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Music Video: "Yuba City" by U Utah Phillips - Classic Protest Song about "Invisible" Farmworkers... Nameless People... Chords and Lyrics and Behind the Music...

Me Singing This Song...

Yuba City by U Utah Phillips
(A Farming Town between Chico and Sacramento on Highway 99 in California...) 
Based on a True Story...

 A                 E
I came into Yuba as soon as I read
   D                        A
Of all of those twenty-five hobos found dead
  A                       D
I came in to find out if one of the slain
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Could have answered to my brother's name
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It might be your brother, I just couldn't say
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We hire lots of floaters who work by the day;
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Now I see his photo they might be the same
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But I never did ask him his name

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Chorus: If I had a list and if I only knew
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I'd write down their names and sing them to you
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And when I got done, I'd sing them again
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So you'd all know each one had a name
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He had a room and ran out on the rent
 D                       A
Hired on a crew, I don't know where he went
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If I knew his boss, I might make a claim
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But I never did write down his name

   A                         E
He stopped for a drink every now and again
 D                             A
Didn't look no different than hundreds of men;
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You know these old winos, they all look the same
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No reason to ask him his name
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It might have been Shorty, a feller I knew
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We bunked in the empties when the season was through
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You know, I been thinking, it sure is a shame
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I never did ask him his name

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We always abandon the old for the new
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And second-hand people get thrown away, too;
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I know it won't help, but still it explains
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Why no one remembers their names

We visited Yuba City Twice. Once for a Concert at the College by Anoushka Shankar... and the Other Time was Outdoors on a Hot Summer Night... Carlos Santana and The WHO...

U Utah Phillips Album Cover



Utah Singing the Song...

Behind the Music: 


Juan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer who was convicted of the murders of 25 migrant farm workers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter CountyCalifornia in 1971. At the time, his crimes were among the most notorious in U.S. history. Until the discovery of Dean Corll's victims in 1973, he was the deadliest known American serial killer.

Victims[edit]

All of Corona's victims were middle-aged Caucasian male drifters between the ages of 47 and 64 (except 3), most of them had criminal records and all but one were stabbed or slashed with a knife or machete.

Victims (charged)
NumberNameAgeDeath DateMethod of Killing
1John Joseph Haluka52February 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
2Sigurd E. "Pete" Beierman62February 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
3John Doe (4th victim found)UnknownFebruary 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
4John Doe (7th victim found)UnknownFebruary 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
5William Emery Kamp62February 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971Shot in the head w/ a 9 mm.
6Clarence Hocking53February 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
7John Doe (10th victim found)UnknownFebruary 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
8John Doe (12th victim found)UnknownFebruary 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
9Albert Leon "Scratchy" Hayes58February 27, 1971 – May 13, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
10Warren Jerome Kelley62On or around March 30, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
11John Henry Jackson64May 3, 1971 - May 14, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
12Joseph J. Maczak54April 26, 1971 – May 21, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
13Mark Beverly Shields56On or around April 28, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
14Donald Dale "Red" Smith60April 30, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
15James Wylie Howard64May 1, 1971 – May 13, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
16Sam Bonafiede (a.k.a. Joe Carriveau)55On or around May 6, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
17Edward Martin Cupp43May 9, 1971 – May 13, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
18Charles Levy Fleming67On or around May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
19Jonah Raggio Smallwood56On or around May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
20Elbert J.T. Riley45On or around May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
21Lloyd Wallace Wenztel60May 14, 1971 – May 22, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
22Paul Buel Allen59On or around May 15, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
23Raymond Reand Muchache47On or around May 18, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
24Kenneth Edward Whitacre40On or around May 19, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
25Melford Everett Sample59On or around May 21, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.


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Journalism: My Favorite Class in College. To Actually "BE" Woodward & Bernstein for a Semester. I Interviewed June Moxon & Went to an Earth First Tree Sit Eviction.

June is one of the Main People at the Kinetic Sculpture Race. She was Holding a Fundraiser Open House at the Kinetic Sculpture Laboratory and I Published my Interview BEFORE THE EVENT so Maybe Students That Read the Lumberjack Newspaper WERE MOTIVATED to buy a ticket and Go... My Article Might have Helped Finance the Event! and The RACE!


I Learned a Couple of things in that Class.

If You see Something and Say Something that's an "Opinion" Piece. If You Ask Three People What They Saw... That's a "News" Piece.

I Also Learned to Say Everything You Have to Say in ONE SENTENCE. Then, Say Everything You Have to Say in ONE PARAGRAPH. Then, Say Everything You Have to Say in the Rest of the Article...

