I rarely post Greek music here, even though there is a great deal of it that I love. But right now I really feel like posting this amazing song, which is heavier and grander than the heaviest and grandest heavy metal song. Yup. Project update tomorrow.

That song says everything that needs to be said. As for us, we’ll be listening to “Freddy the Red Brained Mi-Go” and waiting for Satan to come down the chimney and bring us a chocolate squid. Or something like that.

Here’s something I wanted to share with any readers who happen to speak German. It’s a biting and hilarious song by brilliant comedian/writer/musician Marc-Uwe Kling, who took on the Social Democrats with Wer hat uns verraten?, and now goes on to tackle my least favourite party: the Greens. (For the record, I am very much [...]

Violence begets violence. If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. – John Lennon All the cynicism in the world has not been able to weaken, not even been able to scratch, the breathtaking power of this song. Peace is not utopia, it’s [...]

I’ve been a huge fan of Tim Minchin’s for some time now, but I somehow managed to miss this song. It’s his response to this review, which is as idiotic and unpleasant a piece of journalistic wank as one can imagine. This is poetry, people. Hilarious, biting, and entirely appropriate. (Yes, I do think the [...]

I never tire of Street Sweeper Social Club’s Promenade. Two by two, Promenade Duck from a B1 bomber raid Ain’t ’bout the plans Osama made Banks get paid off petrol trade That is the magic of poetry: telling the truth in so few words.

Lots of updates on the way, including Commentarium and The Infinite Ocean. Until then, enjoy this excellent new Street Sweeper Social Club song: Now this, this is poetry.

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! is one of my favourite Nick Cave albums. Almost every single song on it is absolutely wonderful; it’s an album full of energy, sarcasm, and deep thoughts. The lyrics explode in your mind and the music pounds them into your soul. It’s like a lesson in what art is capable of. It’s [...]