Episodes

Thursday Aug 11, 2022
New song: ”Smashing Elbit Systems”
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
The most inspiring thing I've heard about in a long time are the folks all over the UK going around with sledgehammers, smashing equipment at arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems, under the banner of Palestine Action. For inspiration and information, check out palestineaction.org and follow them on Instagram and Twitter.

Thursday Jul 28, 2022
El Batallón de San Patricio (traducción libre de la canción de David Rovics)
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
There is a gorgeous 8-song album in Spanish just out from Abraham Roman of Mexico City, which you can stream or download for free from the website of Mexico's Ministry of Culture. Here is track 8, which is Roman's brilliant Spanish translation of "St Patrick Battalion."

Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
New song: ”Killing the Messenger (Free Julian Assange)”
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
My latest musical effort at attempting to briefly elucidate some of the salient points relating to the ongoing transnational persecution of Julian Assange.

Saturday Jul 09, 2022
”At the End of World War 3” full band version
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
A few days ago I shared Chet Gardiner's solo acoustic recording of this song that I wrote a few months ago. Here is a full band recording of the song that he's just shared with me, which leaves me that much more excited about the prospect of making a record with Chet and other musicians in Hawaii this winter, if all goes as planned...

Sunday Jul 03, 2022
”At the End of World War 3” from Chet Gardiner
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
If you've never heard of a musician named Chet Gardiner, here's a fine introduction. This is his solo acoustic version of a song I wrote a few months ago, which he recorded at his home studio in Hawaii.
Both the bassy resonance of Chet's voice and his delivery reminds me very much of the last recordings Johnny Cash made, which I think were brilliant. Chet's fingerstyle DADGAD guitar playing is so evocative as well.
He plays a lot of other instruments as well, and I'm very much looking forward to hopefully spending the last half of January with other musicians at his studio in Hawaii making a record together. More on those plans soon...

Saturday Jul 02, 2022
New song: ”Hollywood Bread”
Saturday Jul 02, 2022
Saturday Jul 02, 2022
It's been interesting to hear in recent mainstream news reports all of the open speculation about the Saudi government's role in the 9/11/2001 attacks in the US. An old friend of mine knew Mohamed Atta. He tried to tell the FBI, but they weren't interested. After years of living on the road, in fear of being killed for knowing too much, he decided it was time to contact me and tell me his story, the basic details of which I try to capture in this song.
I can't reveal the identity of my friend, and I can't personally verify the details he has shared with me, but I'm sure he didn't make this up.

Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Singing for Sectarians
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
The most recent round of attacks against me online from my cancellation campaigners are because I sang at the wrong conference. In this podcast I explore that kind of response to an artist allegedly doing the wrong gig.

Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Singing for Sectarians
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
The most recent round of attacks against me online from my cancellation campaigners are because I sang at the wrong conference. In this post, I explore that kind of response to an artist allegedly doing the wrong gig.

Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Merrick Garland: Drop the Charges Against Julian Assange
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
While Merrick Garland goes to Ukraine and makes plans to prosecute Russian war crimes, the hypocrisy of his Justice Department's ongoing pursuit of the extradition of Julian Assange for exposing US war crimes -- under the draconian and anti-democratic Espionage Act of 1917 -- becomes increasingly outrageous.

Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Breaking Even in the Gig Economy: We’re All Crust Punks Now
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
If you're like me and you heard a recent NPR story and marveled at how a touring band gets to the point where things are so precarious that an increase in the price of gasoline means they have to cancel some of their festival gigs, I thought I'd unpack this reality a bit.