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​Art and politics can make strange, confusing bedfellows.

German playwright (and all around Commie) Bertolt Brecht would tell you that unless your work directly protests the global capitalist hegemony by alienating the buorgeois theatre-going audience, it amounts to little but titillation for the ruling classes.

On the other end of the spectrum, you've got post-punk icons Fugazi, who skipped the political theory and went right for a little direct action via a now-institutional phenomenon called the benefit show.
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​C'mon, y'all!

For many shining moons, Boise Bob and his Backyard Band have been rockin', rollin', and ramblin' down from Hallandale to Little Haiti's Churchill's Pub for late nights full o' hootin', hollerin', and gobblin' "Possum Meat."

And let's not forget ... Anytime you were broke and busted, Bob and his buddies Tex Merlot, Owen Cash, Darnell Hotdog, and Rufus Bacongrease never hesitated to share their supply of High Life, did they?

So now that our favorite "Swamp Song"-ing cowpoke is sick and struggling. It's time to pay back that beer debt. With interest.
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