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A New Offering from the Quirky Cass McCombs

by DarwinL0258 Posted on January 11, 2016

Mother Jones

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The gifted Cass McCombs is often viewed as a modern example of the traditional singer-songwriter, but he’s also capable of heading off in plenty of other interesting directions when he thinks nobody’s paying close attention. Ranging from 2003 to 2014, the aptly named A Folk Set Apart: Rarities, B-Sides & Space Junk, Etc. collects stray 7″ singles, outtakes, and other marginalia that underscores his versatility with an intriguing mix of buoyant power pop, rowdy punk-rock, bluesy raveups, and even a whimsical guitar instrumental. Highlights include “Bradley Manning,” a brooding protest ballad, and the breathtaking dreamscape “Minimum Wage.” More than the throwaway it might seem at first, this is one of McCombs’ best albums, which is saying something.

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Fuels America Highlights How the Oil Industry Rigs the Tax Code

by Posted on June 3, 2014

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Fuels America Highlights How the Oil Industry Rigs the Tax Code

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The Fuels America coalition launched a significant, targeted digital advertising campaign to highlight over a century of sweetheart tax breaks for oil companies at working Americans’ expense.

The ads are running around The Woodlands, Texas, where oil companies are holding their annual forum to discuss industry strategies around taxes – a celebratory day for an industry that takes billions in subsidies out of taxpayers’ pockets to repurchase their own stocks and pay their CEOs tens of millions of dollars.

The advertisements, which warn viewers not to “let Big Oil rig the tax code,” links to a page on the Oil Rigged webpage that highlights the over $470 billion that’s been injected into oil industry coffers at Americans’ expense, just so oil companies can turn around and rig the system to block competition from America’s homegrown renewable fuels.

“While the oil industry enjoys a gusher of income from a rigged tax code, you pay more at the pump – and Big Oil enjoys outsized profits,” says the Oil Rigged page. “Don’t let Big Oil keep rigging the tax system against homegrown renewable fuels – which save money at the pump, burn cleaner, and create jobs at home.”

While the oil industry reaped $93 billion in profits last year and continued dodging the tax burden the rest of us have to shoulder, renewable fuels generate $14.5 billion in tax revenue every year.

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Drive-by Truckers’ Long Road Stretches On

by Keith44Mvbrhqr Posted on March 10, 2014

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Drive-By Truckers
English Oceans
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Twelve studio albums is a long time to maintain your edge, but Drive-By Truckers show no signs of fatigue on the compelling English Oceans. While the band has maintained a consistent identity over the years, telling hard-luck stories of everyday people with nonjudgmental eloquence, subtle changes have helped them stay fresh, namely new faces in the supporting cast and a gradual shift to a greater sharing of creative power. Where Patterson Hood seemed to be the main driving force in the early days, fellow writer and singer Mike Cooley has emerged as a more substantial and confident contributor, and provides 6 of the 13 songs here. His folkier voice may sound too understated at first, but serves as an effective counterpoint to Hood’s bluesier and brasher displays. Highlights include “Made Up English Oceans,” inspired by real-life political smear master Lee Atwater, and the epic, eight-minute lament “Grand Canyon.”

Equally adept at dirty, two-fisted rock and tender ballads, Drive-By Truckers still have their mojo. Long may they roll.

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