Bill Rosendahl Introduces the Mayor. The ceremony took place at Beyond Baroque in Venice Califormia on or about June 28 2009. The event was sponsored by the Venice Beachead. www.freevenice.org

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Venice loves Suzy Williams. Her song answers the question, "Who the hell is Moomat Ahiko?". I didn't know either. Steve Weisberg's "Let's Go Bowling" should be the theme song for every bowling alley...in the world. Gerry! Is this the same Steve Weisberg? http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ph p/musician.php?id=11250 I'm impressed.

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Shahrzad gives a dramatic reading of her poetry. Recorded at the Venice Beachhead's International Women's Day Event at Beyond Baroque in Venice.

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Tom Paxton sings about "Fannie Mae" in one of his classic "Short Shelf-life Songs." More can be found on his website at http://tompaxton.com

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Lest we be accused of misrepresenting their views, actual Libertarians have been kicking around this take on Somalia with a straight face for some time now. No shit: http://mises.org/story/2066

A more nuanced completely insane view is that Somalia has been awesome-ized by Anarchism, not Libertarianism. http://www.reason.com/blog/sho w/117519.html.
Fair 'nuff, but as far as we can tell the difference between a Libertarian and an Anarchist usually seems to be a bachelor's degree.

So, it's fun to see folks like Glenn Beck eagerly veering into freaky yee-hah populist Libertarian zone. Go for it, guys. That's rebuilding the ol' brand.

By THE PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATION:

Andy Cobb
Josh Funk
Nyima Funk
Marc Evan Jackson
Mark Kienlen
David Pompeii
Marc Warzecha

Written and Directed by: Andy Cobb
Produced by: Mark Kienlen and Andy Cobb
Narrator: Marc Evan Jackson
Gal: Nyima Funk
Fellah: Andy Cobb

A couple notes on music:

1. The music used in this video isn't Somali, or even close to it. It was, however, free to use. Gotta like that.

2. It's easy to hate on Ted Nugent for participating in Fox News Tea Party promotions, but in all sincerity: "Wango Tango" is a badass song, and it's hard to argue with his solo on "Stranglehold." Ted, we'll still gladly pay to see you at whatever State Fair you're playing next.

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Peter Case takes on Pico Blvd after closing time.

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Performance of Mr. John Cage. [via http://blog.wfmu.org/]

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http://www.royzimmerman.com

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U. Utah Phillips performs at the Strawberry Music Festival Spring 2007. Starlight on the Rails is available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Starligh t-Rails-Songbook-Utah-Phillips /dp/B00080Z67E

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This is his performance at the 2007 Strawberry Music Festival.
www.utahphillips.org

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His Performance at the Strawberry Music Festival Spring 2007 - Part 3

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This is Jackson Brown's Performance of Drums of War at the March 17, 2007 anti-Iraq war demonstration in Hollywood, California.
Recorded by Suzanne Thompson.

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Ben Harper performs at an anti Iraq war rally in Hollywood.

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Ben Harper's performance at the Anti Iraq war rally March 18 2007 in Hollywood

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