A swingy little number in honor of the upcoming apocalypse!
Videography: Eleanor Goldfield
Editing: Emily Yates
Words/music/banjo/bass/vocals: Emily Yates
Shaker: Erik Yates
Eventual Ukulele Superstar
A swingy little number in honor of the upcoming apocalypse!
Videography: Eleanor Goldfield
Editing: Emily Yates
Words/music/banjo/bass/vocals: Emily Yates
Shaker: Erik Yates
Cannabis is slowly being legalized, but you know what else is?
Fascism.
Written by Emily Yates
Music:
Emily Yates – vocals, ukulele, bass
Erik Yates – dobro
Videography and editing by Anne Leo
Featuring:
Cecilia Thorn
Parker Otwell Roe
Andy Thorn
Erik Yates
Adrian Engfer
Jaquita Straw
Annsley Dolan
A song that’s kind of but also not about Star Wars. (Lyrics & credits below)
Words/music/art/sketch videos by Emily Yates
Performance video/audio recording & video editing by Sobokeh
Originally written for and performed at Tourettes Without Regrets, Oakland CA
Lyrics:
I wish I knew more about Star Wars than real wars
I wish I knew more about Jedi than drones
I wish I knew more about Obi Wan
Than about the civilians we’ve recently bombed
Oh I wish I knew more about Star Wars than real wars
When you mention the Force, you think Skywalker
I think of our air force exploding Iraq or Afghanistan
And I don’t know much about Star Wars
But I think we might be on the Dark Side
Oh I wish I knew more about Star Wars than class war
I wish I knew more about droids than gentrification
I wish I knew more about Luke and Leia
Than about a health-care plan that screws the single payer
Oh I wish I knew more about Star Wars than class war
When you mention the Empire you think Darth Vader
I think of our government shamelessly catering to the elite
And I don’t know much about Star Wars
But I think we might be the Empire
And I don’t mind if you’re a walking Wookieepedia
If you’ve got trivia dripping right off of your clothes
Just ask anybody in the media
These other wars have endless episodes
Oh I wish I knew more about Star Wars than drug war
I wish I knew more about clone attacks than crack
I wish I knew more about Kylo Ren
Than about marijuana growers stuck in the pen
Oh I wish I knew more about Star Wars than drug war
When you mention a smuggler you think Han Solo
I think of rich white boys smuggling blow, though
And getting away
And I don’t know much about Star Wars
No I don’t know much about Star Wars
Oh, truly I don’t know much about Star Wars
But I wish I knew less about real wars
Click the image/text or copy & paste the link below to hear me talk and sing my opinions on This Damn World, a San Francisco-based podcast with one of my favorite mottos: Be Fuckin Better.
This song was entered in the NPR Tiny Desk Contest: