1997-11-11 - State Theater, Kalamazoo, MI

1: Weight Of The World, Aunt Avis> Walkin, You'll Be Fine, Glory> Rock> Big Wooly Mammoth> One Kind Favor> Love Tractor

2: Let's Get Down To Business, Hope In A Hopeless World> Disco> Diner> Arleen> Drums> Pilgrims, B of D, Raise The Roof, Last Dance

E: Makes Sense To Me

Widespread Panic - Let's Get Down To Business - 1997-11-11

Let's Take The Long Way Home

Let's Take The Long way Home

“Algorithmic Truth” confronts the invisible systems shaping modern reality — the recommendation engines, moderation filters, and unseen code that quietly determines what voices rise, which ones disappear, and how truth itself is framed. Set against the raw backbone of Appalachian Americana and Outlaw Southern Rock, the song fuses analog grit with a digital-age warning.

This track speaks to the growing realization that freedom of expression is no longer suppressed only by force, but by math — by engagement metrics, shadow bans, and automated judgments made without accountability. “Algorithmic Truth” rejects passive consumption and calls for awareness, discernment, and human agency in an era where machines increasingly mediate reality.

Musically, the song blends traditional roots instrumentation with subtle synth textures, reinforcing the tension between old truths passed hand to hand and new systems that sort, rank, and silence at scale. It stands as both a protest and a refusal — a declaration that truth does not belong to platforms, code, or gatekeepers.

“Algorithmic Truth” is part of We’re Basically Done, a 35-song protest album documenting cultural fracture, institutional decay, and the quiet rebellion rising across working-class America and beyond.

This song is also part of the Basically Done Original Soundtrack — the official musical companion to Donald E. Pickett’s novel Basically Done and the upcoming Basically Done series/franchise. Together, the music and narrative form a unified cultural chronicle, blending fiction, lived experience, and protest into a single evolving universe.

Algorithmic Truth

The Mustard play WSP's "The Waker," live @ Barrelhouse South in Savannah, GA.

The Mustard - The Waker (Widespread Panic Cover)

Garcia

The Wheel

The Criterion Collection. Father Day 2016.

2016/06/19 Oklahoma City, OK

Widespread Panic - Diner

Location 13

Cross the World

This week's free Friday FRUNK comes on Saturday, because I was lazy.  This is a classic recording from 2009 of Bob and company at Nutty Brown here in Austin. Bob is coming back to the Nutty Brown this Wednesday for his 7th Annual July 4th Festival!

Special guests Band of Heathens, Hudson Moore, & Black Pistol Fire. Get tickets here: http://bit.ly/NhDWXx

Remener, ALL OLD FRUNK recordings on sale for $5.  More recent shows are $10. http://livetracks.com/bobschneider

"Like" Bob on facebook (www.facebook.com/bobschneidermusic) to get updates on shows, free music, and to GET FRUNKED EVERY FRIDAY.

Mudhouse (Nutty Brown Cafe, Austin, TX 4/25/2009)

The official Soundcloud profile of the band Dispatch.