[Darkwolf377]

the songwriter also decided to stop by other Middle East hotspots in Israel and the Palestinian territories to see what was going on there....

Let me guess--he somehow "became" a supporter of the Palestinians, though he "had no position" before he went over there?

I won't give them the hit to find out.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

For his sake, I hope he never comes face to face with the Nuge while he's over there.

[saganite]

Actually, the article is pretty vague on specifics, not really worth a read since it doesn't expand on it's only real premise, that the guy has something important to say about his trip to Iraq.

[TimesDomain]

Hey! One of my favorite songs "way back when" was the FISH YELL! while I was in the USMC.

Haven't heard of it? Well it began ....

Gimme an F .....
Gimme a U ......
Gimme a C .....
.....
you get the idea - it came out after Alice's Restaurant (a lot better quality) Did it debut in Woodstock?

[telebob]

"It's not as if Franti is a stranger to shaking things up. Having moved to San Francisco in 1984, the towering Hunters Point resident first made his mark as a member of the Beatnigs and then later in the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, the potent early '90s rap duo that updated Gil Scott-Heron's biting political indictments during the first Gulf War and toured the world with U2."

I've seen a short indy film highlighting this guy. Believe me, he is definitely a lesser talent but very impressed with himself and apparently charismatic enough to influence immature minds.

Nobody - and I mean nobody - has ever heard of the Beatnigs or the Disposable Heroes of Hipopricy or Gil Scott-Heron outside of a few cellar dwellers and lefty moochers.