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TIL "This machine kills fascists" is a message that American musician Woody Guthrie placed on his guitar in the mid-1940s, starting in 1943. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here's an interesting article about the same musician: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-07-21/why-woody-guthries-guitar-was-a-fascist-killer.html

Relevant paragraph:

Woody Guthrie’s guitar didn’t kill fascists because it fired bullets. It killed by neutralizing the fascists. Music, like culture, has the power to defeat right-wing extremists and their antidemocratic ideas rooted in xenophobia, racism, homophobia and sexism. Guthrie fought using ideas, language, music and the shared desire to build a better future together.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

If you are interested in watching one of the most awkward movies ever, you should check out Alice's Restaurant, based on a song by Woody Guthrie's son, Arthur Guthrie.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

It was shocking how sexist we were in the 60s.

Similar to how I feel about listening to Guthrie celebrate smoke rising from industrial chimneys.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Arlo is also notourious for his recording of The City of New Orleans. He didn't write it, but he made it famous, and it has since been recorded by just about everyone.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

*Arlo

But yeah, the movie was pretty bad. It's based somewhat on real events but with a lot of made up shit thrown in that Arlo himself didn't like. The real-life Alice actually just died a few weeks ago.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But that's not the name of the restaurant, that's just the name of the song

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

And the movie.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Woody Guthrie's son, ~~Arthur~~ Arlo Guthrie..

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks. I use voice to text and really need to proofread more often.

I swear, voice to text was better on Android 12 than after it got the big upgrade on Android 13 (if I'm recalling the versions correctly). Though it was still an issue then.

Edit calling: Correcting voice to text grammar

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick, and they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it—in harmony—they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of 'em. And three people do it—three, can you imagine?—three people walking in, singing a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out?—they may think it's an organization. And can you—can you imagine fifty people a day—I said fifty people a day!—walkin' in, singin' a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. And friends, they may think it's a movement! And that's what it is, the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacree Movement, and all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar. With feeling

So we'll wait til it comes around on the guitar here, and sing it when it does.‎‎ Here it comes.‎

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I miss my friends on the group W bench

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So good. The blind justice punch line always got me

Same as the "I wanna keeel!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It has so many great gags and one liners, this song never fails to cheer me up just a bit any time I hear it.