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The Living With War blog.

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First Review of Neil Young's "LIVING WITH WAR"

The 4 Musketeers
DownWithTyranny!: NEIL YOUNG IS LIVING WITH WAR. CAN HE RESCUE AMERICA, AND THE REST OF THE WORLD, FROM IT? former president of Reprise Records Howie Klein blogs:

"First my biases: I'm prone to love everything Neil records. I feel he's one of the greatest songwriters and musicians of our time.

If I listen to a song of his and I don't get it, I have long learned that that is because I haven't spent enough time with it and that when I do, I will eventually see what he was trying to do and appreciate it. A second bias, just as strong-- and one regular DWT readers are already very aware of and probably in sync with-- is my abiding mistrust for the Bush Regime and the alarm with which I view what they have done, and continue to do, to the country I love so much. The nexus of these two biases lead to an incredible hour of listening."

And "What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees?"

UPDATE:
As Neil Young asked in 2006 on "LIVING WITH WAR", so, "What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees?" Good question.

To elaborate precisely on what we term "The Quantum Big Shift". Full Disclosure leads to Awareness. Awareness leads to Consciousness. Consciousness leads to your personal "Quantum Big Shift".

It's about You. And Me. And Us.

More on "The Quantum Big Shift, Full Disclosure, Awareness and Consciousness.".

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"Cinnamon Girl" MP3 cover by Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs

A most awesome rockin' "Cinnamon Girl" MP3 cover by Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs : Under The Covers Vol. 1

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Kids Still Rockin' in a Free World

Kid with Neil's Ol' Black Repro

"There's one more kid that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool."

Certainly, we hope these lyrics do not apply to the family above.

One of the coolest things about Thrasher's Wheat is hearing from other folks in the community about how Neil Young's music has influenced their life. Thrasher received this photo on The Guitar Refinishing and Restoration Forum :: "My first guitar is completed - I want to thank you all...".

Thanks Old Black!

More on kids still rockin' in a free world and kids NOT "Rockin' In The Free World". (visualize)


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Neil Young is Living with War Everyday

2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony photo by Julie Jacobson

He's from Canada.
He's a hippie.
He's an old man.
He smokes pot.
He's a tree-hugger.
He's a flip-flopper.
And worst of all -- just like Dylan - he can't sing.

Blog-dale has exploded. I've seen the hate and the damage done.

For all of the angry, rage filled hate-mongers, you are absolutely right. For once.

Neil Young is from Canada. He is a hippie. He is an old man. He smokes pot. He is a tree-hugger. He is a flip - flopper. And, just like Bob Dylan - he can't sing.

Now that we have that straight, please do not post comments here regarding information that we are all well aware of. And get your facts straight before spewing your venom because you're putting sponges in the bells I once rung.

There comes a time when we're all living with war. And it seems as if that time has come here at Thrasher's Wheat. The comments have been both supportive and nasty.

So today, tell us something about yourself, your faith and beliefs. Your hopes and dreams. As for Thrasher?

I'm living with WAR everyday
I'm living with WAR in my heart everyday
I'm living with WAR right now

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Will Neil Young's "Living With War" be Rock's "Fahrenheit 9/11"?

New York Times: On His New Album, Neil Young Calls for Bush's Impeachment


CNN.com - Neil Young: 'Let's Impeach the President' (see video clip on protest music, Mansion On The Hill: CNN Transcript on protest music)

Daily Kos: Will Neil Young's "Living With War" be Rock's "Farenheit 9/11"?

"The definitive Neil Young site Thrasher's Wheat has done the hard work of assembling reaction from musical and political bloggers. Some of the reactions gathered on the normally apolitical Thrasher's Wheat show Bush's zombies in early meltdown."

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Biggfish Rants: 'Hey hey, screw Bush'

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Thoughtful Preparations: Media Spin Blog » Neil Young’s Bush Buster

Daily Kos: Neil Young: Principled musician or Weather Vane?

American Flag Blog » Canadian Neil Young Once Again Wraps himself In The American Flag:

"Young was wrong once before, condemning “Southern Man” 26 years ago. After learning that his album sales weren’t going well in half the country, he apologized and wrote a song about Alabama. Instead of trashing Bush, perhaps Young should sing a song berating Canada for embracing the destructive force of Islam by exporting terrorists to the U.S."

