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  What BANANASUTRA is, why the project exists, and who is behind it.

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  Curated SoundCloud playlists by sutra, genre, language, and editorial collections.

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  Browse the full song grid — sutra, topic, intention, genre, language, and text search.

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  SoundCloud tracks ranked and filtered — tempo, genre, instruments, moods.

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  YouTube catalog — filter by sutra, topic, intention, and in-app vs YouTube-only.

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  Lyrics-first surface — writing stages, searchable words, meaning before polish.

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  Human-readable site index with section-by-section links.

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About hubs

• About / Sutras/about/sutras/

  Overview of the seven sutras and how they frame the catalog.

• About / Muses/about/muses/

  The people, references, and influences behind the songs.

• About / Quotes/about/quotes/

  Quote wall with links into related songs and themes.

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Sutra pages

Seven core lanes plus QUACK (a BLOW sub-sutra) — same slugs as the About page.

• KNOWsutra/about/knowsutra/

  When the sound of logic feels like peace.

• BLOWsutra/about/blowsutra/

  When the world is foul and the silence is louder.

• SHOWsutra/about/showsutra/

  When the heaviness needs a joy release valve.

• GROWsutra/about/growsutra/

  When caring feels uncool but(t) kindness dares.

• FLOWsutra/about/flowsutra/

  When you feel stuck or heavy from trying too hard.

• GLOWsutra/about/glowsutra/

  When the sheer poetry of being alive is a blessing.

• BOWsutra/about/bowsutra/

  When fear or grief is taking the wheel.

• QUACKsutra/about/quacksutra/

  When naming the ducks restores sanity.

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Songbook pages (37)

• Ask: (Naked) TRUTH/songbooks/ask-naked-truth/

  The truth is agnostic. Honesty is brave, selfless. And it doesn't care if you're embarrassed. Songs asking the questions most would rather forget in the name of personal comfort, and power games.

• Ask: BERTRAND (knows)/songbooks/ask-bertrand-knows/

  Bertrand Russell walks into a bar, orders a paradox, and starts a philosophical fight club. Songs for the ethically curious.

• Ask: But(t) WHY/songbooks/ask-butt-why/

  One question. Socrates asked it, they killed him for it. We're still asking anyway.

• Ask: PEACE (not war)/songbooks/ask-peace-not-war/

  Songs in the name of history, for the lovers, and everyone who refuses to unsee patterns of deceit and abuse. Peace is not a default. It's a practice.

• Bless: POET(ry)/songbooks/bless-poetry/

  Songs for the ones who believe words have wonderful meaning. Poetry isn't decoration. It's the thing that makes us human.

• Bless: RAINBOWS (in my clouds)/songbooks/bless-rainbows-in-my-cloud/

  Because gratitude is the best! All the good things: toast, poppies, Jacques Brel, and the audacity to be delighted by all of it.

• BLUESsutra (Best Of)/songbooks/blues-best-of/

  Songbook detail page.

• Bow: (Thank) Dogs/songbooks/bow-thank-dogs/

  Love songs for the creatures who never needed instructions on unconditional love. Who's a good soul? You are.

• Bow: Death (is nothing)/songbooks/bow-death-is-nothing/

  Death is nothing at all. Henry Scott Holland said so... gently, without lying, without rushing.

• Bunch: SINGLES/songbooks/singlesutra/

  Because sometimes, you just fall in love with a particular song, and go with it... you know?

• BURLESQUEsutra (Best Of)/songbooks/burlesque-best-of/

  Songbook detail page.

• Dare: DARE (to care)/songbooks/dare-dare-to-care/

  Songs about the one muscle nobody trains: the courage to actually give a damn. About truth. About others. About yourself.

• Dare: GOD (etc.)/songbooks/dare-god-etc/

  Honest, curious, and chronically unimpressed by official doctrine. Songs asking God (etc.) and his sheeples the questions the pew wouldn't permit.

• Dare: KIND(ness)/songbooks/dare-kindness/

  Kindness: it's not about being nice, the soft kind with a bow on it kind of kind, it's about being clear, aka playing fair. Songs for the brave loving ones. Blessed be infinite players.

• DUBsutra (Best Of)/songbooks/dub-best-of/

  Songbook detail page.

• FOLKsutra (Best Of)/songbooks/folk-best-of/

  Songbook detail page.

• Hidden Peels/songbooks/hidden-peels/

  Hidden gems under 500 plays, i.e. my unpopular tracks. Proof SoundCloud algorithms are bananas? Playlist flows DUB ▹ LOFI ▹ INDIE ▹ JAZZ ▹ FOLK ▹ ROCK ▹ BURLESQUE ▹ BLUES ▹ MANTRA.

• INDIEsutra (Best Of)/songbooks/indie-best-of/

  Songbook detail page.

• JAZZsutra (Best Of)/songbooks/jazz-best-of/

  Songbook detail page.

• LOFIsutra (Best Of)/songbooks/lofi-best-of/

  Songbook detail page.

• MANTRAsutra (Best Of)/songbooks/mantra-best-of/

  Songbook detail page.

• Play: (Be) The Fool/songbooks/play-be-the-fool/

  The fool is not stupid. The fool is free. Songs in praise of cracked things, wiggling things, and the holy comedy of being human.

• Play: B.J. (is for banana jokes)/songbooks/play-b-j/

  Two songs walk into a bar. One's a banana joke. The other's wearing a mask. Still better than most political discourse.

• Play: FANANA (party)/songbooks/play-fanana-club/

  Many songs, one invitation: come dressed as your most hilarious self. Featuring: dirty words, creepypastas, Bo Burnham covers, and feathers. Lots of feathers.

• Quack: DUCK (shady)/songbooks/quack-duck-shady/

  Meet Duck Shady. He's so much dumber and meaner than Slim Shady. And not funny at all.

• Quack: FOTUS Circus/songbooks/quack-fotus-circus/

  Step right up. The FOTUS is in the ring, grotesque clowns are running the republic, and the entrance music is ubuesque. Enjoy.

• Quack: MAxxxA Saga/songbooks/quack-maxa-saga/

  MAGA, MAHA, MAKA, MAMA, MASA, MAWA. Six acronyms. One burning question: make America what, exactly?

• ROCKsutra (Best Of)/songbooks/rock-best-of/

  Songbook detail page.

• Speak: APES (gone wrong)/songbooks/speak-apes-gone-wrong/

  Grifters, criminals, idiocrats. What happens when the apes take the wheel? Many songs on the subject... none of them wrong.

• Speak: CENSOR(ed)/songbooks/speak-censored/

  What they banned, deleted, redacted, and rewrote. Songs about the inconvenient truths that survive anyway.

• Speak: EGO (gone loco)/songbooks/speak-ego-gone-loco/

  Narcissistic Personality Disorder in music. Songs about the people who confuse themselves with the whole universe, and the rest of us paying the tab.

• Speak: REVOLT (now)/songbooks/speak-revolt-now/

  From Robert Burns to Victor Hugo to right now. The long arc of justice has always needed a banjo. So many songs. Don't wait...

• Trust: FLY (like water)/songbooks/trust-fly-like-water/

  Bruce Lee, Tao, and a lot of trusting the river. Songs about the radical art of trust, the flow of letting go, without disappearing.

• Trust: WET (my friend)/songbooks/trust-wet-my-friend/

  Songs where the pulse fasten, slowly but(t) surely. Sensual, tender, unapologetically honest. #pleasepardonmyfrench

• World: FRENCHsutra/songbooks/lang-french/

  Oui oui 🍟 Fooldom fries ftw.

• World: RUSSIANsutra/songbooks/lang-russian/

  Да, да 🪆 PS: who's your vladdy?

• World: SPANISHsutra/songbooks/lang-spanishs/

  ¡Sí, sí! 💃🏻 Duende all the way.

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Song pages (392)

• 7 Dirty Words/songs/7-dirty-words/

  The seven words they couldn't say. Guess what? We're singing them.

• A Cabaret Where No One Knows/songs/a-cabaret-where-no-one-knows/

  Painted smiles. Sparkling lies. Truth is a ghost. The puppeteers never leave the stage and the twisted act will never end.

• A Good Witch/songs/a-good-witch/

  True magic isn't made for the algorithm.

