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Pernice Brothers Interview: Writing to Live

Joe Pernice; Photo by Colleen Nicholson

BY JORDAN MAINZER

The album cover for Who Will You Believe (New West), the first album in 5 years from Pernice Brothers, features a close-up photo of a man who doesn't "care about being seen." That man, of course, is Joe Pernice, who formed Pernice Brothers over 25 years ago after the breakup of his beloved alt country institution Scud Mountain Boys. But while Pernice may be indifferent-to-averse to the idea of celebrity or even public persona, he's not trying to remain hidden, per se. The photo that graces the cover doesn't attempt to be flattering, nor a clean-cut design: It asymmetrically cuts off the brim and top of his hat, his right glasses lens frame, the bottom of his chin, and the back of his head. (Of course, the band name and album title is superimposed on his face.) It makes you pay more attention to Pernice than you otherwise would. What is he looking at? Why? In a way, it really fits Who Will You Believe, a record that exists on a separate plane from today's singer-songwriter albums that tend to be straight diary entries combined with biography or filled with Easter eggs and callbacks. Instead, Pernice, an accomplished writer in many different mediums, shows that he can write about almost anything. The possibilities are infinite.

When I spoke to Pernice over the phone earlier this month, he let me know that he was in the middle of a particularly fruitful period. "I've been writing more songs than I ever have in my life," he said. "I go through these periods where I have a manic blast." Indeed, whether or not Who Will You Believe was born from one of these spurts, the album gives you a sense for how he works. Neko Case duet "I Don't Need That Anymore" started with an off-hand remark his mom made about having a good figure when she "needed it;" Pernice took the line and turned it into a devastating country track about a dying love, replete with twangy, chiming guitars, string swells and steady mallet percussion. He processes the deaths of three important people--his cousin, Rhino executive Gary Stewart, and David Berman--in stunning strummer "The Purple Rain", referencing the last one not with cutesy lyrical winks and nods but ones that even casual Silver Jews/Purple Mountains listeners will pick up, respectfully showing his intentions to pay tribute. Of course, Pernice still finds room for ambiguity, clever wordplay, and fun atop it all, a true songwriter's songwriter. His penchant for cultural allusions remains strong, even in conversation. Referring to a recent day where he wrote 5 songs in a day, 3 of them keepers, Pernice said, " I felt like Sylvia Plath at the end of her life when he was in a manic state of making shit," before clarifying, deadpan, "That was before she put her head in the oven."

Sure, there are some tracks on Who Will You Believe that are purely sad or strange. Pernice croons on the slow "What We Had", atop acoustic guitars, tremolo electric plucking, and tambourine, "It's a comedy of errors, but it's sad / I think of what we had / It's hard to watch good love go bad." Instrumental waltz "A Song for Sir Robert Helpmann", meanwhile, juxtaposes strings, keys, drum rolls, and wordless vocalization, creepy and lurking. Its mood is inspired by Pernice's fear of Helpmann's role as The Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. "That movie scared the shit out of me when I was a kid," he said. "[Helpmann's] absolutely terrifying." Though these tunes occupy a singular mood, though, for the most part, Who Will You Believe is a fun album, Pernice's brightest and loosest sounding in years. "I always play with people who are good people. I've never made a record with an asshole," Pernice said. "When you get really good players who aren't just phoning it in, it's really cool." Past collaborators pervade the album, such as Joe's brother Bob and wife Laura Stein (formerly of Halifax indie pop band Jale). Toronto-based choral group Choir! Choir! Choir! help Pernice give his eulogies on "The Purple Rain", ending the album on an uplifting note. And his pop sensibilities, Beatles, Bowie, and Bacharach influences shine on "Not This Pig" and "A Man of Means", songs with baroque breakdowns and bouncy drum fills.

