Updates later today. For now, a song about music.

Another excellent Christmas song by the great Tim Minchin. With many accurate details about Jesus!

If this song were any more awesome, my head would explode.

R.E.M. announced they were done as a band a while ago, which evoked some rather bittersweet emotions in me. I was a big fan of theirs; there are few bands that can write so much good music without repeating themselves. I don’t think they were wrong to stop if they felt it was time, if [...]

Been listening to a lot of Alistair Hulett lately: beautiful, powerful revolutionary music. It’s very sad that he died so young – we need people like him more than ever in this New Age of the Fist – but his words and melodies remain with us, to inspire and uplift us.

I may have a lot of things to say about current union leadership worldwide, but that a song like this can still be produced in today’s America is a very good sign. There’s a lot more fighting spirit left in Americans than what the media claim. And Tom Morello continues to be a truly remarkable [...]

Once again, a song by Malvina Reynolds says more than I could with a whole essay.