• A la Guerre Comme A la Guerre (To War or Not to War?)/songs/a-la-guerre-comme-a-la-guerre-to-war-or-not-to-war/

  À la guerre comme à la guerre — as if war ever played by rules. Love still whispers anyway.

• A Letter To My Friend (Never Again)/songs/a-letter-to-my-friend-never-again/

  When did caring for one person mean betraying another?

• A Liar’s Prize/songs/a-liar-s-prize/

  What do you win when the prize was never real?

• A Man's a Man and A' That/songs/a-man-s-a-man-and-a-that/

  Robert Burns wrote it over 200 years ago. The crown is still a stamped disguise.

• A New Historical Era/songs/a-new-historical-era/

  When did 'enlightened' start meaning 'entitled'?

• A Stroll Down History’s Lane/songs/a-stroll-down-history-s-lane/

  History's timeless trick: it rhymes, but(t) nobody listens.

• A Toast To The Good Life/songs/a-toast-to-the-good-life/

  Rain on the roof, instant coffee, library card, music that stirs the soul, the audacity to delight in it all.

• ABC Of Kindness/songs/abc-of-kindness/

  Kindness, alphabetized. Because some things deserve to be practiced A to Z.

• ABC of NPD/songs/abc-of-npd/

  E is for Ego. F is for Fantasies.G is for Gah... you already know someone like this.

• Acoustic Attractions/songs/acoustic-attractions/

  That feeling when a song tickles somewhere you forgot you had. Duende.

• Acousticophilia/songs/acousticophilia/

  Word of the year: acousticophilia. Because music is the one thing that still makes sense when everything else doesn't.

• AI Fair Use Manifesto/songs/ai-fair-use-manifesto/

  New tech, same question: what is creativity, really?

• AI Manifesto/songs/ai-manifesto/

  In the age of AI, who owns the dreams?

• Ain't Doing Bad Doing Nothing/songs/ain-t-doing-bad-doing-nothing/

  The radical art of not hustling, for once.

• Ain't No Kid/songs/aint-no-kid/

  Ain't no kid supposed to watch democracy duck.

• All the -Isms/songs/all-the-isms/

  What if every -ism was just one -ism wearing different hats? (Spoiler: it's narcissism, all the way down.)

• An American in Paris (Public Domain)/songs/an-american-in-paris-public-domain/

  Gershwin walked into a SHOWsutra set. Five Gershwin classics, zero originals, zero apologies.

• Apes Gone Wrong (Bloom Past Doom)/songs/apes-gone-wrong/

  The apes went wrong. No crown, no law — just clowns with claws, and we're done being polite about it.

• Arrogant Hearts (Second Hand Smoke)/songs/arrogant-hearts-second-hand-smoke/

  You didn't start the fire. You're still choking.

• Authentic Innovation Manifesto/songs/authentic-innovation-manifesto/

  Credit where credit is due. Consent matters. Sacrebleu.

• Awe Is Like.../songs/awe-is-like/

  Can we make awe matter? (Spoiler: it does)

• Awe Is Mighty/songs/awe-is-mighty/

  Awe is not a luxury, not a miracle. It's the whole point, everywhere.

• Banana Alleluia/songs/banana-alleluia/

  In a world gone bananas, wondering might be the most revolutionary thing you do.

• Banana Jokes Making Us Laugh/songs/banana-jokes-making-us-laugh/

  He walked in with a banana. And the rest is history. Same old joke.

• Bananasutra Cabaret/songs/bananasutra-cabaret/

  Life's a psychedelic cabaret and BananaSutra is your existential emcee. Peel truth or get peeled.

• Be The Fool (Embrace The Cracks)/songs/be-the-fool-embrace-the-cracks/

  The cracks in you (us) are not the problem. They're the point.

• Beautiful Things Don't Ask For Attention/songs/beautiful-things-dont-ask-for-attention/

  But(t) where is Major Tom gone now?

• Because The Light/songs/because-the-light/

  For everyone who's tired, and singing anyway. A Patti Smith inspired remake of "Because The Night".

• Bee the Fool (Not A Lie)/songs/bee-the-fool-not-a-lie/

  Perfection is a lie. Possessions bind. Only the fool dances where others sink. Bee the fool.

• Bee The Fool (Perfection Is A Lie)/songs/be-the-fool-perfection-is-a-lie/

  Perfection is a lie. Now you know. Carry on, beyoutiful.

• Berries & Beaches/songs/berries-beaches/

  Gratitude, kindness, and the occasional beach. (Dating profile for the soul.)

• Blaise's Tale/songs/blaise-s-tale/

  A wise 17th century warning that's been on repeat ever since #duh

• Blessed Are The Cracked/songs/blessed-are-the-cracked/

  A beatitude for everyone who never quite fit the mold. Blessed be the cracked. (Breathe slow, deeper.)

• Blessed Be The Dogs/songs/blessed-be-the-dogs/

  With all due respects to cringy parrots... there's nothing like a puppy belly rub in the warm morning light.

• Blessed Be The Dogs (SHOWsutra Edition)/songs/blessed-be-the-dogs-showsutra-edition/

  Running free, running wild, loyal to the end. Like a dog in the sky.

• Blessed Be Your Voice/songs/blessed-be-your-voice/

  Your voice is yours, all yours. Use it well.

• Blessed By The Wiggle/songs/blessed-by-the-wiggle/

  Science confirms: wiggling helps. Let's?

• Bloom Past Doom/songs/bloom-past-doom/

  This issue is real, not fiction. When people can't even agree that lying is wrong, what's left? Bloom past doom, or don't.

• Bo Burnham Covers/songs/bo-burnham-covers/

  What's funny? Everything. Also nothing. Bo Burnham said so.

• Broken Whole/songs/broken-whole/

  How do we find meaning in a world that seems broken? When words fall apart, can love still be spoken? #GROWcore

• Bully/songs/bully/

  Why do we choose the broken men?... Asking for a friend.

• But Where Do Pigeons Go To Die?/songs/but-where-do-pigeons-go-to-die/

  BOWcity's best-kept secret, one question (and pigeon) at a time.

• But Who Says "Say My Name"/songs/but-who-says-say-my-name/

  Say my name. But(t) wait... what game are we playing?

• But(t) How Can You?/songs/but-t-how-can-you/

  Have you met your conscience lately? (Asking for a friend.)

• Buuuuurn!/songs/buuuuurn/

  No phone, no rules, no corporate lies. Just ten guiding principles and a tutu under dusty skies. Buuuuurn!

• Camus Dit Oui/songs/camus-dit-oui/

  In French, which makes everything better and worse simultaneously... How absurd is that? ;)

• Can You Play Win-Win Or No?/songs/can-you-play-win-win-or-no/

  Can you play win-win, or do you just blow-blow? Hot tip: Kindness is free, and the only entry fee to the glorious win-win States of Trust.

• Carnival FOTUS (ctd)/songs/carnival-fotus-ctd/

  Step right up. The pigs are in suits, the clowns are in congress, Ginsberg and Orwell are in the cheap seats, and the carousel never stops.

• Cassandra's Lullaby/songs/cassandra-s-lullaby/

  She saw it coming (godamnit). Nobody listened. Again (god forbid).

• Chuck Ain't Woke/songs/chuck-ain-t-woke/

  Woke ain't a political stance. It's just being awake, eyes and ears open.

• Chuck-A-Dick/songs/chuck-a-dick/

  Woke just means your eyes are open. Chuck-a-Dick: a cheeky whack-a-mole for every toxic jock who never figured that out.

• Clay Maiden/songs/clay-maiden/

  We are made of clay. Choose a shape.

• Come Waddle With Me/songs/come-waddle-with-me/

  Because dystopian truth tastes better with a midnight muse and a penguin's sense of humor.

• Comme Des Pions/songs/comme-des-pions/

  We ain't pawns. But(t) they're playing chess.

• Connecting Dots/songs/connecting-dots/

  Connecting dots between songs, thoughts, and the slow-burning desire to make sense of things. Not for fame — for now.

• Courage, care, and coconuts/songs/courage-care-and-coconuts/

  Kindness ain't just sweet, it's coconuts.

• Creeps/songs/creeps/

  The ones who consume everything and give nothing back.

