[CIMC-work] [Fwd: Political songwriters desire to set up Chicago performance]

[Chris Kaihatsu]

Awright! I listened to the first song, "You and Me and Tom," and it *SNAPS*
Great freakin' lyrics, social commentary.

I think I can speak in this instance for the rest of our Chicago Indymedia
crew and say that we'd be honored to have you in Chicago on our behalf.
Please let us know what you need from us to feel welcome here, and I'd be
glad to scramble to do it.


Chris Kaihatsu, volunteer
Chicago Indymedia




on 5/16/03 1:18 AM, Ian Bicking at ianb@colorstudy.com wrote:

> -----Forwarded Message-----
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> From: prince myshkin <myshkins@hotmail.com>
> To: imc-chicago@lists.indymedia.org
> Subject: [Imc-chicago] Political songwriters desire to set up Chicago
> performance
> Date: 16 May 2003 06:10:02 +0000
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> Hello there!
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> We're the Prince Myshkins (Rick and Andy), a San Diego-based satirical
> songwriting duo.
> We perform original political music (on guitar and accordion) about war,
> sexuality, traffic,
> genetically modified food, medicine, the repression of minors, and many
> other topics.
> Most (though not all) of the songs are funny, with rapid-fire delivery of
> verbose lyrics.
> More information on us below.
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> We're planning our second extensive Midwest tour for this fall (we live i=
n
> San Diego),
> and we're trying to put together a concert with Charlie King and Karen
> Brandow, who'll
> be in the area around then. We're contacting Chicago groups working for
> peace, justice,
> and human and civil rights to ask if they're interested in setting up a
> peace concert, a
> benefit, or any appropriate event (we also do classes and workshops). Our
> target date for
> this is September the 19th.
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> Charlie King (who Pete Seeger calls "one of the greatest singers and
> songwriters
> of our time") has been at it since the very early '70's, singing for peac=
e
> and justice
> with good humor during intense involvement with the anti-nuclear movement=
,
> the
> movement to close the School of the Americas, the Campaign to End the Dea=
th
> Penalty
> (and the Journey of Hope from Violence to Healing), and countless other
> causes. His
> marvelous songs slide from the hilarious to the heartbreaking to the
> inspirational, often
> within a single verse and chorus. I think the Chicago Peace Museum has a
> collection of
> his T-shirts. His partner, Karen Brandow, is a wonderful singer with
> extensive knowledge
> of the Latin American "Nueva Cancion" movement of songwriters. For more o=
n
> them,
> see http://www.charlieking.org.
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> The Prince Myshkins have been at it since 1997, after our move to Califor=
nia
> from Urbana,
> Illinois. We've been deeply involved with San Diego activist organization=
s,
> and have toured the
> country performing for queer anarchists, Catholic nuns, upper-middle-clas=
s
> suburbanites,
> psychologists, kids, and anyone else who's wanted to listen. Recent songs
> include "A War
> Without an End," which casts George Bush as an annoying telephone solicit=
or,
> "Hollywood,"
> inspired by the Administration's post-9/11 proposals to movie producers f=
or
> terrorist-themed
> film plots, "Banana Cream Pie," about the actual pie-in-the-face given to
> the president of the
> World Bank, and many more. Our website is
> http://www.hiddenagendamusic.com/myshkins.
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> We've played Chicago fairly extensively, and have a good following there.=
 In
> the past, we've
> performed at the Uncommon Ground, at the Queer is Folk Festival (at the O=
ld
> Town School),
> at the Autonomous Zone, at the Green Mill, and in theaters and apartments
> around the city.
> We have two short appearances scheduled in Chicago during the week leadin=
g
> up to the 19th,
> which would allow for substantial promotion of anything larger we might b=
e
> able to put together.
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> If you lovely folks at the IMC have any ideas for us, or can forward this=
 to
> anyone you think
> might be interested in putting together a double-duo political music even=
t,
> we'd be delighted.
> Let us know what you think of all this!
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> in solidarity,
> Andy Gricevich (of the Prince Myshkins)
> myshkins@hotmail.com
> (619) 291-5823
> 4366 1/2 Mississippi St.
> San Diego, CA 92104
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