1. timekiller-s: nprmusic: Woody Guthrie went through WWII with a piece of cardboard pasted to the top of his guitar: ‘This machine kills fascists.’He really wanted his guitar to help win the war against Hitler. When Woody went into a hospital in 1952 … I put something similar on my banjo: ‘This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.’ —Pete Seeger Hear Hear Karen Michel’s interview with the 93-year-old folk legend from today’s Weekend Edition. Photo by David Bernz. National treasure right there. Ha, you people forget that Woody Guthrie was associated with communist groups. Whereas for the person pictured, Pete Seeger was on The Daily Show or the Colbert Report and noted that he was part of the Communist party. That being said Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger are some of the best musicians out there.

    timekiller-s:

    nprmusic:

    Woody Guthrie went through WWII with a piece of cardboard pasted to the top of his guitar: ‘This machine kills fascists.’He really wanted his guitar to help win the war against Hitler. When Woody went into a hospital in 1952 … I put something similar on my banjo: ‘This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.’

    —Pete Seeger

    Hear Hear Karen Michel’s interview with the 93-year-old folk legend from today’s Weekend Edition.

    Photo by David Bernz.

    National treasure right there.

    Ha, you people forget that Woody Guthrie was associated with communist groups. Whereas for the person pictured, Pete Seeger was on The Daily Show or the Colbert Report and noted that he was part of the Communist party. That being said Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger are some of the best musicians out there.

    (via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)

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