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The Bard's 2nd studio album is a highly controversial and thought-provoking concept album that explores the dark and unsettling theme of a tyrannical UK Government attempting to forcibly depopulate Britain. The album delves deeply into the various reactions and responses of the people as they confront and resist this oppressive regime, creating a powerful narrative that challenges listeners to reflect on issues of power, control, and rebellion.

Bards of the Aes Sidhe
www.bardsoftheaessidhe.com
Bards of the Aes Sidhe is a mystical music project by Raven Bloodstone, blending Celtic folk rock, classic rock, and ancient Celtic myth. Inspired by the legends of the Aes Sidhe—the spirits of the Otherworld—the music evokes mist-covered forests, sacred groves, and forgotten druidic rites and visions of Dystopia and Utopia.

These soundscapes weave deep rhythms, and haunting melodies into a journey between worlds. Each track feels like a story carried on the wind from the Otherworld, where the old gods, spirits, and bards still whisper through the veil.

Step into the grove, listen to the ancient songs, and follow the path into Tir Na nÓg.

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The Final Push

[Verse 1]

Dragged across the splinters of what we once called love
My face turned down, can't bear the skies above
Draped in shadows thick as mourning veils
Light keeps its distance, like it's scared to scale my hell

The walls remember better days than me
Now all they echo is my silent plea
Your name still burns, but you’re nowhere to be
And I won’t let this venom live inside of me

[Verse 2]

(ohhh… ahhh…”)
Thoughts spin like sirens in a midnight maze
Every corner brings another haunted phrase
Memories strike like thunder through my chest
And every strike reminds me why I never rest

I tried to dream, but the sky turned black
Tried to run, but the past pulls me back
This heart once held a child’s belief
Now it beats beneath a cloak of grief
But I won’t let this ruin root inside of me

[Chorus]

You laid your weapons down, said nothin' more
(nothin’ more…)
Let demons scratch their verses on my door
(my door…)
You left the fight, and I bore the flame
Now all your silence wears your name

Now that you're gone, your grief lives on
(lives on… lives on…)
It sleeps in my bed, it sings your song
Every truth’s unraveling like thread
But I won't let this hunger live in my head

I won't let this build up inside of me
(inside of me…)
No, I won’t let it be the end of me

[Verse 3]

You were the sip that quieted my scream
The lie I drank to keep the dream
One glance, and I was yours to break
One kiss, and I was wide awake

I gave you everything, soul laid bare
You turned and vanished like you were never there
Still I clutch that one sweet spark
In the pit of me, beneath the dark
But I won’t let this betrayal bury me

[Bridge]

I tore the pages from the book we wrote
Burned the words that choked my throat
You're the scar I touch when the pain is near
You're the echo I dread and long to hear

I shattered what was left to feel
Built armor out of rust and steel
I was never clean, never crowned a saint
But I won’t let this poison paint
The rest of me with your decay
No, not today

[Final Chorus]

You chose to vanish, left me in the storm
(in the storm…)
Left me naked in a house once warm
You gave up breath, you gave up time
Now your ghost is tangled up in mine

But I won’t carry what you dropped
(won’t carry…)
I won’t sink beneath this rot
You gave me grief, but I’ve got fire
(fire… fire…)
And I won’t let this climb any higher

I won’t let this build up inside of me
No, I won’t let it take the rest of me

[Outro]

I won’t let this break what’s left to be
I won’t let this rot the root of me
I won’t let this chain my legacy
I won’t let this build up inside of me

Venom Within (Part One)

IF YOU'RE READING THIS, THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU 
 
My name is Phillip Jason Dade, and I'm a sinner, but also forgiven.
 
I am an evangelical Christian, the owner of a secondhand boat store, and yes, that was me in the news report about bathroom encounters.
 
I started talking to the boys at Chapo Trap House after I heard them mock and deride men like me, followers of Christ who have fallen but gotten back up. I did not reach out to them out of spite.
 
I wanted them to understand.
 
You see, I sell rudders and motorboards during the day, but I have passions outside of work. Obviously, God is number one. But passion number two is my awesome wife Klyeelissa and my kick butt little guy Mason Jesse James Treibart (the best 4 year old in the world ;) ),  Passion the third is, you guessed it, Evangelical EDM.
 
So I decided to send the boys in "The Trap" my newest song, "You Give Me Energy." I could try explaining my life, my journey, my triumphs, and my pain to get these guys to understand who they're mocking when they mock evangelicals, but they wouldn't understand it. 

the universal language of music is how neighbors can see eye to eye, though. It's been like that since the Book of Genesis, and it's like that now. so without further ado, I hope you can begin to start to think about considering who I really am, and who you could be.
 
Blessing throughout you, your family, and the world.

U Give Me 3nergy

In this News Brief we catch up on the patronizing, racist media coverage of protests in Minneapolis.

News Brief: 7 Years On, US Media Still Has No Answer for #BLM Other Than Vague Handwringing

Another Summer

The gang is joined by Christian Parenti, who talks about the birth of actually-existing capitalism narrated in his latest book, Radical Hamilton. We open by discussing a series of new cancellations and why this moralistic approach to politics lets institutions and the powerful off the hook. Next, we're joined by Christian who makes a spirited case for revisiting the Developmentalist model of Hamilton's "American School." 

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Find out more about this book here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3186-radical-hamilton

Hamilton and the Invention of Actually-Existing Capitalism w/ Christian Parenti

Jacques was gracious enough to record with me before my camping trip in the wilderness, just a little bit of talking before diving into his latest mix. We're dropping it as a freebie for our devoted fans and followers tonight.

Have a nice weekend, everyone!

intro... Willie West & The Meters - Fairchild (1970)
outro... The Duncan Bros. - Dreams (197?)

Bonus: SD Medicine Show Vol. 2

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077 // That Thing You Do! (1996)

And introducing, on lead vocals, it’s Scott Walker. Over a six decade journey from teen dream crooner to brooding experimental composer, Scott Walker has explored the dark bleeding edges of pop music with his inconic vibrato and iconoclastic production. And today we’ll be learning all about Scott from a bunch of articles and the 2006 documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man.

We’re joined by Matty Monroe, the host of the Indieheads podcast and the MODERATOR of the r/indieheads subreddit. Check out Matty’s stuff here:

Indieheads Podcast: https://rindieheadspodcast.wordpress.com/
https://www.youtube.com/c/IndieheadsPodcast
https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads

Songs in Order:
The Walker Brotherss - There Ain’t No Sunshine
Jacques Brel - Amsterdam
Scott Walker - Next
Scott Walker - 30 Century Man
The Walker Brothers - The Electrician
Scott Walker - Dealer
Pulp - I Spy
Scott Walker - The Cockfighter
Scott Walker - Cossacks Are
Scott Walker - Clara
Scott Walker - Jesse
Scott Walker - Corps de Blah
Scott Walker - Epizootics
Scott Walker - Brando

And Introducing

#79 SCOTT WALKER (ft. Matty Monroe)

Ed Rooksby passed away this weekend after a prolonged and public struggle with Long Covid. I've ventured yet another eulogy for a close friend of the show and re-aired an interview I conducted with him from a couple years ago. Please enjoy as s tribute to the incredible intellect of this man. 

He will be missed terribly. Part two will follow later this week. 

His blog can be found here: https://edrooksby.wordpress.com/

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