Bruce Springsteen guitarist Nils Lofgren removes his music from Spotify over Joe Rogan's 'lies and misinformation' on vaccines
The 70-year-old Bruce Springsteen guitarist made the announcement in solidarity with Neil Young, who removed his music from Spotify days earlier, by making his announcement in Young's newsletter.
Joni Mitchell has also followed suit by taking her music off the service in protest.
Lofgren, who has played on and off in Young's working group Crazy Horse, noted his long friendship with the Canadian rocker.
'We encourage all musicians, artists and music lovers everywhere, to stand with us all, and cut ties with Spotify. Music is our planet’s sacred weapon, uniting and healing billions of souls every day. Pick up your sword and start swinging,' he added, before mentioning that he was working in solidarity with Mitchell as well.
The exodus of rock legends from Spotify began after Young, 76, posted a since-deleted letter on Tuesday that took aim at Rogan, who signed an exclusive $100 million deal with Spotify in May 2020, which gave the streaming service exclusive rights to his popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.
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NY: 'Jingle Bells' Silenced at Brighton Central Schools
When she discovered "Jingle Bells" was performed publicly for the first time by white actors wearing blackface, Kyna Hamill had no idea her scholarly paper would be used to silence the holiday classic in an elementary school.
But it was.
And Hamill, a professor and director of Boston University's Core Curriculum, can't quite believe the dustup her work caused at Council Rock Primary School in Brighton, New York.
She told The Rochester Beacon in an email that she is "actually quite shocked" that her scholarly deep dive on the origin of "Jingle Bells" caused the school to "remove the song from the repertoire."
"I, in no way, recommended that it stopped being sung by children," she told the news outlet. "My article tried to tell the story of the first performance of the song, I do not connect this to the popular Christmas tradition of singing the song now.
https://patch.com/new-york/rochester-ny/jingle-bells-silenced-it-s-not-cancel-culture-school-says
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1 comment:
I read a piece reported in the national news today about a response video that Rogan released on his Instagram. I read the reporting and then looked up the video on Youtube. Talk about cherry-picking and leaving out the juicy bits about his guests and their credentials. Framing things a certain way is a less obvious form of misinformation. It is a way to do it that is more likely to slip under the radar and they can readily make up excuses if questioned about it.
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