teaming up with Herald Sun and having a contest to find “Melbourne’s Best Busker”. JTMP has our Busking: A…
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War Against Whaling Rages On…
Sea Shepherd’s Work Successful Regardless of Legal Problems and Grounded Leader JAN 2, 2015 – The war against commercial whaling that has been going on for decades, continues on in 3 TV episodes in Discovery Communication’s “Whale Wars” on the Animal Planet channel tonight at 8 PM EST. No other Whale Wars episodes are scheduled for next…
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Garth Brooks New Single “Mom” Sings About Values
Music Legend Sings About New Life DEC 31, 2014 – Country music legend and all-around cool guy Garth Brooks is enjoying his second wind of his career and life, having fun barnstorming America playing concerts and TV shows. A video of him in concert comforting a cancer patient went viral, and now another video of…
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Music Videos Urge Warren and Clinton to Run for President in 2016
Songs Say “Run Liz Run”” and “Let’s Smash This Ceiling” DEC 29, 2014 – A Super PAC called “Stand With Hillary” has released a music video urging Mrs. Clinton to “Stand Up” and run for President in 2016, which features a country band singing lines such as “She’s a mother”, “hard working”, and “she fights…
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Busking: A Free Speech Right
First Amendment is the Only Permit a Busker Needs DEC 22, 2014 – Busking, or street performing, is when a musician, magician, or some kind of entertainer plies his wares out in public, usually near sidewalks, subway stops or city parks as people walk by, such as the musicians pictured left. Some of the greatest songwriters got inspiration…
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Nia-Malika Henderson: “How Ferguson and Eric Garner Show the Political Power of Hip-Hop”
Journalist Writes About Power of Music and Activism in WaPo Article DEC 17, 2014 – Nia-Malika Henderson wrote a great piece for WaPo about Ferguson, Eric Garner, and how Hip-Hop musical-activism, especially with Hip-Hop artists in Missouri like T-Dubb-O, are helping foment and energize the protest movement behind these senseless killings by police officers. Check…
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Samuel L. Jackson Wants People to Sing, “I Can’t Breathe”
Actor-activist Challenges Celebrities to Protest Killings by Police DEC 15, 2014 – In response to the outrage of young men being killed by police and no charges are ever filed, actor-activist Samuel L. Jackson has issued a challenge to celebrities to sing his “I Can’t Breathe” song, with lyrics like this: “I can hear my…
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Pussy Riot’s Nadia and Masha Still Active After Release
- #StandWithUkraine, Activism, Art, blogging, Featured, Free Speech, Jtmp, Music, Opinion, Politics, protest, Women's Rights
Two Musical-artist-activists Take Guardian’s Carole Cadwalladr on Tour of Moscow DEC 12, 2014 – Carole Cadwalladr has a great piece up on Guardian about Mashha and Nadia of Pussy Riot, and how they feel about being released from the penal colony, and their opinions on Putin shutting down the opposition party, invading Ukraine and all the crazy things…
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Willie Nelson Tells AARP: “Medicinal Form of Pot Can Cure Everything From Stress to Cancer”
Musician-activist says, “Ill probably take a couple of hits before or after the show tonight.” DEC 11, 2-14 – One of JTMP’s favorite activist-musicians, Willie Nelson, gave an interview to AARP.org recently, and he spoke out on genetically modified Frankenfood, positive thinking, and medical cannabis. On the GMO food-like products that the chemical-food factories are…
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AXS.com: 15 Musician-Activists That Advocate for Legal Cannabis That Might Surprise You
Okay, We Expected Miley Cyrus… DEC 11, 2014 – Mark Schiff on AXS.com has an article up on 15 activist-musicians that are or have advocated for legal cannabis use, and one did surprise me, the #1 spot. I won’t ruin it for you, but I will say one or two did surprise me. Check out…