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"Anyone who is American and doesn't vote for Ron Paul and lets the knuckl..."
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"Anyone who is American and doesn't vote for Ron Paul and lets the knuckleheads win should move to China. "
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SION & The Cat Scratch Combo 2011.2.27 @ 名古屋クラブクアトロ 「SION デビュー25周年記念S...
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SION & The Cat Scratch Combo 2011.2.27 @ 名古屋クラブクアトロ 「SION デビュー25周年記念Special Live」
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Watch the official music video of "We Are The Many" here: http...
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Watch the official music video of "We Are The Many" here: http://www.youtub...
Download the song for FREE here: http://makanamusi...
Hawaii video interview with Makana by Civil Beat. Included performance of We Are The Many. Makana Live in Civil Beat Newsroom: http://www.civilb...
Occupy With Aloha: A definitive article on the on the APEC Occupation... The Many, Not the Few: An Anthem for Occupy: http://www.religi...
Makana talks about money and debt slavery in lead in to We Are The Many at event this weekend. ""We Are The Many" Makana Live Kaua'i 11.17.11" http://www.youtub...
Taken on 11.12.11 in Honolulu on the grounds of the Hale Koa
My guitar tech shot this with a camera phone during my performance for the World Leaders Dinner at APEC, which was hosted by the First Family.
He had to be extremely discreet as Secret Service had warned those on site that any phones used to capture photography or video would be confiscated. Since he has a guitar tuner app on the phone we were able to justify having it out, but grabbing video was not easy. We were under constant surveillance. Personally I like to have video of every performance. It's my art and my right.
About an hour into my set of generally ambient guitar music and Hawaiian tunes, I felt inspired to share some songs that resonated with the significance of the occasion.
I sang a few verses from "Kaulana Na Pua" (a famous Hawaiian protest song in honor of the anniversary of our Queen's passing), then segued into Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", Sting's "Fragile", and finally my newest song "We Are The Many".
My goal was not to disturb the guests in an offensive fashion but rather to subliminally fill their ears and the entire dinner atmosphere with a message that might be more effectively received in a subconscious manner. I sweetly sang lines like "You enforce your monopolies with guns/ While sacrificing our daughters and sons/ But certain things belong to everyone/ Your thievery has left the people none". The event protocol was such that everyone there kept their expressions quite muffled. Now and then I would get strange, befuddled stares from heads of state. It was a very quiet room with no waiters; only myself, the sound techs, and the leaders of almost half the world's population.
If I had chosen to disrupt the dinner and force my message I would have been stopped short. I instead chose to deliver an extremely potent message in a polite manner for a prolonged interval.
I dedicate this action to those who would speak truth to power but were not allowed the opportunity.
Me ka ha'aha'a,
Makana
Notes: We Are The Many is a free download at http://makanamusi...
The full music video is posted to Youtube at: http://www.youtub...
HQ video is posted to Vimeo at: http://vimeo.com/...
Thanx for sharing the song!
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The Entire Dark side of the moon synchronized with the wizard of oz cued...
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The Entire Dark side of the moon synchronized with the wizard of oz cued exactly when the mgm lion roars. So many similarities. Coincidence?
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