Ultimately, Pernice is one of those songwriters who views music as a satisfying puzzle. Though he writes all of his songs on acoustic guitar, theoretically making them easy to play solo live, the tunes undoubtedly shapeshift as he records them. He describes a song like "Hey, Guitar" as "a balls-out, heavy tune"--it's got massive electric licks layered atop jangly strumming and shiny keys, and ripping distorted squalling between verses, fading in and out at the end like an AM radio hit. "I don't think [it] will translate [live]," he said. "[But] you don't know whether [it's gonna be a train wreck] until you do it. Every song was a new song the first time." You can bet he's looking forward to figuring it out, one of the most thrilling parts of music to him. After all, it's only now he's just beginning to dive into an almost 20-year-old song, "Say Goodnight to the Lady" from 2005's Discover A Lovelier You. "I've been working on it lately, and it's started to feel like my song."

Pernice; Photo by Colleen Nicholson

I knew that Pernice had written at least "The Purple Rain" as part of a mourning process, but reading about the context behind Who Will You Believe, I tried to see if I could construct something more broad. Before writing the record, his son retired from playing high-level youth baseball, which Pernice coached, and Pernice went from being on a baseball diamond most of the week for over half of the year, to not being on one at all. As such, I asked him whether songwriting is a way for him to generally process any sort of life change. As it turns out, it's much more. "I write songs so I can manage to function," he said. "It's just a necessary thing for my well-being. It could be anything. The act of doing it is the thing that makes me feel good and not crazy. A lot of times, the subject might not even be all that important in that regard." And so I thought back about the album cover, wondering what Pernice was gazing at during the photoshoot, realizing that, too, doesn't matter. What he feels about songwriting is the way I feel about listening. Both of us--all of us--are just trying to take in the world as best as we can.

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krispyweiss · 5 months

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Supertramp’s “Give a Little Bit” Gets the Choir! Choir! Choir! Treatment

With 600 voices powering the song, Supertramp’s “Give a Little Bit” is transformed from the personal plea of the original to the universal mandate of Choir! Choir! Choir!’s remake.

Now’s the time that we need to share/so send a smile and show you care, the singers sing, filling Toronto’s AGO with the sound of hope.

Choir! leaders Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman erred in writing an over-complicated vocal arrangement that subtracts, rather than adds, to the performance. That said, Supertramp’s acoustic-guitar-and-voice essence remains and the latent big-picture message of “Give a Little Bit” is exposed and developed in the process.

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songsofprotestpeacerevolution · 2 years

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MILCK + Choir! of 1300 Can’t Keep Quiet!

On February 6th (2017), a sold-out crowd of 1300 singers at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto raised their voices to protest the current US administration’s threatening action on global liberty, women’s rights, healthcare etc. Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman, co-founders of C!C!C!, taught their arrangement of “Quiet” to the pumped-up, all-ages crowd, and an hour later, MILCK joined them to sing lead and record a powerful show of peaceful, harmonic resistance, with proceeds going to support the American Civil Liberties Union.

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a-plus-short-film · 1 year

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biglisbonnews · 1 year

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Choir! Choir! Choir! take on Blur's 'Girls & Boys' Choir! Choir! Choir! (CCC) is on a multinational tour. At a recent stop in London, CCC founders Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman coordinated this audience sing-along to Blur's 1994 sex-liberation anthem "Girls & Boys." If you don't already know, CCC shows up at a venue and then teaches the audience the vocal arrangement on the spot—brilliant! — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/02/21/choir-choir-choir-take-on-blurs-girls-boys.html

#Post #Video #Blur #britpop #choir #Choir! Choir! Choir!#Girls & Boys #Rusty Blazenhoff #Boing Boing

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irishbluejay · 7 years

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Endeavours 028 - Nobu Adilman & Daveed Goldman, Young The Giant, Fairlith Harvey

