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Touch Me I'm Sick


Posted by Lyle On Aug 14, 2009

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It is a rough line to cross, mixing your rock and your politics... for every great MC5 jam you'll get the Dead Kennedy's "In God We Trust."  Well, out of the Fiery Furnaces comes a thankfully non-musical stance on Health Care Reform.  They are actually turning their gigs into pro-health care rallies.  Even better, they are also asking all bands to do the same.

From FF:Why not have some information at your merch table, letting people know how they can support health care reform? Why not put someone on your guest list who can talk to people about how they can support health care reform? Why not mention that sort of thing from the stage, in the midst of one of your charming in-between-song monologues?
Web-sites: why not ask all those bands to do that sort of thing? Right up until September 8th, when Congress comes back in session.


So what can the Bank Robber do? Ok, how about this... any supervisor who places the Fiery Furances before Sept 8th,   I will kick part of my commission over to something like SaveHealthCareWhoopWhoop.org.com.etc (ok charity to be named later).

Here's the FF latest video:




And my favorite track off the new record:



Kick out the jams,

Lyle

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