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Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
First rising to fame at the helm of the popular folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant subsequently enjoyed even greater success as a solo performer as her plaintive vocals and literate, socially conscious songs established her among the preeminent female performers in contemporary pop. Born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, NY, Merchant joined 10,000 Maniacs at the age of 17, quickly becoming the band's driving artistic force; after a pair of successful independent releases, they signed to Elektra in 1985, and in the years to follow emerged among the most popular acts in alternative rock, shooting into the Top 40 with 1987's superb In My Tribe. However, around the time of recording 1992's Our Time in Eden, Merchant gave her bandmates two years notice, and after the release of 1994's MTV Unplugged publicly announced she was leaving their ranks. Her 1995 solo debut, Tigerlily, debuted just shy of the Top Ten, scoring a hit with the single "Carnival; " it was followed in 1998 by Ophelia. Live in Concert, recorded at New York's Neil Simon Theatre, appeared a year later. A prominent social activist, Merchant also regularly campaigned in the name of such hot-button issues as animal rights, domestic violence, and homelessness. In 2000 Merchant toured with her band and members of progressive folk group The Horseflies performing folk traditionals. She returned with the Motherland LP in 2001. Two years later Merchant left Elektra and formed the Myth America to issue House Carpenter's Daughter, a collection of traditional and contemporary folk music performed on the 2000 tour. 2004 saw Rhino release Campfire Songs, a 10,000 Maniacs retrospective, and a year later Merchant tallied her ten-year solo career with Retrospective. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music GuideMore

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Nov 10th, 8:01am
i read your poem that you worte when god gave it to you your are an angel
Nov 10th, 7:57am
you are an angel of God
The boy would be snatched away
so he was
look up C.A.W. on myspace
Nov 10th, 7:55am
McCain played the "Jesus" role in this election, has far as his Christainity. He has been tortcherd and ridulced far more than BO. BO got argry because kids made fun of him when he was a child. they didn't accept his "blackness" and often other Black people were very races becuz of that. TRUTH SPEAKS: race was a big issue in this election. Dont you see. Its dosnt mean that Black people are the cause of this, its teaches the lesson that "Dont Scorn others but Scorn what beliefs that are based on a moral vaule". Racal People often use discructive arugement or as the rap world called "hate" to gain. Lincoln said that we should'nt do that. RUN DMC said that we should use peace or God as our soul person of rap. when you use hate.... well you will see. McCain wepts becasue he dosn't understand what he did wrong not to win. Look how bad he suffered. i wept right now.....i dont understand. We didn't look at this election right. We didnt look at the rap world right on how it creates hate on the world by it's self through what they say. "Rappers" often say that they are ROCKSTARS, and that Jesus Christ is the only Rapper. Be careful who call themself this. Rockstars cleans themselfs when they rap and it makes sense. SO CALLED RAPPERS have jumboed sen. and burlt out dumb shit that has a real hatefull meaning. Same has in the polictial World as well. Look how these people talk and how they the debate is more of an arugement. Look at the world of who carries our cash. Look at the People who try to mock god on purpose. Sry we are in this time becuz of our Bullets that we fire at each other. All people have feelings. This is ON MOREALS. What is truly right and how wud you feel if it were you. We our oftened selfish in America. We got everything. We have to use our rights to come together. I've done papers on both BO and McCain. Mcain's plans were better. Alot of kids did too vote becuz BO was black. Democrics are the reason we are in this sitution. They were the ones that sign Houseing Bills that caused this "Drought" if you wanna call it. 911 was a signifagante point in where that RELIGON was the main reason the towers were knocked down. 2 is a number in the Bible that out Presindent puts his hand on. Racail People who attack this cournty often look ways to mock it. We our the protectors of the World. We proected Isearl during WW11. Our Money has an EYE WATCHIN to see if we turn against our common purpose. Our Money has An Eagle under the Star of Daivd. Some poeople will attack this cournty becuz of this. WE GET "IN GODS WE TRUST!!!" Nations get mad at that fact and will acttack us becuz of it. Becuz of the fact that we hurt People in the Breadbaskst counrty, we can cause the Own people to turn against us. But dosnt it all ways seem to be an excellect turn out after we resuse Isearl? Look how bountiful we were after WW2, in the 50s. Our Counrty was named in the Bible and some courntrys know that. We are Mercy and Unity. We have the perfect consitution but if we dont pay attetenion to the Real happens, we might lose. McCain is a very point that God is making toward us. People often worship and cry over BO like he has done somthing great. i think you do somthing great when you get killed for it. JFK, MLK Lincon, and Malcon X did for the Black people, if you wanna be races. I want a great president too. People often think the reason they Picked BO becuz they ThInk that he will do something great. Well McCain got tourtched and ridulad far more than BO. so who's Shit shinks now??? McCain ALMOST DEID FOR HIS COUNRTY A LONG TIME AGO, and funny thing was he was very humbled bout it. Very humbled. He even hated talking about it. I remember (when i didnt know the Truth) i scorned McCain and said we was just tryin to get votes. I apoloigze and bow my head to that man in the highest reguard. He is more of a GOD firgue than BO is. He did more than Georgie Washington, our frist, did and still the most humbled man.... i cry for joy for him, not BO. wow. Again this works for both.... So Who's Who, You least of a Who than Dr. Suess, BO. Since we only saw Black and not Plan, or even background which Mr. Luther King even spoke about, its going to kill us. i think this was corrpt election as well. Listen to BO and the SHIT. Since we didn't open our ears and listened, We Killed Us!!!!! We o We o WE o WE. Listen America. Listen. Since we Miniced Cain (becuz we all know im an excellecte' Namer i guess you can call it..lol) again since we Miniced Cain, that killed US. Matta fact....They did!!!!