freelansing in Seattle

political praxis & catalytic communications

  • Firing line

    Firing line

    I hesitate to call myself a writer. I know writers—of poetry, songs, essays—& they’re always writing, working on their craft. Not me. Sometimes I write a poem, or spoken word, or song, or essay, or whatever, but not as a regular practice. Only when the inspiration hits. Sometimes words just show up in my head,… Read more

  • Cyclops Psyops

    Cyclops Psyops

    One of the projects I’ve been working on is a collaboration with Seattle multi-media artist Jonathan Clarren. Here is the first draft of our first collaboration. Jonathan does the paintings & video end, I do the spoken word & backing track. My first attempt using Garageband. cyclops psyops panopticon big eye in the sky get… Read more

  • New old song, For What It’s Worth

    New old song, For What It’s Worth

    For What It’s Worth was a classic song from Buffalo Springfield in 1965, but 50 years later I felt it could use a little updating. So in 2015 I wrote a new version that kept a lot of the original words but made a few changes in message. I posted an acapella version at the… Read more

  • What’s up with Republicans and Russia?

    What’s up with Republicans and Russia?

    What’s up with Republicans & Russia nowadays? The GOP used to base their identity on opposing the Evil Empire; now they’re all like, “Please Mr Putin, if you scratch our back, we’ll scratch yours.” Republican kowtowing to Putin lately has reached absurd proportions. We had Republican media mascot Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin in Moscow in… Read more

  • Forgive them, for they know what they do

    I’m not much of a Bible guy, but I just saw someone online saying, “Forgive them, for they know what they do.” My first thought was, “Did you mean to include the word ‘not’ in there?” Then I realized the line was a perfect encapsulation of the contradictions in right-wing “Christian” thought. Got me thinking…… Read more

  • Unfamiliar consequences for Teflon Don

    Unfamiliar consequences for Teflon Don

    I remember in the ‘80s when people would call Ronald Reagan “Teflon Ron” because negative press would never stick to him. Ah, the good old days… Teflon Ron couldn’t hold a scandal candle to Teflon Don (aka Mafia Don), who not only survives more scandals than Reagan could have dreamed of, but seems to get… Read more