The FCC Strikes Again!

Posted on September 29, 2009

So,  I haven’t’ mentioned it here yet because i’ve been too busy to write much in the way of blog posts recently – get at me on twitter for regular updates if you’re interested in that – but I’ve been doing a weekly show on OzcatRadio.com every monday night.  The show is called ‘To the Roots’ and I play protest music from all genres and all over the world.  For now it’s pretty heavy on hip hop, folk, and celtic music just ‘cuz that’s the bulk of my personal music library but I want to flesh it out more and I especially want to play independent music from folks like me who put out our own stuff for the love of the music instead of just the love of money.

The problem i’m running into is they’re subject to FCC rules that prohibit profanity, which wipes out most of my hip hop collection.  after all it’s hard to say “fuck the police” if you can’t say “fuck.”

The upshot is that I need more music and especially more music without curse words.   So if you know someone i should be playing and where i can download radio-edited versions of their stuff please hit me up; and that goes double if you’re the artist.  I’ve spent enough years in this business to understand how much independent artists need radio play – that’s part of why i started doing the show in the first place – so hit me up with your mp3s and if i like it i’ll play it.

Re: Your God is a Lie

Posted on September 13, 2009

Got this in my inbox today, it’s a reply to my recent video post on youtube

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Rally in Richmond this Saturday

Posted on August 11, 2009

Got a couple emails this morning about a big rally and action at the Chevron Oil Refinery in Richmond this saturday.  I’m going to try to make it out and, if you can, you should too.  here’s the call:

Tired of hearing about climate Change? Then do something.

August 15th Chevron oil refinery action

• CLEAN AIR FOR RICHMOND & THE BAY;
• STOP OIL REFINERY EXPANSIONS
• CORPORATIONS OUT OF COPENHAGEN CLIMATE TALKS!

Saturday, August 15th, 11:30am

Richmond BART,

16th St. & Macdonald Ave., Richmond, CA

FESTIVAL RALLY – 11:30am

MARCH ON CHEVRON OIL REFINERY – 1:00pm

followed by NONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

In order to bring our climate back to the safe zone and avoid catastrophic consequences, we need to make massive emissions cuts now. There’s only one way we can achieve that: we need to turn the political heat way up — and push back the corporate and business lobbyists who use false solutions (clean coal and carbon trading) to keep polluting and profiting.Climate change is rooted in an unjust economic system controlled by corporations at the expense of people and planet. Climate justice means we need to address these root causes and create postive alternatives; localized, low-carbon communities and economies.

On August 15th stand with the environmental justice movement that has stopped Chevron’s refinery expansion in Richmond. Chevron already produces two million pounds of air pollution, water pollution, and greenhouse gases each year. The expansion would create much more greenhouse gas and toxic air pollution.

Join the growing alliance of groups and people creating “street heat” for climate justice in the lead up to the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Talks

Organize a climate justice affinity group with your friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow students, union, church or family and join us for Aug. 15 and beyond.

The call is being put out by the Mobilization for Climate Justice, West and the page for info on the action is http://west.actforclimatejustice.org/2009/08/august-15th-protest-chevrons-oil-refinery-expansion/ or just http://west.actforclimatejustice.org/ for their main website.

Hope to see ya’ll there!