[Vision2020] The Roy Zimmerman Newsletter - June 2, 2016

[Tom Hansen]

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> THE ROY ZIMMERMAN NEWSLETTER
> June 2, 2016
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> WE DON’T REALLY KNOW IF HE LIKES TO HUMP
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> There were children in attendance at my show a couple weeks ago at the Unitarian Church in Cheyenne, WY. Adorable children. Two girls, two boys, all six or seven years old, and one boy about two years old who loved to “dance” to my satire by rolling around on the carpet. The kids watched the first half of the
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> THE ROY ZIMMERMAN NEWSLETTER
> June 2, 2016
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> WE DON’T REALLY KNOW IF HE LIKES TO HUMP
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> There were children in attendance at my show a couple weeks ago at the Unitarian Church in Cheyenne, WY. Adorable children. Two girls, two boys, all six or seven years old, and one boy about two years old who loved to “dance” to my satire by rolling around on the carpet. The kids watched the first half of the show, amazingly attentive, and spent the second half in an adjacent classroom.
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> After the show, the little crew approached me. “Wanna hear ours?” said the older girl, clearly the ringleader. “Your...song?” I said, noting the plastic Stratocaster Guitar Hero game controller she held at the ready. “Yes. Wanna hear our song?” “Of course I want to hear your song,” I said.
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> She began “strumming” the Strat, and one of the boys positioned his arms air-guitar style and “strummed” along. And they all sang a tuneless, but enthusiastic tune, punctuating each syllable with a “strum”:
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> NO-BODY LIKES TRUMP!
> TRUMP IS DUMB!
> TRUMP IS a CHUMP!
> HE LIKES to HUMP!
> NO...BODY...LIKES TRUMP!
> “Fantastic!” I said, as the tiny guy rolled by. A few minutes later I was packing up my CDs, and I noticed the ringleader girl there in front of me. “Trump is dumb - that’s the truest part,” she said. “We don’t really know if he likes to hump.”
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> SONG OF THE WEEK - SOMEDAY (WE SHALL OVERCOME)
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> We made a point of booking a show in Flint, MI where a callous, thoughtless, some would say racist - I, for instance, would say racist - attempt by state officials and the state-appointed city manager to save money in that black-majority city has left 97,000 people lead-poisoned by their own drinking water. Michael Moore calls the Flint water crisis a hate crime. It’s hard to put a finer point on it than that.
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> How many Mozarts are born among the poor? That's one of the questions I ask myself when I'm singing "We Shall Overcome." When I sing about my belief in social justice and my hope for a peaceful world, I find myself asking what gives rise to injustice, to poverty, to war? I've set some of these questions to music - a counterpoint to this anthem of justice and peace.
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> THE SCHEDULE
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> "This Machine" rolls on across America. New dates are being booked as I type. Please keep checking back with my Schedule Page, and if you've got an idea where This Machine might drive Neocon, jingoistic, war-mongering...crypto-fascists from the room in your area, email us at meta4records at aol.com. 
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> Saturday, June 4 @ 7 pm  
> TEHACHAPI, CA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> Fiddler’s Crossing
> 206 East F Street
> Tehachapi, CA
> $20
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> Sunday, June 5 @ 7 pm  
> SEASIDE, CA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> Monterey Peace Resource Center
> 1364 Fremont Blvd
> Seaside, CA
> $18 or pay what you can
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> Thursday, June 9 @ 7 pm  
> PASCO, WA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> Community UU Church
> 2819 W Sylvester St
> Pasco, WA
> $10 suggested donation
> Sponsored by Tri-City Freethinkers
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> Friday, June 10 @ 6 pm  
> MOSCOW, ID
> 8th Annual Intolerista Wingding!
> 1912 Center
> 412 E 3rd Street
> Moscow, ID
> FREE!!
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> Saturday, June 11 @ 7 pm  
> SPOKANE, WA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> UU Church of Spokane
> 4340 W Fort Wright Dr
> Spokane, WA
> $18 or pay what you can
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> Sunday, June 12 @ 7:30 pm  
> SEATTLE, WA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> Phinney Neighborhood Center
> 6532 Phinney Avenue N
> Seattle, WA
> tickets: $16 general / $14 students
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> Thursday, June 16 @ 7:30 pm  
> LONGVIEW, WA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> Stageworks
> 1433 Commerce Ave
> Longview, WA
> $10 donation requested at the door
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> Monday, June 20 @ 7 pm  
> ASHLAND, OR
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> Ashland Public Library
> 410 Siskiyou Blvd
> Ashland, OR
> $15 suggested donation
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> Sunday, July 3 @ 11 am  
> KENSINGTON, CA
> Roy leads the Sunday Service
> UU Church of Berkeley
> 1 Lawson Rd
> Kensington, CA
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> Sunday, July 10 @ 3 pm  
> WICHITA, KS
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> First UU Church of Wichita
> 7202 E 21st St North
> Wichita, KS
> $15 or pay what you can
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> Sunday, July 17 @ 6 pm  
> HUNTSVILLE, TX
> Johnson Studio House Concert
> Reservations and directions
> Suggested donation $10 - $20
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> Saturday, July 30 @ 8 pm  
> SANTA ROSA, CA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> House Concert
> potluck @ 7pm
> reservations and directions - robinpressman at gmail.com
> $20
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> Sunday, July 31  
> KELSEYVILLE, CA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> UU Community of Lake County
> 3810 Main St
> Kelseyville, CA
> $20
> advance tickets available at Watershed Books (Lakeport)
> or online at uuclc.org
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> Friday, August 5 @ 7:30 pm  
> FRESNO, CA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> UU Church of Fresno
> 2672 E. Alluvial Ave
> Fresno, CA
> $18 or pay what you can
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> Thursday, August 11 @ 7 pm  
> BONITA, CA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> Bonita-Sunnyside Library - Community Room
> 4375 Bonita Rd
> Bonita, CA
> Event starts at 5:30
> Sponsored by the Eastlake Bonita Democratic Club
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> Tuesday, August 16 @ 7pm  
> GRASS VALLEY, CA
> Roy Zimmerman: This Machine
> UU Community of the Mountains
> 246 S Church St
> Grass Valley, CA
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> THE THRILL OF THRIFT SHOPPING
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> Looking forward,
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> Roy
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