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Hekate

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6. I'm so glad -- someone needs to organize them onto the stages of the rallies...

Reply to ancianita (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 10:21 PM

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Some individual or group needs to say, “Hire me! I’ll be there!” And mail the organizers a cassette (or whatever version we have today) of their toons and pass out song sheets.

Several weeks ago the deejay at our streetcorner rally was playing music that actually sounded singable, so as we were all getting ready to leave I asked him if he had a playlist I could see. He didn’t — too bad, because I was hoping to get a clue and learn something new.

Our chants need an update, too. …

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We seriously need singers like Seeger at the June 14 protests. ancianita Monday #3

I have thought so for years. Music stirs the soul and gets bodies moving. It needs to be singable. Hekate Monday #4

They're out there. Even OOG Neil Young sings about it to keep Hope alive. Have you heard of Jesse Welles? ancianita Monday #5

I'm so glad -- someone needs to organize them onto the stages of the rallies... Hekate Monday #6