The Reader May decide that the Subject is NOT INTERESTING after One Sentence... and Move on to the Next Article... OR they May Read One Paragraph... and then Move on... RARELY do they Read More than That...

I took that Class because My Guidance Councillor said That The Lumberjack Newspaper was Going to Create an Online Edition and the Journalism Department Needed some Computer Experts to Help Them...

Dr. Hal Campbell Said: "This will be an excellent REAL WORLD Learning Experience. Someone Wants Something Done On the Computer... and You are Hired to Make it Happen."
The Allegory of the Cave by Plato:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nHj3gL_JN0


One thing I Never Did was to Interview a Hostile Witness... Woodward and Bernstein were Famous for getting people to Talk that did not want to Talk...

I Always Interviewed People that Were GLAD to See Me... Like: "I'm a Reported for the Lumberjack Newspaper and I'm Writing a Story About What You Are Doing Because It's Interesting."



Earth First! Movie: "Who Bombed Judi Beri?" In 1990 the FBI Bombed Activists Darryl Cherney and Judi Beri. The FBI was Fined $400,000 but Did Not ADMIT Guilt... and they Never Paid a Penny...

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/08/who-bombed-judi-beri.html

Trump Pardoned Michael Milken... Greed FREAK Mikey did Evil in Northern California... Loaning Charles Hurwitz enough JUNK BOND Money to Buy Pacific Lumber in Humboldt County... and Then Hurwitz Cut Down Thousands of Old Growth Redwoods... Once the Highly profitable trees were cut, Hurwitz stole the Pension Fund, Declared Bankruptcy and went back to Texas... and Kept all the Money...
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/02/trump-pardons-michael-milken-he-did.html

Virtual Journey: Trinity Alps, CA, USA - Simulates a Drive on the Bigfoot Highway (299) From Arcata on the Coast to Redding in the Central Valley. White Water Rafting! Gold Rush Ghost Towns!
We Start the Journey in Arcata's Central Plaza... Home to Farmer's Markets, Live Music, Parades and Spontaneous Drum Circles when it's Sunny!
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/04/highway-299-virtual-journey.html



The Headwaters Forest Coloring Book... Illustration by Mykol Blackwell. Text by Darryl Cherney. (C) 1999 Environmentally Sound Promotions. CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO SEE THEM BIGGER AND DOWNLOAD, PRINT...
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-headwaters-forest-coloring-book.html

Photo of what the plants look like FIVE Years after a Redwood Forest CLEARCUT near Eureka, California... MAXXAM SUXX - Earth First! Treesit Eviction Documented...

Taken on Greenwood Heights Road in Freshwater, California... The Pampas Grass THRIVES on all that brand new SUNSHINE... after MAXXAM cut down the Old Growth Redwoods, this hillside became Sunny and Warm.


It is easy to find this Location to see what it's like today... Simply Turn into the Freshwater Valley from Old Arcata Road and Take the First LEFT at the School... Drive up the hill in the Dark Forest... When it gets Sunny All of a Sudden, Park... That's the Location of the Clearcut...

MY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
Tree Sit Ecology Protest at Freshwater, near Eureka, CA 2003 - Earth First! - Complete Text of a Newspaper Article I wrote for the Humboldt State University Lumberjack. and Photographs...

HEADLINE: 8 arrested March 18th in Freshwater tree-sit. Trees chainsawed to death.

Freshwater Clearcut Logging near Eureka, CA

This morning I drove to Beautiful Freshwater (near Eureka, California) to visit the Tree Sitters. There were 10 sheriff's cars and 5 highway patrol cars. I saw 3 people handcuffed and then put in a sheriff's van. One person down the road was handcuffed and in the custody of a different sheriff. This lady was wearing "press" dogtags and was complaining that all she was doing was taking photographs. There were about 40 people standing around, talking on cell phones and playing drums. I could hear the sound of chainsawing. Then a large tree fell over. It makes a tearing sound then a big thump and a wail arose from the people. When four highway patrol cars stopped in the middle of the crowd and turned on their spinning lights, I left.(I was afraid of the police...protect and serve...corporations) As I was walking to my truck I noticed another highway patrolman writing tickets. I asked a citizen what that was all about and he said "don't worry about getting a parking ticket, none of these people will pay them anyway". I am concerned about the highway patrol being there. THERE CLEARLY WERE NO HIGHWAY RELATED PROBLEMS THERE. What's up with parking tickets? We were in the middle of the forest.