• Creepy Con Meme/songs/creepy-con-meme/

  When the con becomes the meme becomes the president.

• Creepy Pasta (What The Hella)/songs/creepy-pasta-what-the-hella/

  (Creepy) Byte by (creepy) byte, the internet raised us. What the hella. Pass the pasta.

• Creo (La Poesia)/songs/creo-la-poesia/

  In Spanish, for someone who deserved it. Creo en la poesía: the one language that needs no translation.

• Criminals/songs/criminals/

  When the rules shift, who decides who the criminal is?

• Criminals (Bertrand Edition)/songs/criminals-bertrand-edition/

  "Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim."-- Bertrand Russel

• Criminels/songs/criminels/

  Les règles bougent. Les criminels restent.

• Cruelty’s The Point (Admit It)/songs/cruelty-s-the-point-admit-it/

  This is one is dedicated to The Department of Homeland Cruelty...

• Curious Like A Kiss/songs/curious-like-a-kiss/

  Consensual curiosity as connection. Sensual wit as rhythm. Radical honesty as the ultimate kink.

• D.I.M.M.E.R.s/songs/d-i-m-m-e-r-s/

  Some people don't steal your light. They just turn down the dimmer.

• Daddy's a Creep/songs/daddy-s-a-creep/

  Not from the heart. More like a please-pardon-my-puke, for the historical record.

• Darling/songs/darling/

  For the ones we loved (and probably didn't love enough) while we had them.

• DARVO-A-GOGO/songs/darvo-a-gogo/

  Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim and Offender. Set to punk. Now stomp.

• Dead Dogs Deets/songs/dead-dogs-deets/

  Your dog left. But not really #forever

• Dear Edward (The Snowden Song)/songs/dear-edward-the-snowden-song/

  Dear Edward. Thank you for the truth we weren't supposed to know.

• Do Panic Now/songs/do-panic-now/

  "Don't Panic" is no longer adequate advice. Space satire gospel for the glitter-turd king era, filtered through Hitchhiker's Guide and a towel that won't save you.

• Do Panic Now (What A Shit Show) Vol.3/songs/do-panic-now-what-a-shit-show/

  Pass me the towel? Oopsie. This is the story of a galaxy gone awry, baby... PS: hitchikers' jokes matter.

• Do You Ever Wonder?/songs/do-you-ever-wonder/

  Do you ever wonder what you'd find if you stopped performing?

• Donkeys Years/songs/donkeys-years/

  Donkeys' years of dancing. Sure worth celebrating.

• Double Standards/songs/double-standards/

  They censor skin but cradle sin. Guns in, truth locked out. Why can't we be brave? A waltz-question that won't age.

• Dream A Dog/songs/dream-a-dog/

  A girl, her dog, a blue sky full of unanswered questions. What if dogs are both the question and the answer?

• Dressed In (Nothing Butt) Wonder/songs/dressed-in-nothing-butt-wonder/

  Tutus, feathers, velvet, ribbons. Dressed for nobody but(t) the awe & wonder of it.

• Drop Di Baggage/songs/drop-di-baggage/

  Drop the weight. Lightly, lightly. A reggae-dub mantra for the soul that grips too tight.

• Duck OFF my back/songs/duck-off-my-back/

  A cathartic, bouncy, expletive-adjacent farewell to a quacking nuisance. LANDR READY. Finally.

• Dudu Duende Murió/songs/dud-duende-murio/

  Ah, les pommes, et les hommes...

• Dump Trump/songs/dump-trump/

  No metaphors were harmed in the making of this song (an adaptation of Smack Jack, by Nina Hagen)

• Easy (Death Is Nothing At All)/songs/easy-death-is-nothing-at-all/

  Death is nothing at all. Henry Scott Holland said so. Breathe easy, mon chéri.

• Ego Ain't Your Amigo/songs/ego-ain-t-your-amigo/

  Because ego just can't get over himself. So. Just quit it already.

• EGO's Masquerade/songs/ego-s-masquerade/

  Welcome to Ego's Masquerade. Charming smiles, deceit in the eyes. Pull up a chair. Watch the show. Learn the signs.

• El Papito (Es No MAGA Show)/songs/el-papito-es-no-maga-show/

  An American Pope walks in. MAGA walks out. Holy plot twist #bewoke

• En Vrai, On Est Tous Frères/songs/en-vrai-on-est-tous-freres/

  En vrai, on est tous seuls. En vrai, on est tous frères. Blessed be #fraternity

• Enshittification (Word of the Year)/songs/enshittification-word-of-the-year/

  En-shit-ti-fi-ca-tion: six syllables, one trending truth. Glittering rot in algorithm's scent. Systems are breaking down. Twerk your hopes while you can.

• Everybody Knows/songs/everybody-knows/

  Everybody knows the truth. Now what?

• F is for Fabulous/songs/f-is-for-fabulous/

  F is for Fabulous, and also: another trip around the sun. Happy Birthday.

• F-BOMB/songs/f-bomb-dub/

  Etymological deep dive into the most flexible word in the English language, delivered in dub. George Carlin's ghost nods approvingly.

• Fckonomics/songs/fckonomics/

  The f-word: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and a tour de force of etymological joy. George Carlin grins from beyond.

• Feel the ryhthm/songs/feel-the-rhythm/

  Catch the beat, let the questions grow. A loop-driven meditation on rhythm as philosophy.

• Feel The Sway/songs/feel-the-sway/

  Bruce Lee said be water. This is the slow-dance version. Stop fighting the tide. Sway, my friend.

• Felon Nation/songs/felon-nation/

  Is it hopeless? Is it gone? Where the duck did hope go? A song asking the question nobody wants to answer.

• Feral Fandango/songs/feral-fandango/

  When rhythm meets skin and the body forgets to be polite about it. Feral. On purpose.

• Flow Like Water (My Friend)/songs/flow-like-water-my-friend/

  The river doesn't argue with the rock. Bruce Lee rocks though.

• Fluye (como el mar)/songs/fluye-como-el-mar/

  En español, el mensaje sigue siendo Bruce Lee: fluye como el mar. Sin resistencia.

• Fool On A Mission (No Name Game)/songs/fool-on-a-mission-no-name-game/

  Fool on a mission, raise your hand?

• Foolish/songs/foolish/

  Five foolish songs. One letter. A circus tango dub folky drip of dark bliss. There is a fool that never loves you. He'll linger anyway.

• Foolish Goldfish (Forever)/songs/foolish-goldfish-forever/

  Stalin, Putin, same eyes, different era. Round and round we go, foolish goldfish, forever chasing gold-painted turds.

• FOTUS Circus: Angels Eyes/songs/fotus-circus-angels-eyes/

  America. It's high time you start being a little more angelic.

• FOTUS Circus: Ginsberg Hollow (Horror) Show/songs/fotus-circus-ginsberg-hollow-horror-show/

  It's the Allen Ginsberg Show (in ducklandia). Good joke. And FOTUS rhymes with anus.

• FOTUS Circus: Round And Round/songs/fotus-circus-round-and-round/

  Round and round the FOTUS circus goes. Step right up — truth is twisted, rules are bent, and the main event is grotesque.

• FOTUS Circus: Step Inside, Don’t Mind The Crime/songs/fotus-circus-step-inside-don-t-mind-the-crime/

  Step Inside, Don't Mind The Crime Step inside. Don't mind the crime. The jesters wear suits, the wisest ones drown, and the show goes on regardless.

• FOTUS Circus: Step Right Up, Murica Freaks/songs/fotus-circus-step-right-up-murica-freaks/

  Step right up, Murica freaks. The carnival MC introduces the golden grin show where stolen dreams can't go bust.

• Freakshow King/songs/freakshow-king/

  The clown's in the ring. Truth's not for sale. The absurdity has reached the highest office. Step right up.

• Freedom Fries/songs/freedom-fries/

  The fries were never French. But(t) the freedom? And what about the Fasc!st Fries? It's complicated.

• Freedom To Lie Is The New Human Right/songs/freedom-to-lie-is-the-new-human-right/

  Facts don't feed the algorithm. Truth is treason if it bites. And the convicted predator has a plan for pedo nation. This is not satire.

