What’s up friends?
Happy belated New Year!
By
now you know me well enough to know that you’ll never get one of these
on the first of the month. Every landlord I ever had learned the same
thing.
So
how are you? I really mean that. For those new to this list, I want you
to know that this is not a one-way conversation. Every month I send
this newsletter out to people from all over the world. Please write back
to me and let me know what you think, what sorts of activist projects
you are working on, what’s important in your community.
If
you have a specific campaign, project, or event that you want me to
feature, send it along and I will do my best help spread the word. I
really love playing music. But what I love more is mutual aid and
collective liberation. Know what I mean?
This month:
1) Touring Europe this Summer! It’s happening.
2) A simple thing you can do to spread the message
3) NEW VIDEO: Back to the Roots opens for The Coup, PUTS, Japanther!
4) MLK’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech is copyrighted. Share it anyway.
5) Upcoming Shows and Tours
1) Touring Europe this Summer! It’s happening.
The
rumors are true. It will have to be a whirlwind trip, and I hope we can
get to all the places that people are and will be inviting us to, but WE ARE COMING BACK TO EUROPE THIS SUMMER!
My
two year old, Saoirse, is obsessed with trains, so I can think of no
better way to spend the summer than with a Eurail pass, my family, and a
guitar.
I already have some shows in the works with rising star UK Riot-Grrrl punk artist Louise Distras,
and am planning at least a week long stint in Ireland and a quick but
epic journey across as much of the rest of Europe as I can get to.
It all depends on you! Do
you know someone who can book a show, help promote, or put up a family
of 3 in a smoke-free bedroom somewhere in Europe? Let me know! Email: evangreer@gmail.com
with any ideas or suggestions you have. Last time I toured Europe you
all were so incredibly supportive and the tour really booked itself. I’m
hoping for a wonderful reprisal!
2) A simple thing you can do to spread the message
I
do my best to use my social media presence not just to promote my music
but to support important activist projects, campaigns, and spread the
word about what’s happening in the world.
Can you help me reach more people with that message by sharing my Twitter and Facebook pages with your friends and asking them to follow me?
It’s
one of the easiest things you can do to support my work, and it really
does make a difference. Thanks so much for your support!
3) NEW VIDEO: Back to the Roots opens for The Coup, PUTS, Japanther!
One
of my last shows of 2013 was seriously one of the most fun shows of my
life. Sometimes things just come together and a last minute change led
this night to be one of the most absurd lineups I’ve ever been a part
of.
Here’s a little DIY video I pieced together of all the performances. It features about 2/3 of my Back to the Roots set with spiritchild and Kirsten Lamb on upright bass, plus clips of explosive hip hop funk band The Coup (fronted by Boots Riley), last minute headliners People Under the Stairs (old school west coast hip-hop legends), arty-punk rockers Japanther.
4) MLK’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech is copyrighted. Share it anyway.
You’ll
find this hard to believe, but versions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
historic “I Have a Dream” speech are regularly taken down off of
YouTube. Because the speech itself is copyrighted. EMI purchased the
rights from the King family in 2009. Here’s a link to a YouTube video of
the speech that was taken down by EMI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PbUtL_0vAJk
We
at Fight for the Future felt that this was absurd. Dr. King’s call for
racial justice is too painfully relevant today to be censored by a
broken copyright system. So we made this video that included the full 17
minute MLK speech plus a short introduction explaining the dangers of
overzealous copyright law and saying that Dr. King’s message should
never be silenced.
We
uploaded the video to Vimeo on January 18th, also known as Internet
Freedom Day, the anniversary of the massive internet blackout protests
against SOPA / PIPA.
It was taken down by Vimeo within a few hours, just as it was receiving thousands of views.
We got coverage for this in Al Jazeera, the Washington Post, Mashable, CBS news, and many other places.
The
video is now back online on YouTube. For MLK weekend, please share this
video with as many people as you can, and make sure this message is
never censored again.
Link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PbUtL_0vAJk
5) Upcoming Shows and Tours
Check my website for the latest show details!
January 27, 2013: JAMAICA PLAIN, MA
EVAN GREER, DAVID ROVICS, & FOUNDATION MOVEMENT
@ Spontaneous Celebrations
45 Danforth St., JP, MA 02130
7:00pm. $12. All ages.
Advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/318696
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/362255287206529
January 30th, 2013: HARTFORD, CT
Hart N Sol presents Evan Greer@ Kabbalah House
1023 Albany Ave, Hartford, CT, 06112
$5 - 10 sliding scale. All ages.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/324852567629098/?ref=ts&fref=ts
February 8th, 2013: BOSTON, MA
Headlining @ Jacque’s Underground
79 Broadway St., Boston, MA (near Back Bay)
9pm show. 21+ (as always if you are underage i will play outside for you, contact me.)
I go on last around 11pm. $10.
With: Bozo Nightmare, Death Waltz ‘76
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/568796253149493
March 1st, 2013: EAST BOSTON, MABenefit for Jericho Movement @ Zumix
260 Summer St., East Boston, MA
Time TBA. Very special guests TBA.
March 10th, 2013: JAMAICA PLAIN, MA
First Unitarian Universalist Church
6 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA
Parental Advisory!
Cabaret of parent performers.
Not a kid-show, but a show you can bring your kids to. ;-)
3:00pm - 6:00pm. Free! Donations accepted.
April 3rd, 2013: ALLSTON, MA@Whirlybird Co-Op
With Blackbird Raum and more
Details TBA.
SUMMER 2013: IRELAND & EUROPE TOUR!
I
plan to spend at least a week in Ireland and a few weeks touring the
rest of Europe this Summer. This will be a whirlwind tour as usual and I
won’t be able to play all the countries I’d like, but please do get in
touch if you have any ideas of where we should go!
As always, email me with any booking ideas: evangreer@gmail.com, setting up a show is easier than you’d think.
