Dirt & Miners

Dirt, soil, land, minerals, real estate, property.

Australia was colonized because of its dirt!

Dirt generates wealth - whether it be by digging it up, growing things on it, chopping things down, building things on it, playing sport on it, or killing for it.

It is the basis of our whole economy and always has been.

Once upon a time Aboriginal people owned it all. In some places they still have an active voice in how it is used.

Now, in general, the Australian community owns it -for the benefit of all.

It seems criminal that individuals can make huge amounts of dollars out of a community asset, then squeal at the thought of any change to the rules.

Miners please note that the Australian community owns these non-renewable resources and are entitled to insist on a fair return.

Activism in a Postmodern World

Activists have to think and re-think how we engage with the community around us. Post modern culture and society presents a myriad of modern phenomena and dares us to be as appealing. The Internet, e-mail, music and media are prime resources that our culture has taken advantage of to provide mind, soul and spirit connections.

What we fail to appreciate is that post-moderns aren't so much interested in a "me, me, me" mentality as they are driven to participate and experience every area of life.

This resonates with me as I consider the world around us and the community we are in now. Post-modern society is driving us in this direction and it is far more experiential, participatory, image-driven, and connected in how it functions.

Top Blues Songs

This is a working list and it should be noted that it does not include much early acoustic blues, an area that almost requires a chart of its own.
These songs are not in any order of priority, rather, they are listed alphabetically.

PS It could change anytime soon too, as there are hundreds more songs I lerv to listen to!

