Listened to the rest of the program. The interview with Joaquin Broughton was HUGE!! WOW. He is incredibly articulate, and only 20, but more articulate than i was at 25. And a gutsy photographer!!
This was emotionally moving, i never thought i'd hear someone of that age speak like that about the world at large!! He said it so well, he and his peers got tired of being ignored, not being listened to. He has had enough being disembodied, being enclosed in social media, enough of "art" which is self-absorbed vs the art he wishes to pursue as a documentary photographer, which documents the human condition and shares it with the rest of the world.
Excellent discussion of BLM, you did well, Eric, relating how it was astroturfed, corporate-funded. Though they did not march mask-less. They were very demanding about masking. But they did violate rules against large gatherings and not maintaining "proper social distancing." And did so without being at all cracked down on. Great discussion of what had happened back at Kent State times. Good brainstorming as to how to proceed. I am really delighted that he is now part of the Planet Waves crew.
Regarding sexuality, you seemed to misspeak for a second. You stated that sexuality is anything except "in-and-out." What you really meant, i think, is anything except "in-and-out aimed at pregnancy," because the vast majority of genital intercourse is NOT intended to create a pregnancy, in fact generally carried out with an intent to NOT create one. Right?
Listened to the first half, right through "Ohio." Flashing back on seeing Neil Young drop in on Crosby and Nash doing an acoustic duo, October 13, 1971, towards the end of the show, doing a few numbers, concluding with that tune. When i first heard it (the electric version) in May 1970 i was outraged by the politics. Within a few weeks, no doubt influenced by my horrible close encounter with the Selective Service System (aka The Draft), i found myself a bunch more sympathetic. By Summer's end, i was totally "Right on."
Great first segment. Very perceptive on your part to note how the protests make at least a partial rollback of digital disembodiment. Scary account of what you saw first hand. Outrageous, the militarization of police and of campuses, the criminalization of dissent based upon, as you point out, the dislike of the decision-makers for the opinions being expressed by these protests. Locking down our minds.
And bless Laurel Krause, for pursuing the matter of justice for her dead sister. Like you, i have never heard of the role that the police provocateur Terry Norman played, firing four shots, creating an echo which made it sound like numerous gun shots, which were then used by the Ohio National Guard as an excuse for opening fire.
And they did so without an audible order, aside from "Alright,": getting them to turn around 180 degrees in unison and fire, choreographed, planned!! And she is pretty convinced Alison, a flower child but still a serious political activist, was targeted, as was Jeff Miller, another of the "four dead in Ohio." She is just getting responses to FOIA requests she made 7 years ago, wow.
Great to hear her side 100% with today's campus activists, the first nationwide campus movement since May 1970. She did not mince words, calling what's happening in Gaza (and been happening for a long while) "GENOCIDE." And Biden is enabling both the genocide and the campus protests repression. Biden, Trump, RFK Jr, no daylight between them on this matter (except Junior is even more stridently pro-Israel than Biden).
Thank you so much for broadcasting this, Eric, this particularly made me proud to be part of the Planet Waves team.
I thought you might like this episode and I truly appreciate the sharpening stone you provide to keep my political views sharp. I had never heard that individual students were chosen to be shot. That casts the incident in a whole new light for me. If indeed she was a target, it's probable that several of them were told to fire on her, as it's a somewhat long shot at 325 or whatever feet field distance, having to aim quickly like that. M1 Carbines did not have scopes. They are not sniper rifles. They are combat rifles with big magazines.
Here was Laurel's 2018 appearance on the program, when it was on Planet Waves AM/FM on Radio Kingston, WKNY-New York. This is live radio. The other guest is Gerald Casale, the bass player for DEVO. Those men were on the field that day and decided that, based on what they witnessed, they would do something meaningful with their lives.
Listened to the rest of the program. The interview with Joaquin Broughton was HUGE!! WOW. He is incredibly articulate, and only 20, but more articulate than i was at 25. And a gutsy photographer!!