• Freee, La Fille/songs/freee-la-fille/

  En français, pour les filles qui en ont marre. Made in merde, c'est fini. Pour freeee.

• French Poppies/songs/french-poppies/

  Strong, fragile, a little wild, a lot red, they dance with the wind. Oh la la, les French poppies.

• Genius, You See/songs/genius-you-see/

  Judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree and it'll believe it's stupid forever. This one's for the kids. You're a genius. For real. (ps: Albert Einstein never said this, but(t) it's worth noting.)

• Gladys in Sonderland/songs/gladys-in-sonderland/

  Alice went through the looking glass. Gladys tumbled through Sonderland. The Cheshire Cat now strips in a glitch-and-bitch show. No checkmates.

• Glitter On A Turd/songs/glitter-on-a-turd/

  Kindness without truth is just glitter on a turd. K thanks bye.

• Grateful For The Weird/songs/grateful-for-the-weird/

  Grateful for dogs, berries, beaches, tender fools, and every weird beautiful thing. Especially the weird.

• Grifters/songs/grifters/

  One question that won’t let go: are you a grifter or a gifter?

• GROCK/songs/grock/

  G-R-O-C-K: when the algorithm does your thinking for you. Spell it out slow. Spell it all wrong (LOL). True story tho.

• Gunther's BBQ/songs/gunther-bbq/

  Gunther's BBQ Cabaret: the smoke, the sass, the sausage philosophy.

• Hammy On Clyde/songs/hammy-on-clyde/

  His name's Hammy. He lives on Clyde Avenue. He has no agenda. Goals.

• Happy Birthday, Dear Dreamer Friend/songs/happy-birthday-dear-dreamer-friend/

  Because I'm so gratefool for dreamer friends.

• Hard Core/songs/hard-core/

  Who decides which lives are sacred? (That's the whole song.)

• HashtagWHY (Sorry Not Sorry)/songs/hashtagwhy-sorry-not-sorry/

  #why. Not the who. Not the what. The why is the only question worth asking. Sorry not sorry.

• Hello, Oh No/songs/hello-oh-no/

  Oh hello, ego. You're here again. No no no.

• Hereby, I Cry/songs/hereby-i-cry/

  Not fury — memory's flame. This is the cry in the name of the sacred, the silenced, the still.

• Hey, Creeps/songs/hey-creeps/

  Hey, creeps. Yes, you. No, not you. You know who you are.

• Hey, You (Creepers)/songs/hey-you-creepers/

  The creeper who thinks they're invisible. They're not.

• Hi, My Name Is (Not Celine Dion)/songs/hi-my-name-is-not-celine-dion/

  Hi, my name is... not Celine Dion. (But she inspired me.)

• Hide Your Pets/songs/hide-your-pets/

  No, they're not eating your pets. Yes, someone actually said that.

• Hiding Secrets in Lies/songs/hiding-secrets-in-lies/

  Power's favorite outfit: morality's cloak.

• Hitlus With Your Best Shot/songs/hitlus-with-your-best-shot/

  I did not write this one. A dad named Joel did. Pat Benatar didn't approve it. But(t) the MAGA era sure did... Hitlus with your best shot. Führer away.

• Hold The Mic, Babe/songs/hold-the-mic-babe/

  The mic is right there. It's waiting.

• Hope is Do-Do-Dope/songs/hope-is-do-do-dope/

  The Dodo is back. It feels like hope. And hope is dope. Right? (Ahem, let's dance.)

• How Deep Is Your Shade?/songs/how-deep-is-your-shade/

  How low does your shallow go?

• How Do Kids Learn Now?/songs/how-do-kids-learn-now/

  How do kids learn what's right when the adults are still figuring it out?

• How Do We Find Meaning?/songs/how-do-we-find-meaning/

  Life is absurd. Also: how do we find meaning?

• How Do You Explain War?/songs/how-do-you-explain-war/

  How do you explain war to a child who just wanted to fly?

• I Ain't No Christian (Like Bertrand)/songs/i-ain-t-no-christian-like-bertrand/

  I looked for peace and logic. I found Bertrand Russell. Close enough.

• I Did The Math (Everything is Stupid)/songs/i-did-the-math-everything-is-stupid-absurd-and-divine/

  The math checks out: everything is stupid, absurd, and strangely divine.

• I Know You Didn’t Ask/songs/i-know-you-didn-t-ask/

  I know you didn't ask. But the masks are showing.

• I Think About.../songs/i-think-about/

  Do you think about the meaning of art too, sometimes? I ponder...

• I Think I Need a Good Spank!ng (in Madrid)/songs/i-think-i-need-a-good-spank-ng-in-madrid/

  #censored. Because SHOWsutra is where we play. And imagination is everything.

• If We Had But(t) The Truth/songs/if-we-had-but-t-the-truth/

  If we had but(t) the truth, what would we even do with it?

• Ignoramus Divine/songs/ignoramus-divine/

  Step right up. Watch the clown crown himself king of the corrupt. Ignoramus Divine: a title, a verdict, and one hell of a rap sheet.

• Ironic Moronic Eugenics/songs/ironic-moronic-eugenics/

  The history of eugenics: what happens when certainty meets cruelty.

• It's An Ethical Paradox/songs/it-s-an-ethical-paradox/

  Step right up to the paradox parade. Morals, double-edged, coming on up.

• It's Enshittification, Darling/songs/it-s-enshittification-darling/

  Enshittification: say it sweet, say it neat. When platforms rot from the inside, someone should at least make it rhyme.

• It's War, My Friend/songs/it-s-war-my-friend/

  The Better Bananas Bureau of Peace Asks: WTH "Maximum Lethality, Not Tepid Legality" actually means?

• Jacques Brel/songs/jacques-brel/

  Pour Jacques Brel, qui nous a appris que les larmes pouvaient danser.

• Jealousy (Not For Me)/songs/jealousy-not-for-me/

  Jealousy smells like fear. Your joy doesn't take away my path. EPx22 of love languages, and the math is soft.

• Jingoism 101/songs/jingoism-101/

  Jackboots too tight. Books too banned. God complex too loud. Jingoism 101: the curriculum nobody asked for, now mandatory.

• Jolly Poo/songs/jolly-poo/

  An ode to the ego that refuses to compost.

• Just Be/songs/just-be/

  The hardest thing you'll ever do: just be.

• Just Be You, Oooh! (A Birthday Sing-Along)/songs/just-be-you-oooh-a-birthday-sing-along/

  Birthday instructions: be yourself. Wild, free, one of a kind. Revolutionary concept? Apparently still needs a song.

• Kamala Has A Dream/songs/kamala-has-a-dream/

  She had a dream. Now we're living a nightmare... d'oh!

• Kamala's Roots of Resilience/songs/kamala-s-roots-of-resilience/

  Civil rights. Science. Education. A lion's heart. Roots matter.

• Kids Are Asking/songs/kids-are-asking/

  The kids are asking about the double standards. Nobody has a good answer.

• Kids Just Want To Have Hope/songs/kids-just-want-to-have-hope/

  Girls Just Want To Have Fun? Kids Just Want To Have Hope. Just saying.

• Kindness/songs/kindness/

  You don't know the weight of kindness until you've needed it.

• Kindness (Oh Sweet Kindness)/songs/kindness-oh-sweet-kindness/

  Kindness: the one thing that shines deepest and costs nothing.

• Kiss A Pulse/songs/kiss-a-pulse/

  Poetry isn't a hat you wear. It's a pulse you kiss.

• L'Accordéon De l'Ignorance/songs/l-accordeon-de-l-ignorance/

  Un canard sans conscience qui joue des peurs et divise. Avec un accordéon. Et l'ignorance en refrain.

• L’Embobinage/songs/l-embobinage/

  Carl Sagan said: the saddest truth is how long we've been bamboozled.

• La Force Douce/songs/la-force-douce/

  Rivers cut stone without lifting a hand. La force douce: choosing love when everything crumbles around you.

• La Poesia Importa/songs/la-poesia-importa/

  ¿La poesía importa? Sí. Y si lo dudas, esta canción es para ti.

• Le Bal Des Salauds/songs/le-bal-des-salauds/

  Bienvenue au bal. Les salauds ont réservé la meilleure table.

