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Soledad Brothers “Soledad Brothers” 2000. Estrus Records. Soledad Brothers is the first label-released album by the Ohio-based duo named for three incarcerated members of the Black Panthers. It’s garagey punk-blues, with a pinch of Southern gospel preacher (the LP’s second track, “The Weight of the World” is Jon Spencer-level fervency). The lo-fi buzz of Soledad Brothers is, not surprisingly, very White-Stripey; Jack White engineered the LP and Meg White is billed as the “3rd Soledad Brother,” playing drums on a few of the tracks. Citing inspiration from the great John Lee Hooker, songs like “Lovin’ Machine” and the mournful “Shining Path” skew very traditional Delta blues while other tracks like “Handle Song” recall the blues as filtered through the British Invasion lens.

Poet, blues scholar (and manager of the MC5) John Sinclair penned the liner notes for the LP. He writes, “Guitarist and vocalist Johnny Walker and drummer Ben Swank pay serious tribute to the three legendary black revolutionaries, not only assuming their name but honoring the black liberation struggle with a stripped-down, seriously raucous blues attack deeply rooted in the rawest idioms of the African American musical tradition...The Soledad Brothers are no cornball blues revival act but make a fresh, idiosyncratic, soulful extension of the blues into their own life experience and out into the world at large.”

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Has the Third Man Rolling Record Store ever gotten a flat? Does it carry a spare and a jack? ~ Not a flat, but it’s on the road a lot so it has had some issues pop up. Usually, it’s finding a cool mechanic that can sort it out right away that just wants to work on a cool truck. But usually they’re just like, “What the hell is this thing? You sell records?” And then they shake their heads in disapproval at us and shame us.

Ben Swank ~ http://blog.acehotel.com/post/33900183400/ben-swank-third-man-records-cmj-interview

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Aww Jack looks cute. Dorky dad.

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Jack went to field day!

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For those who didn’t see.

A BRIEF AND POLITE NOTE ABOUT 'CENSORSHIP' AND HARASSMENT

Posted by Ben Swank

Dear Vault members, friends, family, and associated members of the Peanut Gallery,

Your old friend Ben Swank here.... A couple of weeks ago I sent a small letter to a site express my distaste for the manner in which they were using and manipulating our materials which then exploded into a bit of an online kerfuffle. We were accused of censorship, harassment, Big Brother tactics (the book not the show) and generally being really bad people who hate Freedom Of Expression. I'd like to copy and paste that letter here below for you all:

We respect your right to speak freely. We also exercise this right ourselves, which is what we're about to do here. Here goes... We can no longer watch your Tumblr blog exist without pointing out the racism and sexism that is inherent to its content. We realize that the tone of your site is humorous, and we sure do love to laugh, but the posts on your blog are often no more than literary black face, and it frustrates us to have Third Man-related content used with this mocking tone. Throw in the racist jab or two about Asians and a few dozen decidedly anti-feminist posts, and what we have is a blog full of negative and unproductive contributions to society. This letter won't begin to address the libel your site perpetuates, of which there is quite a lot. We can't ask you to take down your parody account, nor would we try, but let it be known that you offend us in every way.

A couple points if I may:1. I never asked them to remove or censor their content in any way 2. I understand they considered their site a 'parody'. Still offensive. And this is the first time I've ever done something like this. It was the usage of our materials in that way and seeing it spread around the internet that got me to a place where I needed to say something. I am a person that believes greatly in self expression and privacy. I want fans to have places online where they can discuss anything they like regarding Third Man without fear of our ire or scrutiny. But I've not said anything about this for a few years, but I'm going to go ahead and say this now... There is a strikingly (dare I say eerie) similar tone between those rants on that tumblr site to a lot of comments you see all over the internet whenever articles are posted about Olivia Jean or other female TMR-associated artists, same tone and phraseology that existed on this Black Belles hate-blog that used to exist, and the same tone and language used from this slightly unhinged person who emails me directly 20 or more times a day who thinks she (SHE being the woman sending the emails) is in a relationship with Jack White and who wants nothing more then to ruin Olivia Jean's career. What I'm saying is this could likely be one person working under different names and log ins (we have confirmation from our webmaster and other media outlets and websites that these originate from the same IP address) and what they are doing is embarrassing and irresponsible. This is all just to say that the internet is many things. A lot of those things are amazing, but there's a side of the internet where people can act in an anonymous and abhorrent manner that they would never act in real life and I hate to see other people exposed to, and believe, some of the hate and negativity that is espoused out there in the online vortex... Especially when so much of what is being said is based on falsehoods, conjecture and half-truths.

To be clear I very much encourage open discourse regarding music and criticism. I get that not everybody likes everything Third Man releases musically, we travel in a lot of musical worlds and not everything is for everyone. If this was about music in any way, then I would get it. But myself, I'm not a person who can stand watching cruelty based on racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, or how people look or dress. We all have freedom of expression. I'm all for it. I hope it can remain positive and stimulating, but that's not always the case and sometimes when it gets to be too much I'm going to express my freedom of expression and say so. Just like I'm doing now. This is likely something people want to discuss further. I welcome it. Please leave comments and I'll check in and reply. I'll also try and make myself available on Vault chat to talk more if people want to. thanks for your time and understanding,

Swank

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Las June, Parkwet Courts visted t'Nashvull studios o'Thurd Mun Recerds, playyun' trax frum Sunbathyun' Varmit an' 2013’s Tallee All T' Thangs At Y'all Broke fer a piddly, sweetee crowd. T' set wuz recerdet diereckly ta acetate, an' tomerroe, it will be releeset as...

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