(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man Muddy Waters
10 A.M. Automatic The Black Keys
Ain't No Sunshine Buddy Guy & Tracy Chapman
Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone Bobby "Blue" Bland
All Your Love Magic Sam
As The Crow Flies (1974) Rory Gallagher
As The Years Go Passing By Gary Moore
At Last Etta James
Baby Please Don't Go Big Joe Williams
Baby Scratch My Back Slim Harpo
Back Door Man Willie Dixon
Bad to the Bone George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Ball and Chain Big Mama Thornton
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang John Lee Hooker
Beaver Slide Rag Peg Leg Howell
Black Cat Bone (1985) Albert Collins
Black Magic Woman Fleetwood Mac
Black Snake Moan Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blues After Hours Pee Wee Crayton
Blues Before Sunrise Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
Blues Brothers Sweet Home Chicago (1980)
Boogie Chillun John Lee Hooker
Boom Boom John Lee Hooker
Boom Boom Out Go The Lights Little Walter
Boot Hill (1984) Johhny Winter
Born In Chicago Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Born Under A Bad Sign Albert King
Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bumble Bee Memphis Minnie
Catfish Blues Robert Petway
CC Rider Ma Rainey
Cherry Red (1995) Luther Allison
Cold Shot Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Come In My Kitchen Robert Johnson
Crazy Blues Mamie Smith
Cross Road Blues Robert Johnson
Crossfire Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Crossroads (1936) Robert Johnson
Cryin' Shame Lightnin' Hopkins
Déjà Voodoo Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Dust My Broom Elmore James
Every Morning (1994) Keb'Mo
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love The Blues Brothers
Everyday I Have The Blues B.B. King
Evil Willie Dixon
Eyesight To The Blind Sonny Boy Williamson II
Feels Like Rain Buddy Guy
Five Long Years B.B. King
Forty Four Blues Roosevelt Sykes
Further On Up The Road Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Georgia Blues Jimi Hendrix
Girl Is On My Mind The Black Keys
Give Me Back My Wig Hound Dog Taylor
Givin' It Up for Your Love Delbert McClinton
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Sonny Boy Williamson I
Got My Mojo Working E Muddy Waters
Graveyard Dream Blues Ida Cox
Groove Me King Floyd
Grown So Ugly The Black Keys
Hard Luck Blues Roy Brown
Have You Ever Loved a Woman Eric Clapton
Heatwave Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Hellhound On My Trail Robert Johnson
Hideaway Freddie King
Highway 49 Big Joe Williams
Hoochie Coochie Man Muddy Waters
How Blue Can You Get? B.B. King
How Long, How Long Blues Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
How Many More Years Howlin' Wolf
Howling Wolf Killing Floor (1966)
I Ain't Superstitious Willie Dixon
I Can't Be Satisfied Muddy Waters
I Can't Make You Love Bonnie Raitt
I Can't Quit You Baby Otis Rush
I Could've Had Religion (1972) Rory Gallagher
I Just Want to Make Love to You Etta James
I Know What You're Putting Down Louis Jordan
I'd Love to Change the World Ten Years After
I'd Rather Go Blind Etta James Etta James
If Trouble Was Money Albert Collins
If Trouble Was Money (1984) Albert Collins
ife Is Beautiful Keb' Mo'
I'm a King Bee Slim Harpo
I'm In The Mood John Lee Hooker
I'm Ready Muddy Waters
I'm Tired Savoy Brown
I'm Tore Down Freddie King
It Hurts Me Too Elmore James
It's Bad You Know R.L. Burnside
It's My Own Fault B.B. King
It's Tight Like That Tampa Red
Key To The Highway Big Bill Broonzy
Key To The Highway (1996) Freddie King
Let The Good Times Roll Louis Jordan
Lie to Me Johnny Lang
Little Red Rooster (2002) Luther Allison
Little Walter Juke
Little Wing Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Look over Yonders Wall The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Love In Vain Robert Johnson
Love Me Like A Man (1995) Bonnie Raitt
Mannish Boy Muddy Waters
Mary Had a Little Lamb Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Me and The Devil Blues Robert Johnson
Memphis Blues W.C. Handy
Messin Around Memphis Slim
Messin' With The Kid Junior Wells
Mustang Sally Buddy Guy
My Head's In Mississippi (1990) ZZ Top
Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out Bessie Smith
On The Road Again Canned Heat
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer John Lee Hooker
One Hundred And Ten In The Shade (2004) Hans Theesink
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss (1995) B. B. King
Pine Top Boogie Pine Top Smith
Pockets Eric Bibb
Pony Blues -Charley Patton
Preaching The Blues Son House
Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Reconsider Baby Lowell Fulson
Red Devils Devil Woman (1992)
Red House Jimi Hendrix
Red Light (Original Mix) Johnny Lang
Riding with the King B.B. King & Eric Clapton
Rock Me Mama Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
Rollin & Tumblin Elmore James
Room To Move (1969) John Mayall
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Blind Lemon Jefferson
Shake Your Moneymaker Elmore James
Shake, Rattle and Roll Joe Turner
Smokestack Lightnin Howlin' Wolf
Smoking Gun Robert Cray
Something to Talk Bonnie Raitt
Soul Man The Blues Brothers
Spoonful - Willie Dixon
Statesboro Blues Taj Mahal
Still Got The Blues (1990) Gary Moore
Stone Crazy Buddy Guy
Stop (1985) Lonnie Mack
Stop Breakin' Down Robert Johnson
Stormy Monday T-Bone Walker
Stormy Weather Etta James
Superstition Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Sweet Black Angel Robert Nighthawk
Sweet Home Chicago Robert Johnson
Sweet Sixteen (1960) B.B. King
Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do Bessie Smith
T-Bone Blues T-Bone Walker
Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
The Little Red Rooster Willie Dixon
The Messiah Will Come Again (1972) Roy Buchanan
The Messiah Will Come Again (1989) Gary Moore
The Same Thing Willie Dixon
The Seventh Son Willie Dixon
The Sky Is Crying Elmore James
The Sky Is Crying Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
The Things That I Used To Do Guitar Slim
The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King
The Walkin' Blues Taj Mahal
Third Degree (1994) Eric Clapton
Three O'Clock Blues B.B. King
Tight Like That Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
Tomorrow Night Lonnie Johnson
Too Much Alcohol (1974) Rory Gallagher
Up All Night Thinking Dave Hole
Walking By Myself (1990) Gary Moore
Wang Dang Doodle Koko Taylor
We're Gonna Make It Little Milton
West Coast Blues Blind Blake
When Love Comes to Town B.B. King & U2
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Leadbelly
Whole 'Nutha Thang Keb' Mo'
Worried Life Blues Sleepy John Estes

Honoring Yagan

The Kaat (head) of the Noongar warrior Yagan will be put to rest next month at a burial ceremony near Upper Swan.

The burial will be on July 10 at a memorial park at Belhus, off West Swan Road, near where it was believed Yagan had been killed.

The unifying Aboriginal figure, who led a resistance against white settlers, was shot in 1833 and decapitated. His head was taken to England.

Looking at a photo from The Western Australian, 2 September 1997 when the Noongar delegation brought Yagan's remains back to Australia through Perth airport you see there are are a number of key Noongar leaders who have now passed on.

We honor those who have gone before and we honor Yagan.

Site maps and more information about the memorial park can be viewed at:

http://www.dia.wa.gov.au/Documents/News/Yagan%20Memorial%20Park/YMP_Newsletter_Feb24.pdf