You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.
In November of 1963, the way in which the world consumed information was changed forever. For the first time, 90% of American households owned a television set. The assassination of American President John F. Kennedy and his following funeral is considered to be a critical moment in history and in the way in which we consume media. Previously, television had been thought of as a low brow medium. Kennedy's own FCC commissioner called television a "vast wasteland"....>>>>>Read Rest Here
The Album: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron
The Book: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Revised Ed: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
'Hearts and Minds, "The ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and minds of the people who actually live there." -- President Lyndon Johnson
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