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Kick Out The Jaamoo for Music Is Revolution™
Music Is Revolution™ is very pleased to be among the recipients of the proceeds from t-shirt sales on the newly launched jaamoo.com.
According to founder Mohan Chhabra, Jaamoo is the convergence of music, technology and people in the formation of one of the world's largest on-line platform/communities to enjoy and consume music. The site will provide very deep content - both licensed and contributed by its members - and boasts a database of over 500,000 musical artists. Chhabra has chosen The Music Is Revolution™ Foundation as one of the recipients of Jaamoo's Support The Arts component. Go to jaamoo.com. to learn more.
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MC5's Michael Davis Breaks A Leg On Stage - Literally
Michael Davis broke his right femur Saturday, April 21, 2007, at the Taurus Rokkarolla in Turin, Italy. He fell from a concrete ramp while exiting to the backstage area after a special guest performance with Italian rockers OJM. He awaited surgery to repair the broken bone, after which he returned home to Los Angeles. This was the fourth show in OJM's 12-city tour of Italy, France, Switzerland and Spain to promote their release "Under The Thunder" (Go Down Records), produced by Davis. Reluctantly, OJM completed the tour without Michael, but they were determined to rock hard enough every night to make him as proud of them as they are of the record he created with them.
Michael appeared as special guest on Dave Marsh's Sirius Radio program "Kick Out The Jams" on Sunday, May 13th, 2007, to discuss the Music Is Revolution Foundation, and performed with former MC5 manager John Sinclair at Jimmy's Diner in New York City the same night. From his hospital bed in Citta, Italy, Michael's message was this: "I would really appreciate it if, from now on, nobody tells me to break a leg when I go on stage."
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The Music Is Revolution™ Foundation is receiving applications for many mini-grants. It is our intention to fulfill as many requests as we can. Your contributions are most appreciated. Thank you to all of you who have sent donations. We are committed to the punk rock, D.I.Y. style lowest overhead imaginable so that we can get the money raised straight to the teachers and the students. And it is working. We are grateful to all of you who contribute your time and resources so that we are not a big, bloated, non-profit machine with huge expenses and a gauntlet for teachers to run just for the "privilege" of competing for funds. We are very pleased with the feedback that teachers all over the country are giving us and even more pleased that we are all a Part of the Solution.
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The Music Is Revolution™ Foundation welcomes newest "Members of the Bored" poet, jazz musician, former manager of the MC5 and former leader of the White Panther Party, John Sinclair and former radio promotions exec for Capitol Records, current Beverly Hills realtor, marathon runner, and fundraising superhero Ryan Dupuis. Look for their pics, profiles and quotes under "The Bored." We are honored and know that thousands of students will benefit from the hard work of these two men.
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Thank You to Thunder Watso of Greasedaddy Productions for holding the very first benefit concert for Music Is Revolution™. The money raised helped fulfill our first grant request. Sixth grade teacher Rebecca Caruso of Cleveland Elementary School in Pasadena, California is the very first recipient of a Michael H. Davis The Music Is Revolution™ Mini-Grant. Ms. Caruso's class will benefit from a project called "Beyond The Notes" in which Ms. Caruso will integrate Classical, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Blues, Folk and Opera music into a six-week aspect of the Open Court Reading Program via CDs, computer software and workbooks. Ms. Caruso's students will gain a better understanding of these musical genres and of the cultural relevance of music thanks to this program.
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Michael Davis and lead Lord of Altamont Jake Cavaliere will be appearing on "Punk Becomes Eclectic" on Tuesday, March 13th at 4:00pm on 88.9 fm and www.kuci.org to guest DJ and talk about Music Is Revolution™. For more info, check out www.myspace.com/punkbecomeseclectic.
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Thank you to photographer Sue Rynski for the shout-out for the Music Is Revolution™ Foundation in her Top Ten For 2006 Picks right here: http://www.i94bar.com/staff.html. Thanks Sue.
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We have many projects in the works right now and will continue to fill you in right here and on www.myspace.com/musicisrevolution. Look for Music Is Revolution.Org t-shirts, buttons, and stickers coming soon. Remember, whenever you purchase anything with the Music Is Revolution.Org logo, 100% of the profits will go directly to helping teachers bring music education to children in public schools in the U.S.
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Want to know how you can Be A Part of the Solution? Please email us at info@musicisrevolution.org. We have lots of opportunities for volunteers both near and far.
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