| John Perry Barlow | |
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 Barlow in 2006, European Graduate School, Leuk, Switzerland |
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| Born | October 3, 1947 Sublette County, Wyoming, United States |
| Occupation | lyricist, essayist |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 1971-1995 (lyrics) 1990-present (essays) |
| Subjects | Internet (essays) |
John Perry Barlow (born October 3, 1947) is an American poet, essayist, retired Wyoming cattle rancher, political activist and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead. The European Graduate School (EGS in Switzerland is a privately funded graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies Leuk ( French Loèche) is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sublette County is a County located in the US state of Wyoming. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A lyricist is a Writer who specializes in Song Lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song(s This article is an abbreviated list of Essayists - individuals notable for writing essays on various topics Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" This article is an abbreviated list of Essayists - individuals notable for writing essays on various topics The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also known to be a cyberlibertarian. [1]
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Biography
Born in Sublette County, Wyoming, Barlow attended elementary school in a one room schoolhouse. Sublette County is a County located in the US state of Wyoming. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. He was a student at the Fountain Valley School in Colorado. Fountain Valley School of Colorado is located on of rolling prairie at the base of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado Springs Colorado. There Barlow met Bob Weir, who would later join the music group the Grateful Dead. Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Weir and Barlow maintained contact throughout the years; a frequent visitor to Timothy Leary's facility in Millbrook, New York, Barlow introduced the musical group to Leary in 1967. Timothy Francis Leary ( October 22, 1920 &ndash May 31, 1996) was an American Writer, Psychologist, Futurist In 1969, Barlow graduated with high honors in comparative religion from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and spent two years traveling. This article concerns Wesleyan Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the south-central part of the state 16 miles (26 km Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. In 1971, he began practicing animal husbandry in Cora, Wyoming, at his family's Bar Cross Land and Livestock Company. Cora is a Census-designated place (CDP in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. He sold that business in 1988.
The seeds of the Barlow-Weir collaboration were sown at a Grateful Dead show at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York in February of 1971. Until this point, Weir had mostly worked with resident Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Robert C Hunter (born June 23, 1941) is an American Lyricist, Singer songwriter, and Poet, best known for his association Hunter preferred that those who sang his songs stuck to his "canonical" lyrics rather than improvising additions or rearranging words. A feud erupted backstage over a couplet in "Sugar Magnolia" from the band's most recent release (most likely "She can dance a Cajun rhythm/Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive"), culminating in a disgruntled Hunter summoning Barlow and instructing Weir to "take him--he's yours. " In the fall of 1971, with a deal for a solo album in hand and only two songs completed, Weir and Barlow began to write together for the first time.
Fueled by massive amounts of Wild Turkey and a traditional Native American creativity spell recommended by band friend Rolling Thunder, the twosome hammered out such endearing songs as "Cassidy," "Mexicali Blues," and "Black Throated Wind," all three of which would remain in the repertoires of the Grateful Dead and Weir's varied solo projects for years to come. Wild Turkey is a brand of Kentucky straight Bourbon whiskey distilled and bottled by the Austin Nichols division of Pernod Ricard. Other songs to emerge from the Weir-Barlow collaboration include "Let It Grow," "The Music Never Stopped," "Estimated Prophet," "I Need A Miracle," "Lost Sailor," "Saint of Circumstance," and "Throwing Stones. " Barlow also did collaborations with Grateful Dead keyboardists, Brent Mydland then later Vince Welnick. Brent Mydland ( October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was the fourth Keyboardist to play for the American rock band the Vince Welnick ( February 21 1951 – June 2 2006) was an American Keyboardist, best known for playing with the band
He is a former chairman of the Sublette County Republican Party and served as campaign manager for Dick Cheney during his 1978 Congressional campaign. Sublette County is a County located in the US state of Wyoming. Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. By the early 2000s, Barlow was unable to reconcile his ardent libertarianism with the prevailing neoconservative movement and "didn't feel tempted to vote for Bush;" after an arrest for possession of a small quantity of marijuana while traveling, he joined the Democratic Party and publicly committed himself to outright political activism for the first time since his spell with the Republican Party. Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the Neoconservatism (or Neocon is a Right-wing political philosophy that emerged in the United States from the rejection of the Social liberalism, Moral relativism Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Barlow has subsequently declared that he is a Republican[2] He has also claimed on many occasions to be an anarchist. [3]
In 1986, Barlow joined The WELL online community, then known for a strong deadhead presence. The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, normally shortened to The WELL, is one of the oldest Virtual communities in continuous operation Deadhead or Dead Head is a name given to fans of the American Jam band, the Grateful Dead. He served on the company's board for directors for several years. In 1990, Barlow founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) along with fellow digital rights activists John Gilmore and Mitch Kapor. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated John Gilmore is one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks mailing list and Cygnus Solutions. Mitchell David Kapor (born November 1, 1950) is the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the " As a founder of EFF, Barlow helped publicize the Secret Service raid on Steve Jackson Games. Steve Jackson Games (SJG is a Game company founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board Barlow's involvement is later documented in the non-fiction book The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier (1992) by Bruce Sterling[4]. Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American Science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades EFF later sponsored the ground-breaking case Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service. Steve Jackson Games Inc v United States Secret Service, 36 F3d 457 (1994, sprang from a raid by the United States Secret Service on the Austin Steve Jackson Games won the case in 1993.