This was emotionally moving, i never thought i'd hear someone of that age speak like that about the world at large!! He said it so well, he and his peers got tired of being ignored, not being listened to. He has had enough being disembodied, being enclosed in social media, enough of "art" which is self-absorbed vs the art he wishes to pursue as a documentary photographer, which documents the human condition and shares it with the rest of the world.
Excellent discussion of BLM, you did well, Eric, relating how it was astroturfed, corporate-funded. Though they did not march mask-less. They were very demanding about masking. But they did violate rules against large gatherings and not maintaining "proper social distancing." And did so without being at all cracked down on. Great discussion of what had happened back at Kent State times. Good brainstorming as to how to proceed. I am really delighted that he is now part of the Planet Waves crew.
Regarding sexuality, you seemed to misspeak for a second. You stated that sexuality is anything except "in-and-out." What you really meant, i think, is anything except "in-and-out aimed at pregnancy," because the vast majority of genital intercourse is NOT intended to create a pregnancy, in fact generally carried out with an intent to NOT create one. Right?
Listened to the first half, right through "Ohio." Flashing back on seeing Neil Young drop in on Crosby and Nash doing an acoustic duo, October 13, 1971, towards the end of the show, doing a few numbers, concluding with that tune. When i first heard it (the electric version) in May 1970 i was outraged by the politics. Within a few weeks, no doubt influenced by my horrible close encounter with the Selective Service System (aka The Draft), i found myself a bunch more sympathetic. By Summer's end, i was totally "Right on."
Great first segment. Very perceptive on your part to note how the protests make at least a partial rollback of digital disembodiment. Scary account of what you saw first hand. Outrageous, the militarization of police and of campuses, the criminalization of dissent based upon, as you point out, the dislike of the decision-makers for the opinions being expressed by these protests. Locking down our minds.
And bless Laurel Krause, for pursuing the matter of justice for her dead sister. Like you, i have never heard of the role that the police provocateur Terry Norman played, firing four shots, creating an echo which made it sound like numerous gun shots, which were then used by the Ohio National Guard as an excuse for opening fire.
And they did so without an audible order, aside from "Alright,": getting them to turn around 180 degrees in unison and fire, choreographed, planned!! And she is pretty convinced Alison, a flower child but still a serious political activist, was targeted, as was Jeff Miller, another of the "four dead in Ohio." She is just getting responses to FOIA requests she made 7 years ago, wow.
Great to hear her side 100% with today's campus activists, the first nationwide campus movement since May 1970. She did not mince words, calling what's happening in Gaza (and been happening for a long while) "GENOCIDE." And Biden is enabling both the genocide and the campus protests repression. Biden, Trump, RFK Jr, no daylight between them on this matter (except Junior is even more stridently pro-Israel than Biden).
Thank you so much for broadcasting this, Eric, this particularly made me proud to be part of the Planet Waves team.
I thought you might like this episode and I truly appreciate the sharpening stone you provide to keep my political views sharp. I had never heard that individual students were chosen to be shot. That casts the incident in a whole new light for me. If indeed she was a target, it's probable that several of them were told to fire on her, as it's a somewhat long shot at 325 or whatever feet field distance, having to aim quickly like that. M1 Carbines did not have scopes. They are not sniper rifles. They are combat rifles with big magazines.
Here was Laurel's 2018 appearance on the program, when it was on Planet Waves AM/FM on Radio Kingston, WKNY-New York. This is live radio. The other guest is Gerald Casale, the bass player for DEVO. Those men were on the field that day and decided that, based on what they witnessed, they would do something meaningful with their lives.
Casale is a fantastic speaker --
https://planetwaves.fm/kent-state-granddaddy-of-all-school-shootings/
Thanks. Good points about the M1. And yeah for Casale being on the program. Indeed, the DEVO crew went through the Kent State crucible.
And to think Neil and the boys and Joni Mitchell are all Death Jab pushing Censorship Advocates.
Makes me wonder if Neil rushing out Ohio as a single had more to do with timing a sure fire hit single than anything else.
Brilliant Eric.
Totally engaging and funny twists.
I finally know how to meditate.