U. Utah Phillips – The man with no rant control… His new rant song: The Talking NPR Blues By U. Utah Phillips Spoken in time I turned on my radio… spun the dial Thought I’d listen to some news for a while I grabbed the knob, spun it around, Got NPR… here’s what I found… Real news? Hardly a trace Just one damn marathon market place The Nasdaq’s up, the Dow’s in the cellar And NPR sold out to Rockefeller Hostile take over… Real hostile. Well I hear about all the anti trust And all the day traders who bit the dust Mergers, buyouts and acquisitions Low down crooks in high positions Wheelers, dealers, and CEO’s Fired and paid off through the nose Buying yachts and fancy homes With the bail out money from the savings and loans And I get pissed… Off that is. It’s dot com this and dot com that The underwriters are getting fat On airwaves stole from you and me By a bunch of thieves called the FCC They don’t give a damn what we want and need They’ve all caved in to corporate greed And sold us out to the ruling class Well the whole damn bunch can kiss my… …Dot Com! This is a family show folks The FCC says watch your language English What’s yours? I got tired of being treated like a veg So I called up the station and canceled my pledge In a mighty act of liberation Sent the money off to my community station I said “I love you” But if you blow it I’ll sure as hell let you know it I’ll knock the radio off the shelf Buy a transmitter and do it myself Whitebeard the Pirate This is radio station H O B O Broadcasting on a vagrancy of 60 to 90 days Signing off For now. Less