<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Don't forget . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><b><i><u style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Eighth Annual Intolerista Wingding</u></i></b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(with Roy Zimmerman, Jeanne McHale, and the Threat Level Purple Singers)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">June 10th (Friday), 6 pm - 10 pm</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Great Room at Moscow's 1912 Center</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Beer, wine, sodas, and munchies on sale by D. Willy's Blues, Brews, and BBQ</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya there, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div></div></div></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Roy Zimmerman" <<a href="mailto:mailing-list@royzimmerman.com">mailing-list@royzimmerman.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 13, 2016 at 1:55:29 PM PST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>the Roy Zimmerman Newsletter - January 13, 2016</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<span style="font-size:18; color:#008;"><b>THE ROY ZIMMERMAN NEWSLETTER</b></span><br>
January 13, 2016</p>
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Here’s a list of my New Year’s resolutions along with the dates they first appeared on my list of New Year’s resolutions:
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Stay in Touch with Friends (1979)<br>
Get Organized (1980, 1982, 1987...)<br>
Develop a Political Consciousness (1986) - Check<br>
One Day at a Time (1992) - Lasted three days<br>
Send a Bag of Dicks to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (2016)<br>
Get Back in Shape (every year)<br>
Eat Less Bacon (never)<br>
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A lot of people resolve to “Enjoy Life” but I could not enjoy life more. I sing, I write, I travel, I make people laugh -- I do what I was made to do. I work hard for the money, and so does everyone I know. I have two fantastic sons, grown to manhood and making the world their own.
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I have a beautiful wife, a brilliant co-writer, a wise counselor, a hilarious traveling companion, and they’re all the same person. It’s providence, I think, that the State of the Union address is just a few days away from Melanie’s and my wedding anniversary. “The state of our union is strong,” says the president every year.
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Happy New Year to all. Now, save money, quit smoking, be a better listener and enjoy life.
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I'm calling the election year tour "This Machine," a reference to Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger to be sure, but also an acknowledgement that songwriting does good work in the world. Sometimes I think satire is the most hopeful and heartfelt form of expression, because in calling out the world's absurdities and laughing in their face, I'm affirming the real possibility of change. Plus, you get to call Donald Trump a “big orange harangue-utan.”
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Melanie and I won’t be hitting all fifty states - apologies to North Dakota - but one campaign promise we will make is to write a new song every week. Throughout the primary season right up to the general election, watch this space and YouTube and Huffpo for new original songs, setting the idiocies au courant to meter and rhyme.
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Please keep checking back with my <a href="http://www.royzimmerman.com/schedule.html">Schedule Page</a>, and if you've got an idea where This Machine might drive Neocon, jingoistic, war-monger...crypto-fascists from the room in your area, email us at <a href="mailto:meta4records@aol.com">meta4records@aol.com</a>.
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Thursday, January 14 @ 7:30 pm </b><br>
FELTON, CA</div>
Roy Zimmerman: This Machine<br>
Don Quixote's International Music Hall<br>
6275 Highway 9<br>
Felton, CA<br>
$15 advance / $18 at the the door<br><br>
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Saturday, January 23 @ 8 pm </b><br>
NEWBURY PARK, CA</div>
Conejo Valley UU Fellowship<br>
3327 Old Conejo Road<br>
Newbury Park, CA<br>
<a href="https://cvuuf.yapsody.com/event/book/27038/154592?ref=ebtn">tickets - $18</a><br><br>
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Thursday, February 4 @ 7:30 pm </b><br>
BAYSIDE, CA</div>
Roy Zimmerman: This Machine<br>
Humboldt UU Fellowship<br>
24 Fellowship Way<br>
Bayside, CA<br>
$18 or pay what you can<br><br>
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Sunday, January 24 @ 9 and 11 am </b><br>
SANTA MONICA, CA</div>
Sunday Services<br>
UU Community Church<br>
1260 18th St<br>
Santa Monica, CA<br><br>
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Sunday, January 31 @ 4 pm </b><br>
HOLLYWOOD, CA</div>
Opening for The Chambers Brothers<br>
an Ash Grove Family Reunion at the Improv<br>
8162 Melrose Ave<br>
Hollywood, CA<br>
<a href="http://hollywood.improv.com/event.cfm?id=430646">tickets - $20</a><br><br>
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Thursday, February 4 @ 7:30 pm </b><br>
BAYSIDE, CA</div>
Roy Zimmerman: This Machine<br>
Humboldt UU Fellowship<br>
24 Fellowship Way<br>
Bayside, CA<br>
$18 or pay what you can<br><br>
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Friday, February 5 @ 7:30 pm </b><br>
ASHLAND, OR</div>
Roy Zimmerman: This Machine<br>
Rogue Valley UU Fellowship<br>
87 4th Street<br>
Ashland, OR<br>
<a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2473512">tickets - $18 advance</a> / $20 at the door<br>
presented by the GAIA Project<br><br>
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Saturday, February 6 @ 3 pm </b><br>
CORVALLIS, OR</div>
Roy Zimmerman: This Machine<br>
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship<br>
2945 NW Circle Blvd<br>
Corvallis, OR<br>
sponsored by the Corvallis Folklore Society<br>
tickets - $17 general / $15 members - available at Grass Roots Books and Music<br>
add $2 at the door<br><br>
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Saturday, February 13@ 7 pm </b><br>
SALEM, OR</div>
Roy Zimmerman: This Machine<br>
UU Congregation of Salem<br>
5090 Center St NE<br>
tickets - $18<br><br>
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Sunday, February 14 @ 10 am </b><br>
EUGENE, OR</div>
Sunday Service<br>
The UU Church in Eugene<br>
1685 W 13th Ave<br>
Eugene, OR<br><br>
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Wednesday, February 24 @ 10 am </b><br>
POMONA, CA</div>
Songwriting Summit<br>
Cal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall<br>
Pomona, CA<br>
free - open to the public<br><br>
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Wednesday, March 2 @ 7 pm </b><br>
SAN DIEGO, CA</div>
Roy Zimmerman: This Machine<br>
Grassroots Oasis<br>
3130 Moore Street<br>
San Diego, CA<br>
$15 advance / $20 at the door<br><br>
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Friday, March 11 @ 7:30 pm </b><br>
HOUSTON, TX</div>
Roy Zimmerman: This Machine<br>
Unitarian Fellowship of Houston<br>
1504 Wirt Rd<br>
Houston TX 77055<br>
$15 advance / $20 at the door<br>
potluck at 6:30 pm<br>
sponsored by the Houston Peace and Justice Center<br><br>
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Roy
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