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 John Sinclair - Beatnik Youth double CD has arrived. Order your copy here Detroit’s Iconic “White Panther” introduces himself as “a beatnik, dope fiend, poet provocateur, race traitor and renegade. Living from hand to mouth and euro to euro, sleeping on the couches and extra beds of my friends. A man without a country and a post office box in New Orleans for a permanent address.” Reciting his beat poetry in a sub-baritone growl, John waxes lyrical about John Lennon, Thelonious Monk, Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs, and issues a libertarian’s charter on “Ain’t Nobody’s Business.” Beautiful two disc CD containing 13 songs produced by Youth, who plays bass in Killing Joke and has worked with artists like The Orb, The Verve, U2, Pink Floyd, and Crowded House. Beatnik Youth ranges from raucous rock ‘n’ roll to psychedelic jazz and abstract soundscapes. Throughout, Sinclair’s voice functions as an anchor, taking on an American social landscape bursting with civil unrest and self-reinvention as Youth’s modernist production swirls around him Immortalized by John Lennon’s 1972 song that bears his name, Sinclair is an iconic figure of 1960s counterculture, famous for, among other things, having co-founded the White Panther Party and for managing Detroit’s legendary leftist proto-punk outfit MC5.
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni interviewed John Sinclair and Youth and wrote a fantastic piece for Bandcamp here
Catalogue Number: IMB6032
Label: Iron Man Records
Distribution: Cargo
Disc 1
- Testify (9.10)
- Good Stuff (4.32)
- Everybody Needs Somebody (7.09)
- Change My Life (5.14)
- Ain't Nobody's Business (3.36)
- My Buddy (5.13)
- That Old Man (3.53)
Disc 2
- Brilliant Corners (11.29)
- Culture Cide (11.38)
- Red Dress (Ruby My Dear) (6.25)
- Sitarrtha (6.16)
- Do It (6.16)
- War On Drugs (6.18)
John
Sinclair is best known as the
Sixties “marijuana” activist who was
sentenced to 10 years in prison for
giving two joints to an undercover
policewoman. He was eventually freed
when John Lennon and Yoko Ono
spoke out on his behalf.
Less
understood is his role as the
founder and chairman of the radical
anti-war group, The White Panther
Party, an offshoot of the Black
Panthers. The Black Panther Party was a
militant political organization
formed after the brutal murders of
Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and
Robert Kennedy.
The Nixon Administration and the FBI
launched a secret program called COINTELPRO to disrupt and ultimately
destroy the Black Panthers and the Anti-War movement. As part of this
program, John Sinclair was set up and imprisoned on marijuana charges.
When the government could no longer justify denying him a bond over two
joints, they falsely charged him with a Federal conspiracy to blow up a
CIA station, in order to make him disappear. Watch the film here
Feb 5 White Horse – Morges, Switzerland
Feb 6 Bad Bonn – Düdingen, Switzerland
Feb 7 Kleine Werkraumgalerie – Rosenheim, Germany
Feb 8 Kain Autohaus – Bad Ischl, Austria
Feb 9 Villa Nachtanz – Heidelberg, Germany
Feb 10 806qm – Darmstadt, Germany
Feb 11 Shorty – Bärenbach, Germany
Feb 12 House Show with Choir – Weimar, Germany
Feb 13 Subbotnik – Leipzig, Germany
Feb 14 Schokoladen – Berlin, Germany
Feb 18 Folk City @ Photo City – Rochester, NY
The Imagine Nation: I wrote a piece that attempts to explain why I do what I do, how it all started, what on earth I was thinking, why I try and help musicians, why I commit financial suicide for the benefit of others, and why I burn money for ritualistic purposes. It probably won't make much sense to you, but I thought I should at least attempt to try and explain myself.
Rachel Mayfield will be exhibiting her ‘Winter Of Desire’ photo narrative work at Anchor Gallery in February as part of the ‘Female Fronted February’ exhibition.
The Anchor Gallery aspires to be a cultural outpost in
Birmingham to present events, workshops and seminars in the arts;
provide a meeting, working and relaxing place for residents and
travellers in the arts; develop an Artists In Residence programme; and
create and display art and cultural exhibits in a warm, friendly,
comfortable environment. Come and Visit.
Anchor Gallery - artists last call for Spring Season (March, April, May) Contact us now a for March, April, May show entry.
How it works. Email the Anchor Gallery with five images of your current work/practice or a link to it. All genres. If you are selected you will be sent a donation link. On completion of the link you will receive an invitation to meet with a curator to plan your special event. We are passionate about supporting artists in accessible and inviting environments.
Final call to exhibit with us at our fabulous new pop up gallery space within Peel and Stone in Harborne. Join in today. All levels welcome to apply. Anchor Gallery February Artists are: Christy Hardy-Jones. Iona Burchell. Mandy
Finegan-Lynch. Rachel Mayfield. Louise Hart. From Ghana - Sel Kofiga.
From Berlin - Women Producing Music. Plus special guests. Exhibition Opening Party February 16th, 6-9 pm.
Framework Recording Studios,
Birmingham.
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