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Indie Roots

seeking d.c. voting rights through d.c. indie rock

About Me


Finally, a non-partisan activist cause with teeth.

..:.:: www.indieroots.org ::.:..

Indie Roots is taking a national tour of DC indie bands to spread the message: none of us have a vote in Congress! We shall rock to spread the word that the tax-paying, military-serving, law-abiding citizens of the District of Columbia deserve to cast a vote for their legislators. Some call it taxation without representation. We call it a 200-year-old crisis of human rights, right in the capital of the United States.

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My Interests

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Member Since: 1/11/2007
Band Website: indieroots.org
Band Members: District indie rockers in the nation's capital.
Influences: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Congress, The Organic Acts of 1801, Martin Luther King Jr, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Marion Barry, Anthony Williams, Adrian Fenty.
Sounds Like: Analog Jetpack
Bellman Barker
Carol Bui
Cedars
Death By Sexy
Deleted Scenes
Gist
Greenland
The Hard Tomorrows
La Gorda
Let's French
Middle Distance Runner
Monopoli
Revival
The Roosevelt
Shortstack
The Sketches
Soft Complex
Telograph
These United States
Vandaveer

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Skip work, call in, download free music for DC voting rights!!

As DC Vote notes, "[Tomorrow] marks the first time in nearly 30 years that a DC voting rights bill has made it to the Senate Floor for vote. It's crucial that we show Senators that we demand the vote ...
Posted by Indie Roots on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:54:00 PST

condolences

We here at Indieroots DC would like to extend our warmest condolences to the family and friends of Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, who died yesterday from cancer.  She was a great Congresswoman ...
Posted by Indie Roots on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:42:00 PST

AP Story on Indieroots

More tour diaries coming soon (now that we're home and can find time to write, that is.)  Here's a story the AP ran on us while we were gone:Pop Culture Movement for D.C. Vote Ramping Up ...
Posted by Indie Roots on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:08:00 PST

Boston via Philly & New Haven

Tuesday afternoon, I fled my dayjob like Clint Eastwood escaping Alcatraz, minus the whole raft thing. Instead of the raft, our ride is the silver supervan, nicknamed "The Airstream." We hit the roa...
Posted by Indie Roots on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:09:00 PST

The DC Voting Rights Tour 2007 leaves in one week!

Brothers and sisters!One week from today, The DC Voting Rights Tour 2007 smashes the proverbial bottle of champagne over its metaphorical hull as we set off for Philadelphia! We've been inundating the...
Posted by Indie Roots on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PST

Pocheco rides again: final tour poster!!

Are you ready to rock (falsetto scream)???props to Pocheco for the posters!!...
Posted by Indie Roots on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:44:00 PST

H.R. 1433 reaches the floor of the House...

... and Bush's advisors are urging the President to veto it. There's a showdown brewing... GistAnalog JepackThe Dance PartyTelemetrik...
Posted by Indie Roots on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:20:00 PST

Second tour poster and new music!!

We've got new songs by The Dance Party and Analog Jetpack up on the page, and here's the second poster for all listening ears:thanks to Pocheco for the design!!...
Posted by Indie Roots on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:15:00 PST

Bush administration: democracy may be "unconstitutional"

from the Indie Roots blog:Just as the bill to give DC a full voting seat is almost sure to pass the House next week, the Bush administration plays its cards: "D.C. is not a state."Hmmm& I don't think ...
Posted by Indie Roots on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:00:00 PST

Tour posters by Pocheco!!

Indie-vists,We've had the great fortune to be the beneficiary of design from our friend Sarah at Pocheco. Her work really is beautiful, and we're inspired to have her work represent both Indie Roots a...
Posted by Indie Roots on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:11:00 PST