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 Professor Mikey here in the Old School, with a podcast that celebrates Freedom of the Press, the true buzz you get when you are kept aware of the world going on around you by true professionals who have no fear about job security because they have been hired to tell the truth.You got it. A rock and roll Old School episode that shouts out the greatest of newspapers like the New York Times , Mother Jones, and Rolling Stone. The best news reporters, like Walter Cronkite, John Chancellor, Clark Kent, and Kaitlin Collins. The best journalists like Lester Bangs, Anderson Cooper, Lillian Hellman, and Hunter S. Thompson. The list goes on. But this is a cautionary tale because we really only think about Freedom of the Press when it is under attack.Before we rock, take note that in 2005 American newspapers reached 50 million readers. Today that number is down to below 20 million. Newspapers are shutting down at the rate of about ten a month. Over the last 20 years 2,866 newspapers have vanished.Being aware of the news was always on the minds of rock stars. Like Elvis said:“I heard the news, I heard the news, I heard the news. There’s good rocking tonight.) John and Paul read the news today, oh boy. Bob Dylan knew you didn’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.Any relationship between the news of the past and what’s happening today is strictly intentional. I’m just waiting for Rachel Maddow to quote Janis Joplin: “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.”The number of newspapers are down, but great news coverage is available on your phone. If you ever hear anyone publicly bashing news and truth, justice and the American way be suspicious. Be very suspicious.Coming up we drop the needle on REM from their 1987 album Document. Joe McCarthy, the junior senator from Wisconsin made a lot of headlines in the early 50s as he carried out an honest to witch witch hunt across government and military lines in an attempt to out alleged communists. Finding Communists in the State Department was McCarthy’s generations weapons of mass destruction. What tripped him up was the Freedom of the Press, as championed by Edward R Murrow. Here’s the story behind the song Exhuming McCarthy from REM:The First Amendment is always #1 on the charts and it should be in our hearts and minds.Thanks for reading Professor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL! This post is public so feel free to share it.🇺🇸Freedom of the Playlist🏴‍☠️📻Extra Extra*Tommy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)/Sunday Papers*Joe Jackson (1979)/Yesterday’s Papers*The Rollling Stones (1967)/News of the World*The Cure (1978)/Newspaper Mama*Peter Combe (1988)/Get Your Paper*Eddie Fisher (1953)/You Haven’t Done Nothing*Stevie Wonder (1974)/Don’t Believe the Hype*Public Enemy (1988)/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised*Gil-Scott Heron (1971)/TV Weatherman*Lothar and the Hand People (1968)/Exhuming Joe McCarthy*REM (1987)/ Pledging My Love*Johnny Ace/The Late Great Johnny Ace*Paul Simon/A Day in the Life ()*The Beatles (1967)/7:00 News-Silent Night*Simon and Garfunkel (1966)Amendment 1️⃣Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.Most of what you have just heard was inspired by the news of the day, something that has been protected by our revolutionary forefathers since 1789 when it was ratified in the original Bill of Rights. Much of this has referred to the importance as well as the commonality of a free press. Our closing set however is a bit more personal. Songs about how we remember where we were or what we were doing when we heard disturbing news.It begins with Johnny Ace, a 25 year old singing star who accidentally took his own life backstage in Houston Texas on December 25, 1954.Early reports suggested a game of Russian Roulette. Later eyewitness reports said that Ace had been drinking, and was merely playing with his pistol. As for “Pledging My Love” it hit #1 on the R&B chart on February 12, 1955 and stayed there for 10 weeks. Sad but true Johnny Ace became the first act to reach the Billboard pop charts only after death.Nearly 30 years later, Paul Simon wrote about the event in the second song in the set.” In that one he mentions another artist, who sings in the following song about the demise of a 21 year old Irish socialite. Because this song is so famous, Old School decided to air a lesser known version of various outtakes recorded in January and February of 1967, about a month after the fatal car accident that inspired the work in the first place.As we near the 60th anniversary of the recording of the last song, Paul Simon returns with partner Art Garfunkel to perform a Christmas song that was first recorded in 1905. The duo recorded it over a series of 1966 headlines, ...
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