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Four Dead in Ohio

Today is the 42nd anniversary of the shootings at Kent State in 1970. Here is what happened. Here is Neil Young's song performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young about the events of the day.
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Today is 38th Anniversary of the Kent State Shootings

US Politics / Liberal : Crooks and Liars (5 years ago)

On May 4, 1970, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen at an on-campus march to protest Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia five days earlier. Those of us who remember Kent State first hand... Read Post

Neil Never Sleeps

Entertainment : The New Yorker: Goings On (5 years ago)

Neil Young, under his longtime alias Bernard Shakey, has directed a movie, and it’s out this week. A documentary, “CSNY: Déjà Vu” is about the 2006 tour Young staged with Crosby, Stills, and Nash in the wake of his explicitly... Read Post

Cover Wars: Ohio (Crosby Stills Nash & Young)

Entertainment / Music : Hidden Track (2 years ago)

Neil Young’s Ohio, made famous by Crosby Stills Nash & Young, is a protest song referencing the horrible events at Kent State University on May 4th, 1970 that left four dead and nine injured. Recorded just three weeks after the fact... Read Post


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