[Vision2020] Roy Zimmerman Newsletter - July 2012

[Tom Hansen]

Roy Zimmerman discussed this year's Intolerista Wingding in his latest newsletter.

Thanks, gang.  You're the greatest!

Set your calendars for the Fifth Annual Intolerista Wingding . . . June 21, 2013 (6 pm - 10 pm) . . . The Great Room (and veranda) of the 1912 Center . . . catered by Blues, Brews, and Barbecue.

Seeya there, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown



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> From: "Roy Zimmerman" <mailing-list at royzimmerman.com>
> Date: June 28, 2012 0:49:44 PDT
> To: thansen at moscow.com
> Subject: Roy Zimmerman Newsletter - July 2012
> 

> 
> THE ROY ZIMMERMAN NEWSLETTER
> July, 2012
> 
> THE STARVING EAR COMES HOME
> 
> The tourist season is open. The Muni drivers aim for the curbs. The sun is shining on four square inches of Golden Gate Park. And the Starving Ear is back home in San Francisco for a run of four shows!
> The Starving Ear is my not-so-subtle nod to the hungry i, the legendary nightclub of early-60’s North Beach. Mort Sahl, Tom Lehrer, Lenny Bruce, Nichols and May, Dick Gregory, the Kingston Trio, the Limeliters and many others shot to national prominence from that tiny stage and (not parenthetically) were a huge influence on the songs I carry around the country with me now.
> 
> Fridays, July 6, 13, 20 and 27, the Ear takes up residence in Macondray Hall, a favorite subterranean hangout at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 1187 Franklin Street. (The cross street is Geary, but the parking entrance is on Starr King.) All shows at 7:30, $18 or pay what you can. Please choose a Friday, don a skinny tie, and come take a look in my Ear.
> FIFTY STATE UPDATE
> 
> 
> I pause for a moment in a field of mustard on the Palouse, a fertile region of rolling hills in America’s Northwest lapping over the Washington border and encompassing Moscow, Idaho. I have a standing gig in Moscow. There’s a group of committed Progressives in this somewhat-less-than-Progressive place who call themselves the Intoleristas, and every summer solstice for four years now, they’ve invited me to headline their annual Intoleristas Wingding!
> 
> This year, the Intoleristas really had something to celebrate. They’d learned just the day before that their legal efforts and indefatigable street protests over many months had succeeded in stopping the stream of 100-ton megaloads of drilling equipment up bucolic Highway 95 on their way to the oil fields of Alberta. I like to think that a major reason for ExxonMobil/Imperial Oil’s surrender was this song: “The Idaho Department of Imperial Oil Transportation (IDIOT)” by Moscow’s own Jean McHale, a Wingding star in her own right.
> 
> (BTW, the group was dubbed the “Intoleristas” by an evangelical minister in Moscow by the name of Douglas Wilson who considers them to be “storm troopers of enforced diversity.” They wear the name with pride. Wilson was a sometime debater of Christopher Hitchens and co-author with him of “Is Christianity Good for the World?” Guess who took which side?)
> Washington counts as State #47. So much for suspense. I’ll officially check off California and Florida in the weeks ahead, and if you allow a wink for Hawaii, that makes 50. Can I include the independent State of Jefferson, stretching roughly from Red Bluff, CA to Roseburg, OR?
> I DON'T HAVE A VAGINA...
> 
> ...but if I had a vagina, I’d say “vagina” until the cows come.
> By now you know that Michigan Representative Lisa Brown was silenced on the floor of the statehouse after an abortion debate in which she said, “I’m flattered you’re all so interested in my vagina, but no means no.” Republican Rep. Mike Callton said Brown's use of the word was "so offensive, I don't even want to say it in front of women.” But Mike, that’s where it IS.
> 
> Meanwhile, in the state whose name sounds most like Vagina, the legislature has passed that ridiculous “transvaginal probe” bill, and set their watches to Civil Rights Savings Time: you lose an hour and a hundred and fifty years. Melanie and I were in Norfolk when we put together this “Vote Republican - Virginia” video, one of the fifty new verses to “Vote Republican” we’ll be posting on the road to Tampa.
> 
> THE SCHEDULE
> Thursday, June 28 -  1 pm   
> PORT TOWNSEND - RADIO
> Tossed Salad
> KPTZ 91.9