Endeavours 028 – Nobu Adilman & Daveed Goldman, Young The Giant, Fairlith Harvey

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http://endeavoursmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Endeavours-028.mp3 Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman are the founder of the musical group Choir Choir Choir! which has had success with several viral videos including covers of Bowie, Prince, Cyndi Lauper, The Tragically Hip and Leonard Cohen. They have also fundraisers for Syrian Refugees, victims of the…

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christinamirabilis · 7 years

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Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman (AKA “DaBu”) started Choir! Choir! Choir! as a weekly drop in, no-commitment singing event in February 2011. Now happening twice weekly, and open to anyone who likes to sing new arrangements of pop songs, C!C!C! boasts a dedicated and passionate membership of inspired singers from in and around Toronto, Canada.

Just crying over this at 1am, nbd. This is a pair of guys who hold all-comers choir sessions in a bar twice a week and they produce gorgeous stuff like this. Of course it’s not professional-quality work - they split their singers up into “highs, middles and lows” - but it sounds amazing and honestly just the pure raw joy and the diversity of the people singing, it warms my heart. Singing in a group of people is so damn therapeutic, no matter your skill level, so uplifting and comforting and unifying, a tangible feeling of being part of something bigger than oneself.

I wish something like this existed in Wellington - I think there might be an all-comers choir but I think it’s less low-key than this, and mostly old people. I really really miss singing in choir, I used to be in a youth choir which was a lot more ~serious~ than this - classical-based, mostly comprised of music students, and it was really amazing being in such a talented choir, performing really musically complex and difficult works, but that’s a huge commitment and even if I hadn’t aged out of it there’s no way I’d be able to commit to something like that at the moment. The most important thing to me has always been being able to sing with people. I’m gonna need to find a new choir next year maybe - there’s an LGBT choir in Wellington, maybe I should join that one! Choir is too important and too good for the soul

#choir! choir! choir!#choir #c!c!c!#sufjan stevens #for the widows in paradise for the fatherless in ypsilanti #lottieface

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musicgoon · 5 years

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Thank God It’s Friday

Sharing Free Online Resources and Fun Internet Deep Dives.

While I link to fresh weekly content as part of my Recommended Reading, the weekend is here for us to relax, enjoy some free resources, and do some deep dives into the Internet.

You can find all of my Friday posts with the TGIF tag. I love reading links and your comments, so please keep in touch. Have a great weekend!

The Midwestern Journal of Theology: A scholarly journal written to assist Christians and churches in making disciples throughout the world. Published twice a year, each issue includes theological and exegetical articles, inspirational sermons, and reviews of important books. The Fall 2018 issue of the Midwestern Journal of Theology was released on Dec. 6, featuring five scholarly articles covering topics such as an analysis of Colossians 3:5, a study of letters penned by John Newton to William Wilberforce, and a lecture on the conversion of the revered British preacher, C.H. Spurgeon.

DesiringGod - Christmas Carols: A series of short meditations by Desiring God staff based on popular Christmas carols and hymns.

Rick Astley with Choir! Choir! Choir! - Never Gonna Give You Up: Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman (AKA “DaBu”) started Choir! Choir! Choir! as a weekly drop-in singing event in February 2011. Equal parts singing, comedy, and community-building, the night unfolds like a dream: you get a lyric sheet at the door, DaBu teach you the vocal arrangement, and a video is recorded. Everyone has a ball and goes home feeling great! Also check out ELO's Telephone Line, Kim Kardashian singing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's Our House.

How to Create a Crossword Puzzle: New York Times crossword puzzle constructor (also known as a cruciverbalist), David Kwong, shows us how he makes a crossword puzzle. David Kwong is a New York Times crossword constructor and magician. His show in New York City, The Enigmatist, is an immersive evening of puzzle-solving, cryptology, and illusions. You can also watch the other two episodes of Wired Masterminds: Former CIA Chief Explains How Spies Use Disguises and Amazing Illusions: Using Human Bodies to Create Shadow Dances.

