One of my favourite human beings who I never met passed away on the 21st of November. What I loved about him was not only his art itself, but the extraordinary vision behind it. He’s also interesting, because his combination of talents
Do you have a “Luminato” festival in your town? A urban art festival full of light sculpture and insomniacs? I’m starting to wonder if it might be time to introduce a ‘Fulminato’ festival as well – one night every year dedicated to
Hello my friends. This one is more of a short film than a music video – and for that I have to thank and apologize-to many inspiring chums who gave me innumerable clever ideas for it, and are also much better at
Hello my friends – I have something truly nifty to share with you today – a product of play and learning both. Some of you already know that I spent a quarter of a century as an expert audio technician for both
One of the strangest revolutionary problems, is how to broaden the membership enough to give the movement political weight, without overly diluting, or even completely losing the original principles and message. Considering how complicated and intellectual many revolutionary theories are, this has
For a long time, I considered the exquisite contrast drawn by the following to be the subtle but crucial thing the right didn’t understand about the left. I now often find myself wondering if this is the thing which the left no
Hey folks. Time for a serious dose of SILLY! (Insofar as I am eptified for same). I can honestly say that I haven’t got the slightest idea where this stuff comes from – but since I am lucky enough that it does
Podcast time again – and once again my title is a play on words, rather than any sort of an ornery sentiment. I come bearing practical hope of expansion of compassion and embracing love – not to win an argument. Hope it
Men Are Not For Burning – print by Leon GolubShown at the Ryerson Image Gallery in – Attica USA 1971: Images and sounds of a rebellion. One of the most incredible works of intellect and human insight I ever came across was
My friends, this podcast is a sh1t kicker, but needed – I apologize and you’re welcome in advance. I can’t tell you how weird it is for a guy like me to be put in the position of talking about the value
I mentioned some months ago that working as a model has given me a funny insight into self control. With practise (and the right exercises) one can extend one’s ability to tolerate discomfort to an extraordinary degree. But even though my experience
While researching an article about the Black Panthers not too long ago, I came across their splendid and still powerful ten points and added them as a footnote to the story. For today’s show I found this. In 1851, Pierre Joseph Proudhon,
There are a lot of people out there, far better studied and credentialed than I, who are eager to tell you emotionally engaging tales about what’s wrong with the world and who is to blame for our problems. But when I think
Have you ever actually sat down and read Leviticus, from start to finish? The other day I was thinking hard about how to carefully describe some of the serious problems of reason and compassion in the political correctness movement, and I realized
Internet and social media are strange beasts. It is a really wonderful thing to have friends from the far corners of the world – and to share our ideas and passions with people who have very different experiences and circumstances. But there
Hi folks! Right now (end of November, 2020) we are fortunate to have some very good mid and long-term news on several fronts at once about our globally stressful and depressing pandemic. The fact that manufacturers all around the world are seeing
Toffel digs inIllustrations by Andrew Rewfoe Foerster, from the upcoming book – “Stymie and Toffel” This is a weird and difficult time to be a kid. Childhood has actually been increasingly weird and difficult for several generations now, but the truly shocking
March of the Weavers (top image) I am continually amazed by the valuable clues we uncover when we dig into art history. These clues are never confined to the artist themselves or their work, but enrich our understanding of the places and
Hello my friends – time for a new song! I wrote this one a couple of years ago, and I’ve been playing with the arrangement in my head (mentally multi-tracking it) ever since, but it wasn’t until Catherine ordered me not to
I did a show awhile ago called, “You can’t guilt a fascist” and I don’t think this point can be made enough. Appeals to the powerful to amend their ways and show more grace to their serfs are structurally doomed, because there
Hello my friends! I am sorry to have been silent so long since my last episode. I have been trying (as I explain within) but like everyone else, I am finding many things more of a struggle than usual lately. This one