...this part written later that night...
We went to a protest to defend redwood trees today. There are 8 people that are camping at the top of redwood trees to prevent loggers from chainsawing the trees. The owners of the forest (Palco/MAXXAM) hired a guy (eric schatz)to climb up the trees and forcibly evict the trespassers. Then the Humboldt county sheriff's arrest the tree-sitters and send them to jail. Yesterday, there were 7 tree sitters and the police arrested 3 people. Then, during the night, 4 people went up. The grand total of people INCREASED. The loggers started chainsawing at the bottom of a tree that had people camping in it. This action enraged the crowd. We feel that if a logger cuts down a tree with a person in it that it is dangerous to that person. The loggers cut away a 2 foot circle of bark all the way around the tree. Someone said that was called "girthing" and the purpose was to kill the tree. My wife decided that some medicine was needed for the tree, so we went to the hardware store and bought a bucket of "tree wound" compound. It is used to seal the bare wood after pruning. We drove back to the ecology protest and she (with help from others) spread the healing compound on the bare wood. I got to spend a lot of time talking to a knowledgeable fellow named "Atilla". He said that the MAXXAM corporation has to cut down redwood trees in order to pay the interest on a giant "junk bond" debt. MAXXAM, a texas corporation, purchased the Pacific Lumber Company about 10 years ago in a hostile takeover financed by "junk bonds" that they got from Mike Milken. (remember, Ivan Boesky and Mike went to jail for wall street fraud) I saw on the News tonight that our governor, Gray Davis, has ordered the highway patrol to work 12 hour shifts to help defend the state of California from "terrorist" attacks. GEE, WHY WERE ALL THOSE CHPs OUT IN THE FOREST TODAY ? WHAT TERRORIST ATTACKS WERE THEY DEFENDING US FROM ? Atilla also told me why there were large trucks that look like they carry sand. They are used to haul gravel to build logging roads. After I left the protest in the morning, I drove way back into the woods and noticed large orange trucks with PALCO on the doors. The reason Palco hired a subcontractor (eric schatz)to do "tree service" is to protect themselves from lawsuits in case anyone gets hurt.
How to get there: From highway 101 traveling North, Take the Myrtle ave exit in Eureka and drive to Freshwater road. Take a right and then an IMMEDIATE left onto Greenwood Heights road. Drive 2 miles. When you see all the sheriff cars, you are there. From Arcata, travel south on 101 to Indianola cutoff. Take a left and drive to Myrtle ave. Take a right on Myrtle. Left on Freshwater road.


Pile of Wasted Trees


Logging Road near Eureka, CA


View of Humboldt Bay from Greenwood Heights Road, Freshwater, CA




Great Books: The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey Illustrated by Robert Crumb



This Book Inspired the Ecology Organization Earth First!
Read it and be inspired too.
http://www.earthfirst.org/

Silly Story!
A Trump supporter was seated next to an older woman on an airplane and he turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”
The old woman, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger,
“What would you want to talk about?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said the man. “How about how they stole the election in 2020 and Donald Trump should be president.”
“Okay,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”
The man, visibly surprised by the old woman’s intelligence, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”
To which the old woman replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss politics, when you don’t know shit?”



PragerU Says: Slavery: FREE Boat Ride to America... Guaranteed Job For Life! Who Would Turn Down an Offer Like That? Classic GOP SPIN... Technically True but Totally Missing REALITY...

PragerU SUXX - They write textbooks telling false tales about history... Like: Slavery taught skills that Blacks could use to improve their own lives. Contact Info... 

PragerU SUXX - They write textbooks telling false tales about history... Like: Slavery taught skills that Blacks could use to improve their own lives.

On the Florida K-5 ELA Supplemental Book 
Opt-Out Form: You May Request...
"My Child is Not Allowed to See or Be Exposed
to Any PragerU Materials At All! Thank You!"

Link to Their Main Website: 

For general inquiries: info@prageru.com

For Example: You Could Write 'em an Email Protesting False History Lessons!

I said: "Are Your Books Teaching ACCURATE HISTORY? I've heard that they are Republicriminal Propaganda Designed to Brainwash Children... "Grooming" Future Generations to be Mind Control Slaves. Is This True? Are You Demonically Possessed?"

Prager University Foundation
15021 Ventura Blvd. #552
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
(833) 772-4378

Headline: PragerU Says Florida Teachers Approved to Use Its Class ‘Curriculum’
It’s the latest shakeup to Florida’s public education curriculum, which has taken a sharp conservative turn under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ leadership.
The Florida Department of Education told The Daily Beast in an email that it determined PragerU Kids’ material “aligns to Florida’s revised civics and government standards” and can be used by school districts at their discretion.
The announcement comes less than a week after the state announced middle school students would be taught that slavery was beneficial to some Black people, and as DeSantis actively cheerleads the Moms For Liberty—classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center—as they fight to restrict education about race and gender.

