What gives with you Americans?

You know why they call it the American dream? Because you have to be asleep to believe it. Why do you seem not to care? Is it because you’re asleep or because you’re all sheep?
Wake up America and shake off the gangsters who think they own you. You are not Republicans. You are not Democrats. You [...]

‘You can’t beat people up and have them say I love you!’ Murray Roman download

I’m not even going to intro this. It’s here if you want it and I know people who want it. Just check out the comments on this past post. 
Download the whole album free by clicking here.
Also there’s a great article about Murray by Kliph Nesteroff here. And thanks to him for the download.
Enjoy.

‘Nigger’ — there, I said it…

O.K. So you’ve watched the Kramer thing. Lots of people have.  It’s not the word, is it, you know, the ‘N’ word, that really pisses people off, is it?
It’s only a f**king word, man.
Black people use it all the time. To each other. Sometimes with affection.
No, that’s not what did it. Because words are beautiful [...]

‘We will all go together when we go’

Tom Lehrer knew a guy called Henry, who spelled his name H-E-N-3-R-Y. The 3 was silent.
Like the main character of my novel, Weird Metropolitan (to be published soon, keep checking this space for details), he was financially independent, having inherited his father’s tar-and-feather business, and so was able to devote his time to writing and [...]

Murray Roman was Keith Moon’s favourite comedian…

In fact it was Keith’s influence at Track Records in the late sixties that facilitated the release of You can’t beat people up… and Blind Man’s Movie.
Melanie Safka was backstage at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 1970:
‘Suddenly, the door burst open and in jumped Murray Roman and immediately they [Murray and Keith] went into [...]

After the Brits

So, it’s been another slow year.
You know that feeling, when you’re the only one (I mean one, get it?) in a crowd to see a single magpie? Man, that’s a f**ker.
One for sorrow…
But why me. I mean, I’m in a crowd, you know? And it’s just me that gets the sorrow-vision?
It’s because I’m an atheist, [...]