Episodes
Saturday May 06, 2017
198: The Sound of Opposition
Saturday May 06, 2017
Saturday May 06, 2017
General, variety.
Different Drummer: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Midnight Oil - "Blue Sky Mine"
The Jam - "Running on the Spot"
The Jam - "Going Underground"
David Bynre - "Miss America"
Scatterbrain - "Goodbye Freedom, Hello Mom"
Wicked (cast) - "Defying Gravity"
Hamilton (cast) - "My Shot"
Hamilton (cast) - "The Election of 1800"
Hamilton (cast) - "Non-Stop"
Travis Tritt - "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man"
USAF Academy Band and Cadet Chorale - "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"
Nanci Griffith - "Deportee (Plan Wreck at Los Gatos)"
Violent Femmes - "Old Mother Reagan"
Violent Femmes - "No Killing"
Ernie Thacker - "The Hangman" (Maurice Ogden)
Frederic Rzewski - "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"
Indigo Girls - "Let It Be Me"
Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning"
Sunday Apr 30, 2017
197: The Sound of Resistance
Sunday Apr 30, 2017
Sunday Apr 30, 2017
War.
Different Drummer: Neil Young
Jefferson Airplane - "Volunteers"
Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth"
Guns 'n' Roses - "Civil War"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son"
Dead Kennedys - "Kinky Sex Makes the World go 'Round"
Pink Floyd - "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert"
Crass - "How Does It Feel"
Crass - "Sheep Farming in the Falklands"
Morrissey - "Margaret on the Guillotine"
Neil Young - "Rocking in the Free World"
Neil Young - "Southern Man"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - "Powderfinger"
The Cowboy Junkies - "Powderfinger"
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "Ohio"
Neil Young & The Stray Gators - "War Song"
John Denver - "'68 Nixon"
Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready To Make Nice"
Elvis Costello - "Shipbuilding"
Skinny Puppy - "VX Gas Attack"
Flipper - "Sacrifice"
XTC - "War Dance"
Got A Girl - "There's a Revolution"
Sunday Apr 23, 2017
196: The Sound of Protest
Sunday Apr 23, 2017
Sunday Apr 23, 2017
Politics.
Different Drummer: Hugo Weaving
The Rainmakers - "Reckoning Day"
The Offspring - "Disclaimer"
Sepultura - "Politricks"
The Roots - "False Media"
Queensryche - "Revolution Calling"
Ken Hensley - "Proud Words"
Living Colour - "Cult of Personality"
Megadeth - "Symphony of Destruction"
Dead Kennedys - "California Uber Alles"
Dead Kennedys - "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now"
XTC - "The Ugly Underneath"
Jean Sibelius - "Finlandia"
Elvis Costello - "Less Than Zero"
Sheryl Crow - "Hard to Make a Stand"
Sonic Youth - "Youth Against Fascism"
Devo - "Enough Said"
The Rainmakers - "Spend It On Love"
Monday Jan 30, 2017
193: One-ders 3
Monday Jan 30, 2017
Monday Jan 30, 2017
Sometimes a retreat is in order, to circle the wagons and refresh the spirit. Often as not, my happy place is full of music. That doesn't mean that all the music is upbeat or positive, though. The rain falls there, too.
(References are in the comments section of the website.)
Different Drummer: Experiment 626 (Stitch)
Sunday Dec 11, 2016
191: False Political Prophecies
Sunday Dec 11, 2016
Sunday Dec 11, 2016
When you understand the persecution a group thinks they will suffer, whether based on rational conclusions or not, it provides great insight into what they would do if given ultimate and absolute power. We are wise to be wary. The people who predicted Obama would "round up" both Christians and guns might just pose a similar dire threat to their perceived political enemies. We haven't done a sufficient job of denouncing false prophecies in recent years, and now we must deal with the political consequences.
I apologize, President Obama, on behalf of all Christians for the false and hateful things said about you during the past 8 years from the pulpit and over the airwaves by self-proclaimed Christians. They were as wrong as their predictions have turned out to be.
Different Drummer: Bette Midler
Monday Aug 15, 2016
187: Television Debut (1972-73)
Monday Aug 15, 2016
Monday Aug 15, 2016
The 1972-73 television season is the first time I can remember seeking out new shows on TV, beyond just Saturday morning cartoons. Even at a young age, I was able to find under-appreciated programs that I still love to this day.
Different Drummer: Peter Cushing
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
185: The Music of My Father
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
My father died decades ago, gone so long that memory is the only way to interact with him. Music is a big part of those memories, and he was the only member of our family who didn't play an instrument. He still left his musical notes in the form of taste, curiosity, and patience. Hopefully, that is one of the things the world still sees of him through me.
Different Drummer: Gisele MacKenzie