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Report from the Front Lines (2010 Redux)

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A year has passed since the US election. The great hope for change people had has gone down the drain along with almost a trillion dollars that has flowed from the US Treasury into the mega-banks coffers.

The venerable Who played halftime at the Super Bowl singing the lines, “meet the new boss, same as the old boss”, and the truth rang out loud and clear as the words echoed around the the dome.

There is still a black man out there, who has done some hard time and just come back from the edge with a real dose of the truth as well on his brand new album.

Gil Scott-Heron is his name. The High-Def clip below is his testimony about those who make a deal with the devil.

Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OET8SVAGELA

Amen…

About Archie Patterson

Got into the music business in 1970 on FM radio in California, hosting his Eurock radio program. In 1973, created the first issue of Eurock Magazine, which published until 1990. Concurrently helped found two of the leading import music companies in the USA, Intergalactic Trading Co. & Paradox Music. From 1980-2009 Eurock evolved from being one of the first Indie distributors and promoters of Euro Rock with its own D.I.Y. Cassette & CD label into one of the earliest WWW distribution networks. Recently, in 2010, Eurock morphed into a Webzine featuring Multimedia Podcasting, Interviews & Reviews.

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