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Reichsführer für Kultur

13 Thursday Feb 2025

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art, Culture, Donald Trump, Fascist pig, Kennedy Center, music, right wingnut, social media

German Nazi Swastika Flag, National Museum of American History. Catalog number 1977.0788.03, 29 in x 49 in; 73.66 cm x 124.46 cm.

Last week:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN. I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture. We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP! Just last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth — THIS WILL STOP. The Kennedy Center is an American Jewel, and must reflect the brightest STARS on its stage from all across our Nation. For the Kennedy Center, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!

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Apparently, the election was preordained.

Yesterday:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

President Donald J. Trump was just unanimously elected Chairman of the Board of the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The President stated, “It is a Great Honor to be Chairman of The Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make The Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!”

9.63k ReTruths 52.3k Likes Feb 12, 2025, 1:41 PM

Entartete Kunst and Entartete Musik exhibitions to follow soon.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check. Conviction. Check.

Art. Life.

05 Monday Jun 2023

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Jeff Kaiser, music

Compositions by Jeff Kaiser.

Garland and Gold – Bri Murphy

10 Friday Dec 2021

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artist, Bri Murphy, Garland and Gold, music, Nashville, singer, songwriter

Bri Murphy

From Bri Murphy:

Last year on Christmas Day, Peter and I drove out to my parents’, where my mom had set up a distanced gathering for us on their front porch. We sat down and she brought us blankets straight out of the dryer to stave off the unseasonably cold (for Tennessee) temps in the low 20s. We sipped on hot cocoa and nudged gifts across an invisible dividing line of safety. The pandemic made for a truly strange holiday season, and it’s likely the understatement of the century to say it was hard for everybody.

Even though things aren’t back to normal, even though we still have uncertainty swirling, even though many of us are still riding waves of grief, many of us are going to be able to travel and spend time with family, whether blood or chosen, this year. This song is about renewed joy and hope, and about the impossibly radiant feeling of going home, especially when you haven’t been able to in a while.

Sending this out into the universe today with the warmest of wishes for everyone’s holiday season.

Written by Bri Murphy & Peter Ferguson
Guitars, BGVs, B3/Wurly: Peter Ferguson
Piano: Reed Pittman
Bass: Zach Witcher
Drums: Kyle May
Mixing and Mastering: Bobby Ferguson
Album art: Bri Murphy
Recorded at Plant City Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

“Madam (Vice) President” March

17 Sunday Jan 2021

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Brian Dix, Inaugural, Kamala Harris, Madam (Vice) President March, music, Vice President

Kamala Harris (D) [2019 file photo].

“Madam (Vice) President” March – Major Brian Dix

SAN DIEGO — Retired Major Brian Dix, Director Laureate of the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, will debut his recent work “Madam (Vice) President” in a performance by an all-volunteer, all-female orchestra hailing from the state of California. Appropriately scheduled in time for the 59th presidential inauguration, the virtual concert honors Vice President-Elect Kamala D. Harris.

Last year, Dix was in discussion with the Rhode Island Philharmonic to debut this symphonic march, originally titled “Madam President,” until the COVID-19 pandemic suspended live performances and the work had to be shelved. Following last year’s historic election, Dix was inspired to rededicate the march to both the first woman vice president and all of the extraordinary women who enter the American political arena.

“When the Associated Press called the election on November 7, several colleagues said, ‘You’ve got to change the title!” Dix said. “Just as the vice president of the United States is also the president of the Senate, this march can pull double duty.”

Dix then assembled an all-volunteer orchestra featuring musicians from professional, semi-professional, college and community orchestras. “This performance is not only for women, but by women,” Dix said. “I want to pay tribute to their hard work over the past 100 years and to inspire younger women to march forward with their dreams, where becoming Madam (Vice) President is the ultimate brass ring.”

So, this happened this evening

19 Thursday Nov 2020

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music, The Poetry of Protest, Virtual concert

What we have become

29 Monday Jun 2020

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#resist, Aurora, Colorado, Elijah McClain, memorial, music, peaceful protest, police violence, violin

On Saturday in Aurora, Colorado at a memorial vigil for Elijah McClain, a violinist.

Video from : Something Witty

Apparently, string instruments and music and art are considered dangerous weapons. But we’ve always known that, just not in the sense that authority believes them to be.

The courage of those string players, to keep playing while exposed to tear gas or pepper gas and authority in riot gear, is astounding.

Just so non-musicians understand – string players consider their instruments sacred, not only as a vessel for expressing the art of music in the now, but as an intergenerational calling to be handed from the past through the present to the future.

As an example, my cello is approximately 110 years old, it existed before me and will continue long past my lifetime.

For authority to threaten and desecrate not only a peaceful memorial, but musicians and those instruments, with their violence and threats of violence is a crime against humanity, culture, and the future.

Chronologue: Inevitability

06 Monday Jan 2020

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Chronologue, Colorado, Denver, Inevitability, music

…the band wields a fierce, contemporary sound that draws from jazz, electronic, and rock, and pop music. Referencing artists from Esperanza Spalding to Bruno Mars, Chronologue explores a sonic space that is rhythmically complex, yet groove-driven; their harmonies are rich, yet approachable. Palatable songwriting and fiery improvisation make Chronologue a band to keep an eye on…

With Bobby Ferguson on drums, Parker Murphy on bass, Solomon Chapman on Keys, Alex DeVillier on guitar, and Yasmina Bradley-Belcaid on lead vocals.

Nazi punching music

27 Thursday Jun 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Resist

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#resist, 4th of July, Independence Day, music, Nazis

For an upcoming 4th of July Concert:

A reflection of our times.

Xiuhtezcatl – Kansas City – October 26, 2018

27 Saturday Oct 2018

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activism, Crossroads KC, environmental activism, hip hop, Kansas City, missouri, music, Xiuhtezcatl

Indigenous Hip Hop artist and environmental activist Xiuhtezcatl opened a concert at Crossroads KC last night, the last concert of the season at the open air venue.

The weather was cool, not cold, and the audience was happy and in a festive mood. The venue and the staff were pleasant and very professional.

Xiuhtezcatl – Kansas City, Missouri – October 26, 2018.

Xiuhtezcatl’s music is inventive, infectious, executed with precision, and replete with musical and textual meaning. We’re glad we had the opportunity to cover and attend the performance.

Part of last night’s message from Xiuhtezcatl was participation. Ten days, people, ten days.

Music: Peter and the Wolfe

18 Monday Feb 2013

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Belmont University, Jenny Wolfe, music, Peter Ferguson

At Belmont University, Bathroom Session #8, Jenny Wolfe and Peter Ferguson, Tori Kelly – “Confetti” Cover:

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