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Submitted By: ncdrawl

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Phil Ochs documentary!

Posted: November 17, 2010 - 11:05pm

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/11/17/movies/1248069341781/phil-ochs-there-but-for-fortune.html

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Re: Phil Ochs documentary!

Posted: November 18, 2010 - 11:50am

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A man who was "Bound for Glory" way, way too soon.

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Re: Phil Ochs documentary!

Posted: November 18, 2010 - 5:45pm

I remember hearing "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" in high school on the "underground" FM station- after our family had discussed the tragedy of Kitty Genovese's public murder. I was a fan from that time on. He was so invested in the anti-war movement, the turmoil and assassinations of the 60s and 70s destroyed him, I believe. I saw him on the Johnny Carson Show in a gold lame suit doing an Elvis thing before he hanged himself. Something had died in him long before. It's too bad he couldn't have witnessed Bob Marley's emergence as a spokesman for personal liberation. I think it would have saved his life.