Politipunk: News and Music Podcast

Music: Strike Anywhere, Hectic Effort, Ernie Van Veen, Griddle, The Home and Ug Lee Band. News: Iraq has made us less safe, bin Laden rumored dead, Thai coup, Military spending.

"What did I do? I worked hard to try to kill him. I authorized a finding for the CIA to kill him. We contracted with people to kill him. I got closer to killing him than anybody has gotten since."

—Bill Clinton, in an interview on Fox News

PLAYLIST

• Strike Anywhere: Instinct
• Hectic Effort: Rumors
• Home and Ug Lee Band: Too Much Bush
• Griddle: Mutiny
• Ernie Van Veen: Flag of Democracy

MUSIC SAMPLES

• Electric Frankenstein: Burn Bright, Burn Fast
• Skitzo: Prom Night
• Williamson: Raining at the Crescent House
• Nadir: Conspiracy Theory

IMAGE CREDITS

• orangeacid: Osama Bin Laden stencil graffiti
• Strike Anywhere: logo

Music: The Coup, Chiba Ken, New Sense, Hot Water Music, Rickie Lee Jones with Tom Maxwell. News: Darfur, Muslims protest Pope's speech, E. coli in spinach, Diebold voting machines.

"It appears that there was a deliberate attempt made by the administration to link Al Qaeda and Iraq in the mind of the American people and use it as a rational to go into Iraq."

—Tim Russert, NBC News, in an interview with Dick Cheney

PLAYLIST

• The Coup: My Favorite Mutiny
• Chiba-Ken: The Killing Fields
• Hot Water Music: God Deciding
• New Sense: What if I Get Sick?
• Rickie Lee Jones and Tom Maxwell: Have You Had Enough?

MUSIC SAMPLES

• Electric Frankenstein: Burn Bright, Burn Fast
• Skitzo: Prom Night
• Williamson: And Then It's All Gone
• Nadir: Conspiracy Theory

IMAGE CREDITS

• dutchb0y: Mini Darfur Burns
• The Coup: logo
• Issara Willenskomer: textures

Music: The Menzingers, David Rovics, The Majestic Twelve, The Joykiller News: 9/11 anniversary, ABC edits 9/11 movie, Bush admits secret prisons

INTRO

"I need every available ambulance, everything you got to the World Trade Center now."

—New York City Firefighter on September 11th, 2001

PLAYLIST

• The Menzingers: A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology
• David Rovics: The Dying Firefighter
• The Majestic Twelve: Thank God Everything on TV is a Lie
• The Joykiller: Show Me the System
• David Rovics: Reichstag Fire

INTRO MUSIC

Electric Frankenstein: Burn Bright, Burn Fast + Skitzo: Prom Night

BACKGROUND MUSIC

Williamson: A-

Nadir: Conspiracy Theory

Music: Dead to Me, Fanny Alger, Colleen Jameson, HELLbus, the Late Greats, Ingo Star Cruiser. News: Katrina anniversary, Pentagon gives grim assessment of Iraq, Guantanamo, Nuclear research and testing.

INTRO

"and Brownie you're doin' a heck of a job. The FEMA director's workin' twenty-four..."

—George W. Bush

PLAYLIST

• Dead to Me: Don't Lie
• Fanny Alger: Another Song About Katrina
• Colleen Jameson: The Send Off
• Hellbus: 21st Century Blues
• The Late Greats: Destroy My Brain (Ingo Star Cruiser remix)

CONSPIRACY THEORY

Nuclear testing

INTRO MUSIC

Electric Frankenstein: Burn Bright, Burn Fast + Skitzo: Prom Night

BACKGROUND MUSIC

Williamson: A-

Nadir: Conspiracy Theory