> host: Phil Arvrus
> 
> Thursday, June 28 --  7 pm   
> PORT TOWNSEND, WA
> Live from the Starving Ear
> Quimper Unitarian Universalist Church
> 2333 San Juan Ave
> Port Townsend, WA
> $12 in advance at the church / $15 at the door
> 
> Friday, June 29 -  8 pm   
> CORVALLIS, OR
> A benefit for the Oregon Center for Public Policy
> Old World Deli
> 341 SW 2nd St.
> Corvallis, OR
> $25 advance / $30 at the door
> Advance tickets available here
> 
> Saturday, June 30 -  8 pm   
> EUGENE, OR
> Live from the Starving Ear
> UU Church in Eugene
> 1685 13th St (at Chambers)
> Eugene, OR
> $18 or pay what you can
> 
> Sunday, July 1 -  7 pm   
> LINCOLN CITY, OR
> Live from the Starving Ear
> Lincoln City Cultural Center
> 540 NE Hwy 101
> Lincoln City, OR
> $10 advance, $12 at the door - Call 541-994 9994 to reserve
> 
> Friday, July 6 -  7:30 pm   
> SAN FRANCISCO, CA
> Four Fridays in July!
> Live from the Starving Ear
> Macondray Hall
> First UU Society of San Francisco
> 1187 Franklin St. (at Geary)
> San Francisco, CA
> $18 at the door
> 
> Saturday, July 7 -  11 am   
> DAVIS, CA - RADIO
> Saturday Morning Folk
> KDVS 90.3
> hosts: France and Dallas Kassing
> 
> Saturday, July 7 -  8 pm   
> PLACERVILLE, CA
> Live from the Starving Ear
> The Cozmic Cafe
> 594 Main Street
> Placerville, CA
> $18
> 
> Sunday, July 8 -  10:30 am   
> RENO, NV
> Sunday Service
> UU Fellowship of Northern Nevada
> 780 Del Monte Lane
> Reno, NV
> 
> Sunday, July 8 -  7 pm   
> RENO, NV
> Live from the Starving Ear
> Swill Coffee and Wine
> 3366 Lakeside Ct.
> Reno, NV
> $15
> 
> Thursday, July 12 -  7 pm   
> STOCKTON, CA
> Live from the Starving Ear
> First UU Church of Stockton
> 2737 Pacific Ave.
> Stockton, CA
> $18 or pay what you can
> 
> Friday, July 13 -  7:30 pm   
> SAN FRANCISCO, CA
> Four Fridays in July!
> Live from the Starving Ear
> Macondray Hall
> First UU Society of San Francisco
> 1187 Franklin St. (at Geary)
> San Francisco, CA
> $18 at the door
> 
> Sunday, July 15 -  11:30 am   
> BERKELEY, CA - RADIO
> Across the Great Divide
> KPFA 94.1
> host: Robbie Ossman
> 
> Sunday, July 15 -  3 pm   
> SAN FRANCISCO, CA - RADIO
> Headliners on the Headlines
> KGO 810 AM
> host: Brian Copeland
> 
> Friday, July 20 -  7:30 pm   
> SAN FRANCISCO, CA
> Four Fridays in July!
> Live from the Starving Ear
> Macondray Hall
> First UU Society of San Francisco
> 1187 Franklin St. (at Geary)
> San Francisco, CA
> $18 at the door
> 
> Friday, July 27 -  7:30 pm   
> SAN FRANCISCO, CA
> Four Fridays in July!
> Live from the Starving Ear
> Macondray Hall
> First UU Society of San Francisco
> 1187 Franklin St. (at Geary)
> San Francisco, CA
> $18 at the door
> 
> Saturday, August 4 -  7:30 pm   
> CULVER CITY, CA
> Hope, Struggle and Change
> Temple Akiba
> 5249 Sepulveda Blvd.
> Culver City, CA
> $25 at the door, $20 in advance, $15 each for groups of 8 or more.
> Advance reservations at least a week in advance: email Jeannine at FrankEntertainment.com
> 
> Sunday, August 5 -  10 am   
> SANTA MONICA, CA
> Sunday Service
> UU Community Church of Santa Monica
> 1260 18th St.
> Santa Monica, CA
> 
> Tuesday, August 7 -  7 pm   
> LA CRESCENTA, CA
> Live from the Starving Ear
> UU Church of the Verdugo Hills
> 4451 Dunsmore Ave
> La Crescenta, CA
> $18 or pay what you can
> 
> Wednesday, August 8 -  7 pm   
> SAN DIEGO, CA
> Live from the Starving Ear
> Sponsored by the Peace Resource Center of San Diego
> The First Church of the Brethren
> 3850 Westgate Place
> San Diego, CA
> $18 or pay what you can
> 
> Friday, August 10 -  8 pm   
> LONG BEACH, CA
> Live from the Starving Ear
> UU Church of Long Beach
> 5450 Atherton St.
> Long Beach, CA
> $18 or pay what you can
> 
> Saturday, August 11 -  8 pm   
> STUDIO CITY, CA
> Live from the Starving Ear
> UU Church of Studio City
> 12355 Moorpark St
> Studio City, CA
> $18 or pay what you can
> 
> Sunday, September 2 -  7 pm   
> AUGUSTA, GA
> Hope, Struggle and Change
> UU Church of Augusta
> 3501 Walton Way Ext.
> Augusta, GA
> $18 or pay what you can
> 
> Sunday, September 23 -  7 pm   
> SANTA MONICA, CA
> Filming the 'Live from the Starving Ear" DVD
> McCabe's Guitar Shop
> 3101 Pico Blvd.
> Santa Monica, CA
> Price TBA
> 
> MY OWN MEGALOAD...
> 
>  
> ...rolling through the great state of Jefferson.
> 
> Looking forward,
> 
> Roy
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