#tgif #recommendation #christianity #culture

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laresearchette · 4 years

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Friday, June 26, 2020 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: INTO THE UNKOWN: MAKING FROZEN 2 (Disney+) POSE-A-THON (FX Canada) 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT 47TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS (CBS Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME/CRAVE/NETFLIX CANADA/CBC GEM:

AMAZON PRIME COMO SOBREVIVIR SOLTERO (Season 1) LAW MY SPY

CBC GEM CBC ARTS PRESENTS: QUEER PRIDE INSIDE: A BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES CABARET (Live Performance Series): Hosted live by comedian Elvira Kurt, the cabaret event from Buddies in Bad Times Theatre features performances by Teiya Kasahara, Alexis O’Hara, Ivan Coyote, Les Femmes Fatales and more.

LATE NIGHT IN THE STUDIO (Comedy Series): Late Night in the Studio is an original digital series which takes a deep dive into the illustrious history of the CBC. In each episode, our host Nobu Adilman will share a special treat from the CBC vault; everything from a 1960's holiday special to a short-lived Saskatchewan soap opera, it's all too good to be true. (Based on the trailer, looks like a parody and right up my alley.)

ZOE VALENTINE (Drama Series): High school freshman, Zoe Valentine struggles to define her own identity at school and home after the loss of her sister to cancer.

CRAVE TV CLEMENCY COLD WATER COWBOYS (Season 4) THE D CUT DOCTOR SLEEP THE FIFTH ELEMENT FROST/NIXON GHOSTBUSTERS GHOSTBUSTERS 2 SPY SUDDEN IMPACT SUPA STRIKAS (Season 7) UPSIDE DOWN

NETFLIX CANADA AMAR Y VIVIR EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA HOME GAME TWOGETHER

KOREAN BASEBALL (TSN3) 9:00am: NC Dinos vs. Doosan Bears

JUNIOR BAKING SHOW (CBC) 8:00pm: It's Pastry Day and the last chance for the bakers to go through to finals week; for the showstopper, they must create choux pastry animals with delicious fillings.

MORNING SHOW MYSTERIES: A MURDER IN MIND (City) 8:00pm: Cookbook author Billie Blessings is excited when friend Katie Sanders appears as a guest host on her show, but being a TV star can't save Katie from falling under suspicion of murder.

WATTS ON THE GRILL (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Chef Spencer Watts kicks things up a notch with four spicy recipes on the grill.

NHL DRAFT LOTTERY (SN) 8:00pm

MISTER WINNER (BBC Canada) 9:00pm: When one of Chris's labourers calls in sick, he agrees to let Leslie take on a decorating job.

BALLERS MARATHON (TSN3) 9:00pm: Want to get to know Elizabeth Warren’s favorite show? Enjoy the first six episodes of Season 1 tonight.

CLEMENCY (Crave) 9:00pm: Years of carrying out death row executions are taking a toll on Warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares for another one, Williams must confront the psychological and emotional demons that her job creates.

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER (BBC Canada) 9:30pm: Mum's friend Val moves in and causes havoc when she finds that Dad is hiding a tin of 20-year-old meat in his shed.

DRAG SOS (Out TV) 10:00pm: The Family Gorgeous head to Preston for drag makeovers galore. They meet Ashley who's fighting depression, Christian who suffers from anxiety, and Chloe who needs a confidence boost.

HOPE FOR WILDLIFE (Cottage Life) 10:00pm: When a worldwide pandemic cripples the rehab, wildlife emergencies keep coming in: a bobcat that's been shot, and a massive adult seal; Hope's down to a skeleton crew as critical team members go into quarantine.

SKINDIGENOUS (CBC) 11:30pm: Artist Jay Soule, aka "Chippewar," is internationally known for his work relating to Canada's indigenous population.

