The Dead & Allman Brothers Rock PSU
Check out last night’s “Change Rocks” concert at Penn State University with The Allman Brothers Band and The Dead. I heard the show was great. Enjoy!
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Check out last night’s “Change Rocks” concert at Penn State University with The Allman Brothers Band and The Dead. I heard the show was great. Enjoy!
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DoubleSpeak’s good friend Ari Melber wrote a piece over at The Nation about a “star-studded” video just released on the interwebs.
Ari writes:
On Saturday, YouTuber user “WeCan08″ uploaded “Yes We Can,” a music video for a new Obama ballad by the Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am and director Jesse Dylan, Bob Dylan’s son. The “song” was essentially written by Barack Obama, since the lyrics are adapted from his “Yes We Can” speech after the New Hampshire primary. That speech, of course, was inspired by Cesar Chavez’s motto for a United Farm Workers hunger strike in 1972. Excerpts of Obama play throughout the video, with accompaniment from stars like John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Common, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali and Nick Cannon. The video was first reported by ABC News, which interviewed the creators.
There’s no telling if this video will catch on, but musicians have turned political speeches into popular songs before. The most famous example is Haile Selassie’s 1963 address to the UN, which Bob Marley put to music in the song “War.”
If you haven’t had a chance to see the video, you have to take a look. Pretty powerful stuff.
Check out Angela Moore’s (D) website. She is running for Secretary of State in Georgia. Make sure you turn up your speakers.
Philadelphia locals, fellow Lower Merion High Schoolers, and Friends of DoubleSpeak (FOD), The Brakes bring their unique brand of blues rock to the Theatre of the Living Arts on South St tomorrow night. We’re big fans of these guys, featuring them in Episode 1, and we think you will be too.
Click the image below for a video preview of the TLA!

And it’s not just us who enjoy The Brakes so much. You may have spotted them on TV over the past few weeks repping for H&R Block. And if you’re in Austin, TX next week you’ll be able to catch them performing at this year’s South by Southwest Festival.
Give a listen to Life’s Work and come on out to the show tomorrow night.