[mobglob-discuss] David Rovics Concert February 20

[Steve Kisby]

http://www.alternatives.com/prms/2004/jedm0121.pdf

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Contact Jim Edmondson at jimedmondson at telus.net 
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"NEW PETE SEEGER" TO SING AT WISE HALL

Hailed as "the new Pete Seeger", folk singer/activist David Rovics will be bringing his powerful blend of humour and biting political commentary to the WISE Hall on Friday, February 20. The show is sponsored by StopWar.ca.

Sing Out magazine says Rovics', "
songs and live banter do not tiptoe around sensibilities. It's for those who love the art of using song to voice political and social dissent. Targets include the IMF, sanctions, smart bombs, genetic engineers and Georgia's infamous School of the Americas where the US trained South American guerrillas."

Rovics himself says, "I believe music can be more than an escape. It can be that, yes, fine, but it can also be a hammer, to paraphrase Bertoldt Brecht. It can be a tool for selling products on the one hand, or part of the stockpile of ideas and knowledge necessary to build and maintain a social movement." 

Since the mid-90's Rovics has spent most of his time on tour, playing concerts and rallies around the US, Canada and various countries in Europe, "to protest against the imperialist war-mongers, corporate globalizers, schools of torture, etc." He's shared the stage with many leading activists including Amy Goodman, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich, Angela Davis, Danny Glover, Desmond Tutu, Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Jello Biafra, Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Bruce Cockburn, the Indigo Girls, and others.

To find out more visit Rovics website, http://www.davidrovics.com.

Rovics will do two sets, each preceded by performances from some of the Lower Mainland's finest spoken word artists and singers. These folks will make you proud that you live here. They are smart, gutsy, rude, no holds barred and funny -- Allen Ginsberg meets Lenny Bruce. They'll knock your socks off. 

Come and have a great evening, 8:00 pm on, at one of Vancouver's premier music 
venues, the WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac (behind the Vancouver East Cultural Centre), 
Friday February 20, 2004. Tickets at the door ($10, $5). 

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David Rovics photo (so you can see his face): http://members.aol.com/justtheworld/soa2.jpg