#cdntv #cancon #canadian tv #canadian tv listings #junior baking show #watts on the grill #mister winner #friday night dinner #drag SOS #hope for wildlife #skindigenous

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thereviewsarein · 5 years

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Choir! Choir! Choir! Top 10 and Tour Dates

Choir! Choir! Choir! calls Toronto home, with their regular Clinton’s Tavern gig on Tuesdays becoming a TO arts institution. Hosted, conducted, and arranged by Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman, C!C!C! is one of my favourite YouTube channels and musical outlets.

They’ve played with the likes of Rufus Wainwright, Tegan and Sara, Patti Smith, and freaking Rick Astley. They’ve played the Juno’s stage…

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#Choir! Choir! Choir!#pop #rock

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911remembered · 5 years

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Join Us For Memorial Glade Dedication and May 30th Commemoration

9/11 Memorial Glade Dedication Ceremony

This article was originally posted on the official 9/11 Memorial & Museum website, we are simply sharing it raise awareness among our 9/11 Community.

“On May 30, 2019, a permanent and historic modification to the 9/11 Memorial will be formally dedicated. Henceforth to be known as the 9/11 Memorial Glade, this new pathway, flanked by large stone monoliths, on the Memorial will honor in perpetuity the ongoing sacrifice of rescue, recovery and relief workers, and survivors and members of the broader lower Manhattan community, who are suffering and dying from illnesses caused by exposure to hazards and toxins in the aftermath of the attacks. The Glade will also recognize the tremendous capacity of the human spirit exemplified during rescue and recovery efforts at all three attack sites in the selflessness and resolve, perseverance and courage of those who came to help and to heal.

We invite you to gather with us near the Glade, in the center of the Memorial plaza, beginning at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 30. The dedication ceremony will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. The Glade will open to the public immediately following the dedication ceremony. To help us in our planning efforts, please RSVP to [email protected] with your name and number of guests.

Additional Events and Programs

In recognition of the 17th anniversary of the end of the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and relief operation—May 30, 2002—the 9/11 Memorial & Museum will also host dedicated programs and commemorative activities from Thursday, May 30, to Sunday, June 2, 2019.

As always, rescue and recovery workers are welcome to visit the Museum during this time with complimentary admission for two guests. If you have not yet joined the Rescue and Recovery Workers Registry, registration is required to reserve your complimentary tickets.

THURSDAY, MAY 30 “Hallelujah”: A May 30th Tribute The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in partnership with “Choir! Choir! Choir!” and ALL ARTS, will present a special community event to coincide with the 9/11 Memorial Glade dedication. The evening program will pay tribute to those who are sick or have died because of 9/11 illnesses, their families and all those who responded when our nation needed it most.

Choir! Choir! Choir! (C!C!C!) exists to celebrate music and push the boundaries between practice and performance, artist and audience, offering therapeutic benefits with the ultimate side effect: a powerful community. We invite you to gather with Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman, the founders of C!C!C!, in the Museum’s Foundation Hall to take part in a choral arrangement of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” with singer-songwriter and composer Rufus Wainwright.

All are welcome and no singing experience is necessary. You’ll get a song sheet at the door, and Daveed and Nobu will teach you the vocal arrangement. You will then perform "Hallelujah" with Wainwright in Foundation Hall, and then proceed to the newly dedicated Memorial Glade for a final performance. ALL ARTS, a member of the WNET family of public media organizations, will film the program for future airing on its free broadcast channel and streaming platform.

Join us for this special program at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are complimentary but required, and can be reserved here.

FRIDAY, MAY 31 12 p.m. Project Rebirth Short: Joe This film will play in the Museum's Auditorium, and tells the story of Joe, a NYPD detective sergeant, who was tapped to supervise the emotionally-draining search for human remains among the World Trade Center wreckage in sifting operations based on nearby Staten Island.

This film contains explicit content, including disturbing images that may not be suitable for children. Viewer discretion is advised.