• Le Bal Electoral/songs/le-bal-electoral/

  Dans les ombres du scrutin, ils dansent. Mais on les voit.

• Le Système/songs/le-systeme/

  Je vous parle d'un temps où Macron mentait avec éclat. Ah, le bon vieux temps.

• Learn The Signs/songs/learn-the-signs/

  Apathy is a mask. Here's how to spot the wearer.

• Let Me Tell You (This Is My Truth)/songs/let-me-tell-you-this-is-my-truth/

  For those who confuse "personal brand" with personality...

• Let Me Tell You About Heartache/songs/let-me-tell-you-about-heartache/

  Love, heartache, and the tender promise to keep showing up. A soul classic reimagined.

• Let's Do It/songs/let-s-do-it/

  Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. Let's fall in love.

• Let’s Play A Game Where We All Win! (If The Game Is Absurd)/songs/let-s-play-a-game-where-we-all-win-if-the-game-is-absurd/

  If the game is absurd, the only winning move is to play anyway.

• Liars/songs/liars/

  They spin tales like it's a fever. Catch it if you can.

• Liberty/songs/liberty/

  An ode to Liberty. Written when she needed reminding of herself. Inspired by Victor Hugo.

• Life's A Song/songs/life-s-a-song/

  What if the wondering mind IS the music? Loops, puns, consciousness as playlist. Who's the DJ?

• Lightly, My Darling/songs/lightly-my-darling/

  It's dark because you try too hard. Aldous Huxley said lightly, my darling... and this song takes the lesson to heart.

• Like A Criminal Strongman/songs/like-a-criminal-strongman/

  You call it strength. The rest of us call it something else.

• Like A Dog In The Sky/songs/like-a-dog-in-the-sky/

  Like a bird on a wire. Like a dog in the sky. Still loyal. Still free.

• Like Rivers In Syncopated Times/songs/like-rivers-in-syncopated-times/

  Like rivers that never ask permission. A syncopated prayer for flow, curiosity, and the wild blue yonder.

• Linguistic Weaponry/songs/linguistic-weaponry/

  F*ck: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and apparently, a Supreme Court problem. A hymn to the most flexible word in the English language.

• Lolita In Pensacola/songs/lolita-in-pensacola/

  Gulf of Mexico, lucid dreams, a millennium's worth of stories. What does freedom actually taste like down there?

• Love from the Future (The Hesse Song)/songs/love-from-the-future-the-hesse-song/

  A letter from the future, in two languages: you were never broken. You were always the melody.

• Lyrics Matter (FOOsutra)/songs/lyrics-matter-foosutra/

  All seven sutras, one cheeky anthem. Lyrics matter. Authentic imagination beats artificial indoctrination. Every time.

• Lyrics Matter (FOOsutra) EDIT/songs/lyrics-matter-foosutra-edit/

  All seven sutras, one cheeky anthem. Lyrics matter. Authentic imagination beats artificial indoctrination. Every time.

• MAHA (Make America Humane Again)/songs/maha-make-america-humane-again/

  Make America Humane Again. It's not a radical idea. It should not be.

• MAKA (Make America Kind Again)/songs/maka-make-america-kind-again/

  MAKA: Make America Kind Again. (The harder acronym. The better one.)

• Make Amurica Gulag Again (MAGA)/songs/make-amurica-gulag-again-maga/

  Not an opinion. A fact. Forty-five billion for cages, not doctors. The land of the free has the most in a pen. This is not a drill.

• Make your Own Bible/songs/make-your-own-bible/

  Ralph Waldo Emerson said it first. Select and collect. Make your own bible. Write your own song.

• Making Songs Like.../songs/making-songs-like/

  Some people meditate. Some pray. I make songs. Same thing, different noise.

• Male Fantasies/songs/male-fantasies/

  The pedestal they built for you wasn't a gift. It was a trap.

• Males Fantasies (vol2)/songs/males-fantasies-vol2/

  Up on a pedestal, put there by someone else's fantasy.

• MAMA (Make America Mine Achtung)/songs/mama-make-america-mine-achtung/

  MAGA. MACA. MAMA. Make America Mine Achtung. Like a toddler in a war room with nukes and mommy issues.

• Manu, P’tit Roi/songs/manu-ptit-roi/

  Manu, p'tit roi, grandes ambitions, petite vérité.

• MASA (Make America Safe Again)/songs/masa-make-america-safe-again/

  Make America Safe? Start with books, not boys in blue. Every dollar spent on school cuts down crime. That's it. That's the whole plan.

• Maslow (Bro)/songs/maslow-bro/

  Maslow mapped the needs. War ignored the map. How low we gonna go before someone says no?

• Mass Media Freakshow/songs/mass-media-freakshow/

  Step right in. Corporate clowns, kids chasing fame, golems lost in glitter. Terrence McKenna saw this coming. So did the duck.

• Masss ShoooTING/songs/masss-shoooting/

  Because it's true. Murica is indeed the greatest, undisputed, number one world champion at a thang...

• Maupassant/songs/maupassant/

  Maupassant: master of the bittersweet short story, painted in French with a wink and a morsure.

• MAWA (Make America Woke Again)/songs/mawa-make-america-woke-again/

  Woke ain't weak. It means your mind stays open. MAWA: because staying blind while they snatch your plate was never the plan.

• Men-Oh-Pause/songs/men-oh-pause/

  Taboo for who, exactly? A body politics reckoning on the weaponized silence that costs half the world its dignity.

• Metaphors' Edge (Joseph Campbell's song)/songs/metaphors-edge-joseph-campbell-s-song/

  When does a metaphor become a cage? (Joseph Campbell has thoughts.)

• Mind the Felon/songs/mind-the-felon/

  Mind the gap. Mind the felon. Mind the charm that hides the web.

• More Than A Plate (Anthony Bourdain <3)/songs/more-than-a-plate-anthony-bourdain-3/

  Anthony Bourdain knew: the meal is never just a meal.

• My Quest/songs/my-quest/

  "La Quête" remade 6 ways, from lullaby to blues, because some songs need to be chased like an impossible star. Volume 2 of a lifelong quest.

• New Normalcy (Planet Earth to Higher Grounds)/songs/new-normalcy-planet-earth-to-higher-grounds/

  Planet Earth to Higher Grounds. What have we done now? Beautiful things don’t ask for attention...

• Nietzsche's Gift (Muddy Waters)/songs/nietzsche-s-gift-muddy-waters/

  They muddy the water to make it look deep. Nietzsche saw through it.

• No Fear, My Dear/songs/no-fear-my-dear/

  Freedom means no fear. Nina Simone said it. We're still working on it.

• No, I'm Not Being Political (CIRCA 2025)/songs/no-i-m-not-being-political-circa-2025/

  No, I'm not being political. I'm just awake. (Circa 2025.)

• No, I'm Not Being Political (CIRCA 2026)/songs/no-i-m-not-being-political-circa-2026/

  No, I'm not being political. I'm just still awake. (Circa 2026.)

• Not Bad, Friendo/songs/not-bad-friendo/

  Big brother spins. The black hole pulls in. "Not bad, friendo." Around and around we go.

• Nous Sommes Le Feu/songs/nous-sommes-le-feu/

  Nous sommes le monde — en français, du fond de l'âme humaniste. On est le feu, les cendres, la lumière.

• Oh My, Oh Why (Socrates Song)/songs/oh-my-oh-why-socrates-song/

  He said 'I know I know nothing.' They sentenced him to death. Oh my, oh why — is truth still the crime they crucify?

• Oh The Masquerade/songs/oh-the-masquerade/

  The masquerade: masks, mirrors, and a grandest show where truth won't go. Ego's encore, under the big top.

• Oh, Freedom/songs/oh-freedom/

  Before I be a slave, I'll be buried in my grave. The oldest, truest freedom song.

• Oh, Martine/songs/oh-martine/

  Pour ma tante Martine, qui me manque. Des tartines, des clins d'œil, et un amour pour toujours.

• Oh, WELP… The Duck./songs/oh-welp-the-duck/

  That shady ducky won't get OFF my back. So I wrote a song. You're welcome. Or whatever, heh?

• Okie Dokie (No It's Not)/songs/okie-dokie-no-it-s-not/

  Okie dokie. (No. It's not.)

