This Machine Still Kills Fascists

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How can you take a working-class person and turn them into someone who would argue on behalf of the ultra-rich, over standing shoulder to shoulder with their fellow worker? But that’s what the people in power and wealth always wanted to do: Divide. Their biggest fear is the voice of the people and the voice of the worker united,” Casey says. “Those people in power, the elite and the wealthy, are really just laughing at us. And no one in my opinion sums that up more than Donald Trump. Pretending that he would actually spend a second of his life with the average Make America Great Again supporter that comes to his rally? Not a chance. If he didn’t look at that person as someone he could scam five dollars out of, or a vote, he would literally taser that guy.” This is a special ACOUSTIC ALBUM we wrote around previously unpublished lyrics by one of our idols, WOODY GUTHRIE !! That’s right – there’s not a guitar amplifier on this album!! PLUS we’re doing our FIRST EVER ACOUSTIC THEATER TOUR to bring these new songs – plus all yourDKMfaves – straight to you in your hometown. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 10 October 2022". The ARIA Report. No.1701. Australian Recording Industry Association. October 10, 2022. p.10.

Moreover though, This Machine Still Kills Fascists it’s just a fun record. It’s a good driving record, a good listening record, it gets the blood pumping, the foot pounding, and the fist waving. It has the perfect attitude for blowing off steam, and a populist message in a period that just like Woody’s, the gulf between the haves and the have nots is completely out of kilter, despite the ease of modernity. Some of the words and modes may be a little deprecated, but the passion cuts through and delivers a punch. Nora Guthrie explained, “I collected lyrics on all kinds of topics...lyrics that seemed to be needed to be said – or screamed – today. Ken Casey is a master at understanding Woody’s lyrics, which can be complicated, long, deadly serious, or totally ridiculous. DKM is capable of delivering them all.” a b c d e f g h John S. Partington (2011). The Life, Music and Thought of Woody Guthrie: A Critical Appraisal. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. The band's James Lynch added, “Nora gave us the privilege of going through the archives and selecting some lyrics to use. The common thread that I see through everything was this love for people and this understanding of the universal truth that there is no one person fundamentally better than another person.”Musician Rob Baker of the group The Tragically Hip has "This Machine Kills Facists" on his acoustic guitar in the official video for Bobcaygeon [ citation needed] In an interview, Casey said "...that movement didn't end with Trump. He set a model that others will now follow. It's authoritarianism and fascism 101; the press is the enemy of the people, turn people against each other." [4] Promotion [ edit ]

Next up on the album is “Never Git Drunk No More”, which Casey duets with American country singer-songwriter Nikki Lane. The song is about a guy who cannot shake his demons and promises to stop drinking for his love; she responds in repeated disbelief and threats of leaving him. It is a song as old as time, especially for those barely scraping by. Lane’s beautiful and haunting voice pairs perfectly with Casey’s in this tragic love song, but who does the singer love more, his girl or the drink? Robert Weir, ed. (2007). Class in America [Three Volumes]: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.337.

The words fascist, communist, anti-semite, racist, etc., are way over used in an attempt to *cancel* out, or evade a discussion… and guess who prompts that behavior? Projectionist, that’s who. Brown, Jennifer M. (2008-09-12). "Shelf Awareness for Friday, September 12, 2008". Shelf Awareness. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16 . Retrieved 1 August 2022. Slogan coined by Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie in March 1943 with his guitar labeled "This machine kills fascists" Dreams are just how we would like things to be, with life, love and happiness and the dreams are free- but lies cost us dear, with broken hearts and tears, so which one do you think hurts the most?- Promises they’ve made, or the lies we’ve been told?