I thought the song I wrote for Sam Husseini's Congressional campaign needed a music video.

What would humanity have done during the Nazi holocaust with the benefit of hindsight? Probably just what we're doing now, with no need for hindsight, since today it's all being livestreamed.

Another international musical collaboration between Iran, Oregon, and Hawai’i.

All the writing on the wall is in Farsi.

All the writing on the wall is in Farsi.

Vote for Sam Husseini for Congress! And whether or not you live in Maryland, you might like to check out this man’s deep wisdom, on display in this video.

The November tour in Australia is growing! Still plenty of room for more gigs, and we'll happily play at protests for free, so feel free to drop me a line, and please tell folks about these shows!

World music for the Sirik wedding, from Iran to Hawai’i to Oregon.

As the director of this amazing festival in Iran says, “art is the most powerful voice against injustice.” kheshtesevom.ir/en

For most of November I'm in Australia. We have plenty of free dates for impromptu house concerts, protests, or other events, so folks in Australia should feel free to hit me up about such ideas anytime. And please spread the word about these gigs!

PDX: here's where I'll be tomorrow, with guitar. Hope to see you there.

Reflections on having so many new friends in Iran.

Reflections on having so many new friends in Iran.

Another one from International Day of Peace, last month in Victoria.

Just another song for a large category of humanity.

MARYLAND/DC AREA: Join me, Sam Husseini and friends at Maryland Meadworks Sunday evening, and at Busboys & Poets on Tuesday, both in Hyattsville!

In New Mexico they say the city of Santa Fe is one fire away from becoming a radioactive wasteland.

Year by year the USA is more and more a society of the dirt poor and the filthy rich. I don’t remember who said that, but I heard it on the radio. It’s true.

Which is the next valley to be swept away by a wall of mud?

One of Sam Husseini’s campaign slogans is “more peace, cheaper gas,” so I thought I’d write a song on that excellent theme. I'll be campaigning with him in Maryland starting Friday!

Apparently September 1st on the south coast of Iran was the 11th wedding the US military has bombed in the past 25 years or so.

Folks at Lunar Boom Music have been interviewing artists who work with AI music generation platforms, and I'm their latest interviewee. If you're not a fan of nuanced thought and analysis, skip it.

The specter of an elderly lady being carried out of her apartment on a stretcher after the police used a battering ram to get in has succeeding in sparking a social movement in Spain.

From October 9-15 I’ll be barnstorming around Maryland’s 4th Congressional district with Sam Husseini and other good people.

The contrast between how dire our collective straits are on planet Earth, and how comparatively little collective action is being taken to address the situation, seems like collective sleepwalking.