Tom Morello and a host of other popular artists will be performing acoustically at an upcoming benefit for the Pablove Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of children with cancer.

The November 21 concert will feature Tom Morello (aka the Nightwatchman), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Tom Gabel (Against Me!), Shirley Manson,  Butch Walker, Jarrod Gorbel (The Honorary Title),  Charlotte Martin, and more. Tickets go on sale October 31 at 10am via Ticketmaster.

Details below. If you can’t make it, but still want to support the Pablove cause, you can donate money to them via their website.

Pablove Foundation Benefit

November 21, 7:30pm
Avalon
1735 Vine St, Hollywood, CA
$35

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Song: “Serpentine”

CD: Evolve

Long acoustic jam that chronicles a host of post-9/11 ills, with wit and melancholy.

Website: www.righteousbabe.com

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I’d say that this story was bizarre, if we didn’t see tales like it happening again and again. Activists in NYC had their home raided by the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force on October 1, apparently because one of the residents had been sending Twitter messages during the recent G20 protests in Pittsburgh. So the FBI came to the man’s house in New York and confiscated a ton of personal possessions of the man (Elliot Madison) and his housemates. I won’t be the first to point out that when protesters in a country like Iran use Twitter to inform and organize, Americans cheer, but when you do it in the US, you get a police boot through your front door.

Much scarier, the legal proceedings are becoming increasingly secretive. The residents’ possessions were seized, but law enforcement won’t say why or what the search warrant covered. How do you defend yourself when no one tells you the charges??? Civil liberties under Obama don’t seem much better than they were under George W. Bush.

The activists (who call their home “Tortuga”) are asking for help. Not only must they pay legal fees now and for what may become an expensive, Kafka-esque legal process, they must do so after having all kinds of personal possessions (including computers and phones) taken by the police. They’re asking for donations (you can go to their blog and click on the “here” link under the “Donation” heading). If you live near San Francisco, you can attend a benefit show for Tortuga House on October 23. They’re also asking folks to spread the word (let people know about their website, www.FriendsOfTortuga.wordpress.com..

More information about this situation on the Friends of Tortuga blog, this Democracy Now! interview, and this information from Elliott’s attorney here.

Song: “Combat Rock”

CD: One Beat

Military-beat alt-rock track released just in response to the “with us or against us” tone after 9/11.

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