• One Percent Rising/songs/one-percent-rising/

  More curious than 99% of the population. That's the one percent that matters.

• Open The Meow/songs/open-the-meow/

  Starts with a Lennon nod, ends somewhere warm and wonderfully odd. What if every heart was clear to see?

• Open The Window/songs/open-the-window/

  What would happen if we all opened the window?

• Optics Of Cruelty (DEFY)/songs/optics-of-cruelty-defy/

  When cruelty gets good PR, who names it?

• Ordo Amoris in Decay (All I Want Is To Believe)/songs/ordo-amoris-in-decay-all-i-want-is-to-believe/

  It's Pride month. Authenticity isn't loud and proud — it's humble, vulnerable, and brave. Ordo amoris, in a world of ego.

• Our Best (The Four Commandments)/songs/our-best-the-four-commandments/

  Our best: impeccable word, integrity, love heard.

• Out of Step, Out Of Mind/songs/out-of-step-out-of-mind/

  Out of step with a world that was walking in the wrong direction.

• Oxytocin/songs/oxytocin/

  Dopamine chases. Serotonin exhales. Oxytocin stays. Neurotransmitters matter. A love song on the science of connection, i.e. trust.

• Oy, We Care/songs/oy-we-care/

  Oy! We care! Oy! We dare! Born to love, not kneel to greed. Time to boom through the gloom.

• Pablo's Grandeur/songs/pablo-s-grandeur/

  Even genius can't hide from its own ego. Ask Pablo.

• Peace Matters More/songs/peace-matters-more/

  The only wish worth making: peace. Just peace. Please?

• Peace Unseen/songs/peace-unseen/

  They called her wild. She was just at peace.

• Pedo Nation/songs/pedo-nation-felon-nation-redux/

  For the silenced girls. Private jets, blackmail nights, masked faces. The shame isn't tiny. The story must be told.

• Peel Me Kindly/songs/peel-me-kindly/

  Seven secrets, one sutra. Peel when ready.

• Penguins In Shoes/songs/penguins-in-shoes/

  Anatole France accidentally baptized penguins into humanity in 1908. The crowd loved it. Nothing has changed. We're all still penguins in shoes.

• People or Property/songs/people-or-property/

  People, or Property, what it’s gonna be?... D'oh.

• Philosophy, My Dear/songs/philosophy-my-dear/

  Philosophy: have you heard of her? She has questions. All of them.

• Planet Idiocracy/songs/planet-idiocracy/

  The difference between Idiocracy and MAGAcracy? The timeline.

• Please Pardon My French/songs/please-pardon-my-french/

  I've grown to love the expression "Pardon my French". I speak it fluently, hehe...

• Poetry Matters/songs/poetry-matters/

  Question my empathy. I dare you. (Poetry has entered the chat.)

• Poetry Nah Lie/songs/poetry-nah-lie/

  Poetry nah lie. It's vital like a plant. Medicine for truth, in a world where viral means value.

• Poetry Slow Burns/songs/poetry-slow-burns/

  Not for show, not for fame. Just to name the ache and sing the flame. Poetry slow burns — soft, deadly.

• Poets Hats/songs/poets-hats/

  Lucille had words about poets who wear the hat but skip the work.

• Possum Scrotum/songs/possum-scrotum/

  Are you playing possum while fascists march by? Is that wisdom, or poop in a pile? The beast doesn't respect the lord.

• Predators (Why War)/songs/predators-why-war/

  Why? No one cares. No one hears. Predators in history, memories in mystery. Vol. 2, because war's a long story.

• Presidential Joke of The Year/songs/presidential-joke-of-the-year/

  The crowd size joke. The presidency that became one.

• Pro-life Means What, Honey?/songs/pro-life-means-what-honey/

  Pro-life means what, exactly? (Still waiting for a straight answer.)

• Profane Obscenities/songs/profane-obscenities/

  One hand on a hollow oath. One hand raising a golden ghost. We crown kings with plastic thrones and call it a ceremony.

• Project 2025 (Honky tonk dreams in the land of the free)/songs/project-2025-honky-tonk-dreams-in-the-land-of-the-free/

  Project 2025: a reading list nobody asked for, a playlist everyone needs.

• Queer Almighty/songs/queer-almighty/

  Queer almighty: if God made everything, the closet wasn't His idea.

• Question Di Kingdom/songs/question-di-kingdom/

  Rise up tall. Reason first. Kingdom, second (if needed).

• Question The Nation/songs/question-the-nation/

  Question the nation. Truth is on sabbatical. Or what(TF)?

• Rachel Barks/songs/rachel-barks/

  She sang her story. Ukulele. Colors. But(t) then she barked. No notes.

• Radio Static (The Dystopian Cabaret)/songs/radio-static-the-dystopian-cabaret/

  So much radio static. Sigh. Welcome to Bananasutra Radio, philosophy à gogo about how to flow over egos that blow... and the joy of sharing what we know.

• Rainbows in the Clouds/songs/rainbows-in-the-clouds/

  Beyond labels, lines, and tiers... be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

• Read Me Harder (BB is for Banned Books)/songs/read-me-harder-bb-is-for-banned-books/

  They banned the books but not the beat. BB is for Banned Books — and Badass Brains. Read harder.

• Real Winners Dance/songs/real-winners-dance/

  Real winners dance in the rain.

• Reason Over Reverence/songs/reason-over-reverence/

  They built heaven on fear. Reason is a better foundation.

• Rebellion à L'Unisson/songs/rebellion-a-l-unisson/

  Because some rebellions sound better in the language of liberté, égalité, and furious irony. En français.

• Relative Steve/songs/relative-steve/

  Is truth relative, Steve? A vintage hip hop song asking the dumb recycled questions. Yo.

• Revolution's Lit/songs/revolution-s-lit/

  Just a girl, a guitar, and the audacity to call it a revolution.

• Rhinoceross/songs/rhinoceross/

  When everyone who is right becomes a rhinoceros. One song on the far right lane, looking out at a world gone insane.

• Rise Up, You Naked Peoples (Freedom Rings)/songs/rise-up-you-naked-peoples-freedom-rings/

  Victor Hugo would approve. Rise up, ye naked peoples. Freedom rings. Heed the call.

• RUN (Now If You Can)/songs/run-now-if-you-can/

  Habeas Corpus just called. It's gone in the attic. Dark times.

• Second Hand Smoke (Arrogant Hearts)/songs/second-hand-smoke-arrogant-hearts/

  Charm is cheap. Don't let it seep under your skin.

• Secret De Polichinelle/songs/secret-de-polichinelle/

  Chut. Fais semblant de ne pas voir. Le roi est nu. Tout le monde le sais. Personne ne le dit. (C'est un secret de Polichinelle, comme on dit chez nous.)

• Segggsting/songs/segggsting/

  Segsting — c'est pas du s3xe, mais c'est presque aussi bien. Parfois mieux. Un cheeky cabaret romp en français.

• Self-Remembering/songs/self-remembering/

  The now. The breath. The sound you hear. No past to chase, no future to hold. This moment is enough. This one is for Dr Charles Tart.

• Seminal Bollocks/songs/seminal-bollocks/

  Who fact-checked the prophets? (Nobody's answering.)

• Serial Blowers/songs/serial-blowers/

  Power. Gender. Color. Favors. Why are we still asking the same questions?

• Shades of Fools (All I Know)/songs/shades-of-fools-all-i-know/

  All I know is I dunno. But it's the why that tells you which shade of fool you're dealing with.

• Shady Fools/songs/shady-fools/

  We're all fools on show. The question is what shade.

• Shame on You Boo (Don-Be-Gone Orchestra, Duck of the Jungle)/songs/shame-on-you-boo-don-be-gone-orchestra-duck-of-the-jungle/

  To the tune of "I Wanna Be Like You": oobee doo, you felon, boo. The people are moving on. Your VIP jail cell is waiting.

• Shameless (DEFY)/songs/shameless-defy/

  They used to hide the cruelty. Now it's front row seats.

• She Wears The Words/songs/she-wears-the-words/

  She wears the words. Title not required.

