"This is the day which the god made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
(The cool Flint photo is scanned from the label of my coffee beans, from Just Breathe Coffee Roasters.)Found out yesterday that there is a tribute to Phil Ochs playing at the Ark in Ann Arbor. Coincidence rules.
http://www.theark.org/888.html
Sunday April 30, 2006
A Tribute to Phil Ochs with Greg Greenway, John Flynn, David Roth, Magpie, Kim & Reggie Harris, Emma's Revolution & Josh White, Jr.
Show starts at 7:30 pm
Doors open at 7 pm
Buy Online ($20)
"'Every newspaper headline is a potential song.'--Phil Ochs"
Perhaps the most sincere and the most troubled artist of the 1960s folk movement, Phil Ochs was deeply admired by his peers. "I just can't keep up with Phil," said Bob Dylan. "And he's getting better and better and better." The admiration has only grown in the years since Phil Ochs's death in 1976, and this program features nationally renowned performers of all ages who have discovered and explored different aspects of Phil's legacy. Phil Ochs tributes come tonight from Greg Greenway (a Boston-based songwriter with a glorious voice), John Flynn (a Delaware songwriter and parent of four whose songs address the world he hopes his children will live in), songwriter and speaker David Roth (who describes himself as Will Rogers-meets-David Letterman-meets-James Taylor-meets-Jerry Seinfeld), Magpie (the activist duo of Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner), Kim and Reggie Harris (who've often performed with Magpie as a quartet), Emma's Revolution (the duo of Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow), and folk blues legend Josh White Jr.
Here is an Easter-ish bit to ponder:
Christ has no body now on earth but yours,no hands but yours, no feet but yours;
yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion looks out on the world,
yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.
-Teresa of Avila
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