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Drop-in activities in the Education Center are tied to specific artifacts and themes in the Museum. Meant to spark conversations between children and their caregivers, our current activities offer age-appropriate entry-points into the history of the World Trade Center, 9/11 and its aftermath. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Drop-in activities on this day include:

The Shield The Shield, by New York City artist Red Grooms, depicts the variety of workers that came to Ground Zero to help after the Twin Towers collapsed on 9/11. Rescue and recovery workers, first responders, construction workers, politicians in hard-hats and military personnel are all shown performing important jobs at Ground Zero. The scene is enclosed inside the shape of an officer’s shield.

Visitors who take part in this activity will observe The Shield and then use modeling clay to sculpt the shape of one of the figures they identify in the artwork. After they create their clay figure, they will then color it using markers. This activity allows visitors to consider why so many people came to help at Ground Zero after 9/11, and also encourages them to reflect on what they can do during times of tragedy to help in their own communities.

“Dear Hero” Postcards After 9/11, thousands of letters came to New York City from children all over the country to thank police officers, firefighters and recovery workers for their work. Many began with the words “Dear Hero.” In this activity, visitors will have the chance to do the same—to create postcards to say thank you to someone in their community that has demonstrated courage and bravery in order to help someone in need or to protect the country they live in.

Dogs of 9/11 Exploration Families will explore the artifacts on display in the exhibition "Dogs of 9/11" in the Education Center Lobby to learn about the hundreds of four-legged responders that came to help after 9/11. Using these artifacts as inspiration, participants will decorate a paw print with words, pictures and symbols of thanks and encouragement, which they can leave with us or give to a service dog or handler in their community.��

THURSDAY, MAY 30 – SUNDAY, JUNE 2 The 9/11 Memorial & Museum proudly presents a projection of images captured during the rescue and recovery operations, and from 9/11 health advocacy efforts, displayed on the Timescape wall in the Museum’s Foundation Hall.” - 9/11 Memorial & Museum

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bluesyemre · 5 years

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Choir!Choir!Choir! @choirchoirchoir

Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman (AKA “DaBu”) started Choir! Choir! Choir! as a weekly drop-in singing event in February 2011. Equal parts singing, comedy, and community-building, the night unfolds like a dream: you get a lyric sheet at the door, DaBu teach you the vocal arrangement, and a video is recorded. Everyone has a ball and goes home feeling great!

Now happening twice weekly at Clinton’s…

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#choir #müzik #music #video #videos #YouTube

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vidmidnews · 6 years

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After Toronto’s drop-in singalong society “Choir! Choir! Choir!” sang alongside the “Women’s March” protesters in Portland, Ore., “Choir!” founders Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman travelled to Los Angeles to

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a-plus-short-film · 2 years

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eideard · 7 years

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1,300-voice choir sings a protest song dedicated to our Fake President

Choir! Choir! Choir! has never been afraid to get political. Over the years, Toronto’s tireless drop-in choir has had some choice words for Rob Ford, Vladimir Putin and, most recently, Donald Trump. Recently, they doubled down their anti-POTUS efforts with a massive protest singalong. Choir leaders Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman…

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#Choir! Choir! Choir!#chumps #concert #fake president #MILCK #quiet #Trump

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olafig · 7 years

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Gołębi płacz na 2000 gardeł

Śpiewać każdy może, jak nie solo, to w chórze. Im większy, tym bardziej można zaszaleć. Ten chór jest naprawdę duży.

Śpiewać każdy może, jak nie solo, to w chórze. Im większy, tym bardziej można zaszaleć. Ten chór jest naprawdę duży i robi piorunujące wrażenie. Styczeń 2011. Dwóch panów z Toronto, Daveed Goldman i Nobu Adilman postanowiło zebrać grupkę, żeby wspólnie pośpiewać. Na luzie, bez żadnych zobowiązań. Spotykali się co tydzień, potem co dwa, a inicjatywa wspólnego śpiewania cieszyła się coraz większą…

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#artyści #chór #cover

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