• Shining Twins/songs/shining-twins/

  Hush money. Whispers. Buried secrets. Trump's evil twin. The Shining twins of greed.

• Shush (How To Help A Bible Bro Grow Up)/songs/shush-how-to-help-a-bible-bro-grow-up/

  In the name of Religious Freedom, please bro, STFU.

• Sidération/songs/sideration/

  Sidération: when something is so absurd your brain just freezes. Like your soul slipped on a banana peel.

• Sidération (The Sky Stood Still)/songs/sideration-the-sky-stood-still/

  The sky stood still. The oath was mocked. The bible dropped. And we stood, turned to stone.

• Sidération Blues/songs/sideration-blues/

  Sidération's in the marrow, where deep breaths forget to grow. This is a song that sings of wrong.

• Sidération's Calling/songs/sideration-s-calling/

  White House's burning, no alarm. The new normal is illegal. Sidération's calling.

• Silent Followers/songs/silent-followers/

  Who's worse: the loud villain or the ones quietly waltzing behind? A bluesy gypsy waltz on complicity.

• Sing Your Own Gospel/songs/sing-your-own-gospel/

  Don't look for God in a book. It's in the music.

• Skanking Pickles/songs/skanking-pickles/

  'Justice' is vengeance now. 'Freedom' got ripped. The old French fries are skanking. Keep up.

• So, What Is Racism?/songs/so-what-is-racism/

  So, what is racism? (It's in the jokes when the room gets quiet.)

• Some Songs Are More Fun Than Others/songs/some-songs-are-more-fun-than-others/

  Some songs are more fun than others. This is one of those.

• Some Truths Are Harder to Swallow/songs/some-truths-are-harder-to-swallow/

  Some truths are harder to swallow. But they go down easier as a song.

• Something In My Gut/songs/something-in-my-gut/

  What if nausea’s sacred, like Boom? True story...

• Sous Terre (Underground)/songs/sous-terre-underground/

  Sous terre, underground, là où les vrais rêves respirent. (English adaptation of Mariama's Underground song.)

• Spit Back the Lies/songs/spit-back-the-lies/

  They built a house of hollow prayers... Time to spit back the lies.

• SS Means Sacred Sp3rm/songs/ss-means-sacred-sp3rm/

  A true crime story, happening now in Murica.

• Stardom Is So Dumb/songs/stardom-is-so-dumb/

  Sodom, Gomorrah, and Gollum at the gates of stardom. Fame's a fickle fiddle, strung tight 'til it snaps.

• Stymy Stymy Yuck/songs/stymy-stymy-yuck/

  Stymy. Bleh. Yuck. Sometimes politics only has one syllable. Or two, or five, like that Shimy Shimy Yeah song. You know?

• Supreme Words (Whoop Whoop)/songs/supreme-words-whoop-whoop/

  When words are banned, they become even more supreme. Whoop whoop #fuckonomics

• Suspended in Time/songs/suspended-in-time/

  Suspended in time. Above the world, just below the sky — floating on dreams and letting time fly.

• Sutra of Immanence/songs/sutra-of-immanence/

  The sacred is scruffy. The holy wears fur. The prophets are playful. And god lives in the tail wag.

• Syndrome Nom Nom/songs/syndrome-nom-nom/

  Public health alert: chronic exposure to idiocracy may cause history-coughing, crypto-crowing, and acute democracy wanking.

• SynthemaSutra/songs/synthemasutra/

  All seven sutras, as if they were good old greek synthemas. Timeless philosophy in motion.

• T.R.U.T.H/songs/t-r-u-t-h/

  T.R.U.T.H: tell it, receive it, understand it, trust it, hold it.

• Tell The Truth/songs/tell-the-truth/

  Tell the truth. Even when it's inconvenient. Especially then.

• Thank you, Mister Paine/songs/thank-you-mister-paine/

  A body of men accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.' — Thomas Paine. Thank you, Mister Paine.

• The (Womp Womp) Conquestor/songs/the-womp-womp-conquestor/

  The conquestor conquers everything, except the feeling it's not enough.

• The Accordion of Ignorance/songs/the-accordion-of-ignorance/

  The accordion of ignorance plays itself louder the more you pull it open.

• The Atheist Tango/songs/the-atheist-tango/

  Who needs a sky full of gods when you've got a tango?

• The Conquest of Happiness/songs/the-conquest-of-happiness/

  The happiness they sold you was a tango with the wrong partner on your shoulder.

• The Courage To Care/songs/the-courage-to-care/

  They (dare) call empathy weak. But(t) real compassion is the discipline of light. And it takes far more courage to care than to look away.

• The Ducktator (Lament)/songs/the-ducktator-lament/

  The ducktator: a lament in quacks.

• The Dystopian Quiz Song/songs/the-dystopian-quiz-song/

  Take the quiz. Is your world a circus or a dystopia? (Trick question.)

• The Echo Song/songs/the-echo-song/

  Even the mountains echo the sounds of war. Nobody listens.

• The Echo Song (Russian Edition)/songs/the-echo-song-russian-edition/

  A perfect song, a friend said. Vladimir Vysotsky's mountain echo — translated, reimagined, still howling truth in Russian.

• The Fool Who Knows/songs/the-fool-who-knows/

  I'm the question in your laughter. The hope that lets the light through.

• The Grazed Duck Luck/songs/the-grazed-duck-luck/

  The bullet grazed the duck. The duck, alas, survived.

• The Great Naked King/songs/the-great-naked-king/

  The emperor has no clothes. But(t) he's selling crowns. And it's like no one knows shit about f*ck (like Socrates said).

• The Invisible Man In The Sky/songs/the-invisible-man-in-the-sky/

  The invisible man in the sky: a character study.

• The Love of A Dove/songs/the-love-of-a-dove/

  Love rising above bloody ashes. The dove's stubbornest trick.

• The Narcissist's Cabaret/songs/the-narcissist-s-cabaret/

  Pull up a chair — the ego is performing. Again.

• The Poem/songs/the-poem/

  The poem they couldn't ban because it was already inside you.

• The President’s Above The Law/songs/the-president-s-above-the-law/

  The president's above the law. History has seen this before. That's the problem.

• The Seven Sutras of Banana/songs/the-seven-sutras-of-banana/

  All seven sutras, one ripe song. Dripping truth, sipping groove. BananaSutra: nothing to prove, obviously.

• The Sound of A Wondering Mind/songs/the-sound-of-a-wondering-mind/

  What's the sound of a wondering mind? A beat, a breath, a space to unwind. No preacher, no savior — just a seeker.

• The Sound Of Logic/songs/the-sound-of-logic/

  Acoustic or algorithmic? Human or harmonic? Is it chaos or logic? Bananasutra speaks...

• The Tyranny of Ignorance/songs/the-tyranny-of-ignorance/

  Ignorance isn't bliss. It's a tyrant in a loud hat.

• The Umm Song/songs/the-umm-song/

  Umm... a pause, a breath, a bridge from thought to word. In the humble umm, a glimpse of the whole mind. This one is for Bryan Dobson.

• The Unhappiness Tango/songs/the-unhappiness-tango/

  Bertrand Russell made a list of what makes us unhappy. This tango dances through every item: fatigue, envy, guilt, persecution mania, and the fear of public opinion.

• The Weave/songs/the-weave/

  The weave: more political than it looks.

• The World We Knew (Public Domain)/songs/the-world-we-knew/

  Over and over, going over the world we knew... wondering what Frank Sinatra would sing now.

• There's No Prayer Like Desire/songs/there-s-no-prayer-like-desire/

  The most honest prayer you'll ever say isn't in a church.

• They Call Her Wild (But She's Just Free)/songs/they-call-her-wild-but-she-s-just-free/

  They call her wild. But(t) she's just free. Hella different stories.

• They Call It Freedom (Oh Hi, Sweet Honey Bun)/songs/they-call-it-freedom-oh-hi-sweet-honey-bun/

  Oh hi, sweet honey bun. They call it freedom. It looks more like steel boots stomping truth again.

• This Ain't Fiction (Bloom Past Doom)/songs/this-aint-fiction-bloom-past-doom/

  This ain't fiction. It's dystopian truth broadcast in booths. Let's read the constitution and imagine the revolution.

