AVR Episode 13 - Alden Penner

This time on AVR:

Alden Penner of the band Clues.

Large Songs = Freedom Rag + Soon + Bea's Dance + Let's Get Strong - Performed by Alden to his Grandmother.

We also played:

Clues - Let's Get Strong (Live) - [ video ]
Alden and Adam - Untitled 2 - [ MP3s ]
Chandelier Teeth - Yellow Knight - [ video ] - [ myspace ] - [ paper heart ]
Alden Penner - L'Espair
Alden Penner - Sourcewater
Clues - Ledmonton (Live) - [ video ]

Bedding music by Ennio Morricone

Download it here:

AVR13.MP3 (115 MB)

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Clues



Clues =
Ben Borden
Lisa Gamble
Alden Penner
Brendan Reed
Nick Scribner

The Clues LP is out May 19.
Check out Constellation Records and Villa Villa Nola for more info.

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The Situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran

According to the L.A. Times:

Human rights advocates have decried the apparent arrests this week of six leaders of Iran's embattled Bahai community.
Rights groups say Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm were all unofficial leaders of Iran's outlawed but often tolerated Bahai religious minority who lived in Tehran.
They were arrested Wednesday, most likely on security charges, by Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security and locked up Tehran's infamous Evin Prison, according to rights activists.
No one's sure why. Bahais are mostly apolitical. But Iran's clerical leadership considers them heretical. And they are informally barred from obtaining public-sector employment or university scholarships.
Some believe the move is a red herring, meant to create distractions at a time of domestic turmoil over spiraling price inflation.
(03/08/09)

Here's some related articles:

Major news organizations:
Telegraph / CNN / Washington Post / BBC /

The website for The Bahá'í International Community:
http://news.bahai.org/story/702
http://info.bahai.org/persecution_iran.html

A website documenting the trials of the Bahá'í community in Iran:
Iran Press Watch

Other folks speaking out:
Iranian intellectuals / Rainn Wilson

Take action:
Amnesty International

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We'll be back on March 22 with AVR 14