PolitaKid: Neil Young Song: "Impeach the President":

"As you may know, I'm a Neil Young fan . I'm disapointed to see him take such radical, hateful views. I won't treat him like many treated the Dixie Chicks and never listen to him again, but I'm certainly not going to run out and buy Living With War, either. "

Sploid: 'Hey hey, screw Bush'

The Catskill Chronicle: NEIL YOUNG'S ALBUM: CANADIAN IDIOT (view with caution)

Mark Maynard - neil young: i've seen the bush presidency and the damage done

Hammer of Truth » Neil Young Jumping on the Impeachment Train comment by Taylor:

"How should I put this? How but, Fuck Neil Young.

He nothing but another commi, liberal, anti-american, hippie. If he hates the way George Bush runs America, then he can just take his whining ass back to Canada. We sure as hell don’t need him here, complaining about how bad things are. He talks like he would make a better president than George Bush. If someone like Neil Young was our president, then every terrorist in the world could walk all over us and he wouldn’t do a damn thing. His little anti-war ass."

The Galloping Beaver: Thirty Six Years On

Touch That Dial - "George Bush Doesn't Care About Hip People" » New Neil Young Project Coming Soon!?

The needle and the damage done | MetaFilter lots o comments

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Leaky Sparrow: Neil Young ready for war

Politics - DNC RNC - No Bull » Neil Young Records “Impeach the President” Song:

"So, Canada, mind your own business, we have yet to attack you, and while Alberta has some oil, we prefer to be at peace with you and like what you offer.

Neil Young, I wish you would jsut bother with singing, forget about America, even though it is America that keeps you safe and prosperous.

With that prosperity maybe you should be a better neighbor, instead of siding with our enemies."

Canadian Latitude: Neil Young jumping on the impeachment train.

flyoverguy: Young is Old - Rust should Sleep

HERE COMES THE FLOOD: Neil Young - new album Life With War

chris uggen's weblog: metal folk protest?

Sweet Static: three groups of Neil Young fans

Go Bluebirds!: War Bad! Make Neil Young Cry.

A weak experiment of expression: Big Neil Young News

Democracy for New Mexico: Neil Young Records Anti-Iraq War Album

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big bloo sky: Living with War

Blogmeister USA: Neil Young Produces Anti-Bush Album

Caffeinated Gonzo!: Neil Young on Bush ~ Redux

The Amboy Times: Neil Young’s New CD

Public Figures... Beware: The Worst Named Blog on the Web: Neil Young Records Protest Album

Environmental Republican: Neil Young Redux

Neil Young Attacks President Bush in New Album - Starpulse News Blog

paved.ca :: your GTA roadmap: Neil Young doesn't need him around anyhow:

"Now, with 10 new protest ditties recorded in 72 hours, it'd seem like former Ronald Reagan booster Young has marked which side of the political fence he'd prefer to be buried on – seeds planted back at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2003, during a press conference for the multi-media project Greendale, where he expressed appreciation for Canada standing apart from the foreign policies of our neighbour. It's no wonder that Young tried to keep his three-day outburst of sedition a secret, yet by having weblogs squeal on his behalf, anyone who'd be potentially interested in hearing a song called "Impeach the President" will be worn out by the surrounding rhetoric before it's even released.

Neil's statements are limited to glib scrolling at the bottom of his website – underscoring the notion that, since protest songs will never have Nixon-era potency in this information age, Young might as well bask in his complex contrarian legacy by bashing out a few oversimplified partisan anthems that vindicate his radical past."

projo.com | Subterranean Homepage News: Neil Young CD to protest war, urge impeachment

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Neil Young - Impeach the President » Outside The Beltway

Spark It Up!!!: Protest Album by Canadian Neil Young

Phil Ochs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phil Ochs hanged himself in 1976 after a long stretch of erratic behavior. After his death, it was revealed that the FBI had a 410-page file on Ochs.

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FOX News crawl: Neil Young Records Album That Attacks America

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