Florida’s attacks on academic freedom just got even worse.

In a years-long campaign that now seems destined to end with a third-place finish in Iowa, DeSantis reshaped Florida in his image, pursuing culture-war fights that he hoped would grab media attention and convince Republican primary voters that he was hurting their most hated enemies.
Among these was the seizure and restructuring of New College of Florida, a public liberal arts college in Sarasota that was long known in the state for its curious students, eclectic faculty and countercultural bent.

Mass Exodus at New College After DeSantis’ Conservative Takeover.

New College of Florida is in complete chaos after Gov. Ron DeSantis staged a conservative takeover of the school earlier this year. Now, with the semester’s start just weeks away, students are being greeted with housing issues, canceled classes, and missing professors. Since DeSantis appointed six new right-wing trustees to the school’s board in January, more than 40 faculty members have quit the small public college. 

There Was Fifteen Years of Peace Following the End of The Vietnam War. WE WOKE UP! Americans Refused to Participate in Bogus Wars for Corporate Profit.

Who Won the War? DOW CHEMICAL AND HUGHES AIRCRAFT. Selling Napalm, Agent Orange and Helicopters...

There Was Fifteen Years of Peace Following the End of The Vietnam War. WE WOKE UP! Americans Refused to Participate in Bogus Wars for Corporate Profit.

Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - purple64ets - Gregory Vanderlaan
Think for Yourself and Question Authority

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 #protest #insane #American #History #Vietnam #Peace #Love #AntiWar #Pentagon #madness #RefuseNik #GoAWOL #GlobalAwakening #MushroomVision #Hippy #Trippy #Awareness #Cosmic



Read a Book - My Favorites MEME - a part of the gvan42 FREE COLORING BOOK - Print this art and Color using Felt Pens - Gregory Vanderlaan
Read a Book - My Favorites
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/07/great-book-americas-bogus-wars-since.html

A Brief History of the Vietnam War. 58,000 American Soldiers Died for Nothing... Something They Don't Teach in School... "Too Controversial"

During the 1950s Americans went into a Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and fallout shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs. During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "the Domino Principle"while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was that one by one those countries over there would turn Commie and soon they would take over Mexico and threaten the American Way of Life. Soon, President Eisenhower and Kennedy sent advisors to help the South Vietnamese soldiers fight the North Vietnamese soldiers. Then President Johnson sent even More American Soldiers to fight the Viet Cong. Then President Nixon continued the War for another 5 years before eventually he decided to allow the South Vietnamese to fight their own war and we left. Quickly the South lost and thousands of Boat People fled South Vietnam because they thought they would be killed. As it turned out, The Domino Principle was false. Communism did not take over the world. The entire war was a waste of lives and money.
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-brief-history-of-vietnam-war-58000.html


Photographs from an Anti Iraq War Protest March in Eureka, California. We had MANY protest Marches and History Has Proved Bush was Totally Wrong. Dumb as a Rock!


Impeach Sign and Political Theater Actors posing as a Widow with a Baby Buggy and a Gitmo Prisoner... at a Peace March in Eureka, CA... The Iraq War was an IDIOT Action by G W Bush (the son) and his evil henchmen Cheney and Dumbsfeld...


anti war protest march in eureka, ca - Iraq War was an Idiot Action by Bush, Cheney and Dumbsfield

Why Fly All The Way To Europe or Hawaii For Your Vacation? We've Got It All Right Here in California... NOW WITH LEGAL WEED!

Sure, They Have Amsterdam, Rome, Liverpool and Copenhagen but We Have San Francisco, Arcata, Chico and LA... Sure, They Have The Banzai Pipeline and Waimea Bay in Hawaii... But We Have Maverick's, Blacks Beach and All those Surfing Spots in SoCal that the Beach Boys Sang About... 

If You Visit Humboldt County you can see the Tallest Trees in the Entire World, The Redwoods... and Smoke The Finest Marijuana... The Kind Bud is Legal for All Adults. 


But If You Can't Come Here in Person... Try These Links... 

Arcata
Eureka
Chico
Los Gatos
San Francisco
San Jose
Berkeley
Crescent City
Mount Shasta


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During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.


During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...

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Military Death Chart USA

AMERICA'S BOGUS WARS - Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended The USA, Not Even Once.

Ever since Victory in Japan, All of Our Wars have been Marketing to Sell Weapons for the Military Industrial Complex.







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