2008 January « David Rheins Blog

Entries from January 2008

January 28, 2008

Shoot the Freak

boardwalk democracy
no game for the meek
first you pays your money
then you shoot the freak

Filed under art

Tags: boardwalk democracy, Coney Island, live human target, photography, shoot the freak

January 17, 2008

Convict #9653
He grew up in Terre Haute
Poor white boy
Working the railroad
Putting paint on Pullman cars
Hard work, man, life of the rail yard (2x)

He helped the workers get organized
To get some rights
They Unionized
The man resisted,
We put up a fight
The Appeal to Reason
Showed us the light (x2)

CHORUS
I’m voting for old Gene Debs
V for Victory
Socialist President
Convict #9653
Serving his [...]

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Filed under Blogroll, David M Rheins, Eugene Victor Debs, God, Hoosier Heritage, IWW, Indiana, Jersey City, New Journalism, Rheins, Rheins/Brickley, Strike, Teaching, Terre Haute, Wobblies, carpe diem, cosmic giggle, day-in-the-life, every morning, give us this day our daily bread, growing old, life, life as a timeline, poetry, rhymes with mind, spring-loaded moment machine, thin and grey, toil, work your plan, zen

Tags: Convict #9653, David M Rheins, debs campaign button, Eugene V. Degs, free pamphlet publishing, IWW, Organize, poor white boy, Rheins/Brickley, sacrifice for freedom, Socialist President, Terre Haute, workers of the world unite

January 11, 2008

Free Pamphlet Salutes Lon & Jon Ohnder

Take a tour of images of the Hoosier songwriting team of Jon and Lon Ohnder, including performance shots from rare New York nightclub gig @2006:
Lon & Jon « Free Pamphlet Publishing

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Filed under Blogroll, Hit City, Hoosier Heritage, Indiana, Indianapolis, Jersey City, life, life as a timeline

Tags: Bar 169, Lon and Jon, Lon and Jon Ohnder, New York City, Singer Songwriters