He married Elaine Parker Barlow, they had three daughters: Amelia, Anna Winter, and Leah. Elaine and John were separated in 1992. He was engaged to Dr. Cynthia Horner, whom he met at a convention center. She died in 1994 from a heart arrhythmia. [5]
Barlow was a good friend of John F. Kennedy Jr.[6]
Current work
Barlow currently serves as vice-chairman of the EFF's board of directors. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr (November 25 1960 – July 16 1999 often referred to as John F The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated The EFF was designed to mediate the "inevitable conflicts [that] have begun to occur on the border between Cyberspace and the physical world. "[7] They were trying to build a legal wall that would separate and protect the Internet from territorial government, and especially from the U. S. government. [8]
He is a Fellow with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and Diamond Management & Technology Partners, and a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The Berkman Center for Internet and Society is a research center founded at Harvard Law School that focuses on the legal study of Cyberspace. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. Diamond Management & Technology Consultants (casually referred to as Diamond) is a publicly traded company (DTPI focused on management consulting headquartered in The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences or IADAS was founded in 1998 in New York to help drive the progress of the Internet and evolving He spends much of his time on the road, lecturing and consulting.
Barlow also serves on the advisory boards of Clear Path International and TTI/Vanguard. Clear Path International (CPI is a non-profit organization based in the United States TTI/Vanguard is a Santa Monica-based company that puts on five conferences a year for senior business executives exploring upcoming trends in technology with a 2-5 year horizon
Writing
From 1971 until 1995, Barlow wrote lyrics for the Grateful Dead, mostly through his relationship with Bob Weir. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead Amongst others, Barlow's songs include "Cassidy" (about Neal Cassady or Ellen Cassidy),[9] "Estimated Prophet", "Black-Throated Wind", "Hell in a Bucket", "Mexicali Blues", "The Music Never Stopped", and "Throwing Stones".
His writings include "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace", which was written corresponding to the enactment of the Communications Decency Act in 1996 as they saw the incident as an invasion to the independency and sovereignty of the cyberspace. "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" was an influential early paper on the applicability (or lack thereof of Government on the rapidly-growing Internet He argued that the cyberspace legal order would reflect ethical deliberation instead of the coerive power that characterized real-space governance. [10] Therefore, they found it inappropriate to obtain order in the cyberspace by physical coercion. Instead ethics, enlightened self-interest and the commonweal were the elements they believed to create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. [11] Later, article such as "The Economy of Ideas" is also widely circulated in providing a vision for human creativity online.
Barlow has written extensively for Wired magazine, as well as The New York Times, Nerve, and Communications of the ACM. Wired is a full-color monthly American Magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993 Nerve is an American Online magazine dedicated to sex relationships and culture Communications of the ACM ( CACM) is the flagship monthly Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM In his writings, he explained the wonder of the Internet. Internet to him is more than a computer network. It is a place what he called an "electronic frontier". [12] He frequently wrote in language that echoed Henry Stanley's African diary. "Imagine discovering a continent so vast that it may has no end to its dimensions. Imagine a new world with more resources than all our future greed might exhaust, more opportunities than there will ever be entrepreneurs enough to exploit, and a peculiar kind of real estate that expands with development. Imagine a place where trespassers leave no footprints, where goods can be stolen infinite number of times and yet remain in the possession of their original owners, where business you never heard of can own the history of your personal affairs". [13] He has wanted to encourage and provoke youngsters to explore the cyberspace through his writing.
Barlow has also returned to writing lyrics, most recently collaborating with the String Cheese Incident's mandolinist and vocalist Michael Kang, including their song "Desert Dawn. The String Cheese Incident, one of the bands involved in the jam movement of the mid-to-late 1990s formed in Boulder, Colorado in 1993 Michael Kang may refer to Michael Kang (director, director of the 2006 independent film The Motel Michael Kang (musician, member " Barlow is often seen at String Cheese Incident concerts mixing with the fans and members in the band. The String Cheese Incident, one of the bands involved in the jam movement of the mid-to-late 1990s formed in Boulder, Colorado in 1993
He has also recently collaborated with the Chicago based jamband Mr. Blotto on their recent release Barlow Shanghai. Mr Blotto is a Jam band band from Chicago, Illinois They blend Southern rock, Folk music, and Country rock.
Notes
- ^ Goldsmith and Wu, 2006, p. 17
- ^ The Colbert Report, episode first aired March 26, 2007. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ Barlow, John Perry (interview) and Jayakar, Roshni (interviewer). "What stops free flow of information is dangerous", Business Today, Living Media India, December 6, 2000. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-11-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
- ^ Sterling, Bruce. (1992) The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier, available at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works
- ^ A story at minute 37 about how Barlow met his fiancée at a convention center, and what happened afterward, in Convention, episode 74. This American Life, aired August 30, 1997, Chicago Public Radio and Ira Glass. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Retrieved on 2007-11-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
- ^ CNN's American Morning: Interview With John Perry Barlow. July 2, 2003 (transcript)
- ^ Goldsmith and Wu, 2006, p. 18
- ^ Goldsmith and Wu, 2006, p. 19
- ^ Barlow, John Perry. Cassidy's Tale. Literary Kicks: Beat Connections in Music (litkicks. com). Retrieved on 2007-11-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
- ^ Goldsmith and Wu, 2006, p. 20
- ^ Goldsmith and Wu, 2006, p. 20
- ^ Goldsmith and Wu, 2006, p. 17
- ^ Goldsmith and Wu, 2006, p. 17-18
References
- Goldsmith, Jack and Wu, Tim (February 24, 2006). Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World. USA: Oxford University Press.
External links
- Barlow Home(stead)Page. Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-11-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
- List of Barlow's lyrical work for the Grateful Dead, in Allan, Alex (ed. ). John Perry Barlow Songs. Grateful Dead Lyric And Song Finder (clearlight. com). Retrieved on 2007-11-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
- Davis, Aaron (July 28, 2005). Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Interview: John Perry Barlow, Wyoming's Estimated Prophet. Planet Jackson Hole. Retrieved on 2007-11-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days
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| NAME | Barlow, John Perry |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American lyricist, essayist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sublette County, Wyoming |
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