http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:42:36 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/06/102822.php#comment-702832 Picked up this CD (IRAQ) last week - brutally honest, timely & it rocks! One of the best statements to come out of this misadventure we find ourselves in. A tip o the hat to Black 47! BF2inNYC 702832@blogcritics.org Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:42:36 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/06/102822.php#comment-701929 I've been a Black '47 fan for years. I have seen reviews of this album which totally miss the point. This, is not one of them. This is an album FOR the men over there. That get lost in the media hype and misdirection which we get back here. We're told the war is over, yet people are fighting and dying. We're told they are there for our safety yet, most of us feel no more safe. Black '47 has always been political. If they are talking about the politics of Ireland or England over the last few centuries, or the politics of America today you should be no more surprised. But for anyone who thinks this is about cutting and running and "giving in to terrorists" really take a good hard listen to these songs. Songs taken from the words of our military men and women who are actually there in Iraq, not sitting at their desks in the safety of their homes with their families totally missing the point. 701929@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:38:18 EDT