Fun Stuff

Here’s a variety of updates: I’d like to write more about fun stuff on this website. Lately it’s become too much about politics and my projects; not that these aren’t valid subjects, or the things I spend most of my time thinking about, but there’s more to the world. (If …

Deportees

OUTERNATIONAL & TOM MORELLO RELEASE WOODY GUTHRIE’S “DEPORTEES” IN RESPONSE TO ARIZONA LAW For a free download or to stream: http://outernational.net/Deportees.mp3 In response to the recently passed Arizona Immigration Law AZ SB1070, a newly charged version of Woody Guthrie’s “Deportees” has been recorded by Outernational featuring Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman. …

Pope Song!

Tim Minchin says everything that needs to be said about the recent revelations mildly surprising news that the Pope knew about the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests and helped cover up for the priests responsible (thus leading to more abuse).

and I’d left all my papers on the Ticonderoga

The new version of Phenomenon 32 has been compiled. Tomorrow shall be dedicated to playtesting. Let’s hope I don’t find too many problems. Meanwhile, in celebration of this small but perhaps significant victory, here’s Tom Waits performing Shore Leave. It’s not exactly a song, more of a narrative with music, …

The Daily Mail Song

This is bloody excellent. And I love the little note on the side: We’re aware this video won’t mean an awful lot if you’ve never heard of The Daily Mail, but on the plus side, you’ve never heard of The Daily Mail. So true.

Ten Foot Cock and a Few Hundred Virgins

I want to thank our friend Sebastian for bringing this divinely inspired song to my attention. Seriously: this is the kind of overwhelmingly brilliant work of art that gives me hope for mankind and the universe. This song is a thousand times closer to the divine than any work of …

Above us only sky

Twenty-nine years ago, one of the greatest artists of all time was murdered (or assassinated – I’m not big on conspiracy theories, but frankly this type of thing happened too often and always to inconvenient people). No matter how many times this song has been used and abused by the …

Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked

When not working my arse off finishing Phenomenon 32 (almost there), I have lately quite enjoyed playing Borderlands. The game is surprisingly good – I’m not very far in the story yet, and I’m not expecting any wonders there, but the presentation is stylish in an appealingly mad way, and …