• This Is My Quest/songs/this-is-my-quest/

  Born with a fire that silence could not tame. This is the quest.

• This Is Not A Banana/songs/this-is-not-a-banana/

  This is not a banana. It's a Magritte dare. You trusted it anyway. That's the joke.

• Thrifting Memories/songs/thrifting-memories/

  The thrift store on Valencia: where memories become someone else's treasure.

• Time For Rebel Romance/songs/time-for-rebel-romance/

  History's spinning that wheel again. Time for a rebel romance.

• To Dream/songs/to-dream/

  To dream the unreachable dream. To sing the unsingable song. Like Jacques Brel.

• Too Hard, My Friend/songs/too-hard-my-friend/

  You're trying too hard, my friend. The river doesn't try. It flows.

• Trauma Begets Trauma/songs/trauma-begets-trauma/

  Trauma begets trauma. The cycle ends when someone decides it does.

• Trump Derangement Syndrome ™/songs/trump-derangement-syndrome-tm/

  Symptoms include: knowing history, sneezing at hypocrisy, coughing at autocracy. You're not sick. He's just a dick.

• Trust No One/songs/trust-no-one/

  They told you to trust. Then they taught you why not to. A song about both.

• Truth Don't Care/songs/truth-don-t-care/

  Truth don't care what you believe. Doesn't bow to gold or kings. Doesn't owe history a damn thing.

• Truth I Never Knew (Crushing on Bertrand)/songs/truth-i-never-knew-crushing-on-bertrand/

  A love letter to Bertrand Russell. Totally appropriate. Deeply heartfelt. Entirely overdue.

• Tune In The Tender/songs/tune-in-the-tender/

  I still care. I still cry. That's why I'm still here.

• Twatocracy (Encore et Encore)/songs/twatocracy-encore-et-encore/

  Encore et encore: the twatocracy performs. Same frauds, same crowns, same clowns. The snake oil is flying off the shelves...

• Tweeting from the Throne/songs/tweeting-from-the-throne/

  Tweeting from the throne, golfin', lyin', puss-grabbin', book-bannin', made in china bibles-sellin', killin'... Worse than a crook (Nixon at least read the briefings).

• Two Things, Darling/songs/two-things-darling/

  Two things, darling: the world is mad, and kindness is the only sane response. Get the facts right. Keep love in sight.

• Universal Currency/songs/universal-currency/

  What's a child worth in a budget? The number will make you sick.

• Untamed/songs/untamed/

  Born untamed. Nobody chooses the path they roam.

• Up a San Francisco Hill/songs/up-a-san-francisco-hill/

  Hippies puffing, poets dreaming, tambourines, hair flowers flying. Sundays on a San Francisco hill, and nowhere else to be.

• V.O.I.C.E.S (Blessed Be)/songs/v-o-i-c-e-s-blessed-be/

  No more whispers. No more fear. Blessed be the voices.

• V.O.I.C.E.S (What You Want Baby)/songs/v-o-i-c-e-s-what-you-want-baby/

  What you want, baby? A voice. We got it.

• Waldo's Atheist Tango/songs/waldo-s-atheist-tango/

  Waldo danced the atheist tango. Nobody found him. He was fine.

• Waldo's Fascist Tango (Down We Go)/songs/waldo-s-fascist-tango-down-we-go/

  The ballroom is lit. The leaders are waltzing. Down we go.

• Wars Don’t Flow/songs/wars-don-t-flow/

  Maslow mapped the needs. War ignored the map. A bomb kissed a boy and his bike in broad daylight. The gods took a hike.

• We Ain't Ghouls/songs/we-aint-ghouls/

  We ain't ghouls. We gold and soul. Born to rise, not play their role. Bloom brighter than gloom.

• We Live Not By Lies/songs/we-live-not-by-lies/

  We live not by lies. Solzhenitsyn said it. It's still true.

• We Must Revolt/songs/we-must-revolt/

  No crowned saviors. No crowned anything. Just the fire and each other. Rattle the locks.

• We Remember What (We Remember What) We Feel☉/songs/we-remember-what-we-remember-what-we-feel/

  They say “empathy is weakness” because feeling makes you question what they can’t afford to answer...

• We’re Tiny Specks, Right?/songs/we-re-tiny-specks-right/

  Carl Sagan approved. Still tiny. Still shining. Still asking. Right?

• Weary Blues/songs/weary-blues/

  Langston Hughes. Lenox Avenue. A man, a piano, and the Weary Blues echoing through his head long after the stars went out.

• Wet (Prickly) Peaches vol.2/songs/wet-prickly-peaches-vol-2/

  What Jefferson Airplane would sound like as a haunting psychedelic ode to radical intimacy. Vol. 2, because some songs are cheekier than others.

• What Dissent Looks Like Now/songs/what-dissent-looks-like-now/

  Dissent used to look different. Now it looks like this.

• What If -Ism/songs/what-if-ism/

  What if -ism? What if we actually tried fairness, just once?

• What If MeToo And BLM.../songs/what-if-metoo-and-blm/

  What if MeToo and BLM were the same fight? What if humanity faced one root evil? (Spoiler: narcissism, hiding in plain sight.)

• What It's About/songs/what-it-s-about/

  It's not about you or me. It's about the wounds nobody named.

• What Justifies The Pain?/songs/what-justifies-the-pain/

  From Stalin to Hiroshima to now: tell me, my dear, what justifies the pain? (Spoiler: vengence is a lose-lose game.)

• What Lessons Do We Forget?/songs/what-lessons-do-we-forget/

  History's greatest hits: repeated, again, sans apprentissage. The question has been asked before. Frequently.

• What the Mirror Said (Reste Lucide)/songs/what-the-mirror-said-reste-lucide/

  Un hommage à Lucille Clifton — en français. T'es un feu, un fleuve, une immensité. Reste lucide.

• What’s Behind Every Door?/songs/what-s-behind-every-door/

  On radical transparency — and the courage it takes to look.

• What's F-A-S-C-I-S-T?/songs/what-s-f-a-s-c-i-s-t/

  F is for... wait, let's spell it out slowly.

• When Did Seduction Become so Untrue?/songs/when-did-seduction-become-so-untrue/

  Track 1000 on SoundCloud. A milestone song asking: when did consent become a ruse, and liberty a cover for contempt?

• When We Duende (All Night)/songs/when-we-duende-all-night/

  Eyes closed tight, finding the light. Blessed be fools who are grateful. When we duende, all night.

• When We Duende (Encore)/songs/when-we-duende-encore/

  #censored. Because when consciousness longs for tenderness, imagination always matters more.

• Where Hope Expires (Hole of Fire)/songs/where-hope-expires/

  Where hope expires... and the choice to keep going anyway.

• Where We Begin (Preakly Peaches)/songs/where-we-begin-preakly-peaches/

  When jazzy white rabbits share crispy stories of whimsical peaches wrapped in nothing but what we felt on a psychedelic blue day in the S.F. Bay.

• Whispers (Lithium)/songs/whispers-lithium/

  The kind of whisper that lights the room from the inside.

• Who Are You? (And Who Am I?)/songs/who-are-you-and-who-am-i/

  Who are you? (And while we're at it — who am I?)

• Who Knows What Goes On?/songs/who-knows-what-goes-on/

  Snoopy and Bertrand Russell walked into a Morrissey song and asked all the questions nobody wants to answer. Do socks dream of shoes? Does the moon write haikus? Who knows what goes on?

• Who Knows Where How Happiness Truly Grows/songs/who-knows-where-how-happiness-truly-grows/

  Not built for fame. Not made for scale. No branded ask, no bullshit mask. Just words that breathe. Who knows. EPx29.

• Who Needs A Big D?/songs/who-needs-a-big-d/

  Who needs a big D? (The answer is funnier than you think.)

• Who's Your Vladdy?/songs/who-s-your-vladdy/

  Who's your Vladdy in the dark? Whose whispers leave a bloody mark? If you can't answer, history already did.

• Why Are Kids Allowed To Die? (Why War?)/songs/why-are-kids-allowed-to-die-why-war/

  Nobody asks why. Nobody dares. Kids still die for greed, for pride. And the questions outlast the history.

• Why trust an old, mean religion?/songs/why-trust-an-old-mean-religion/

  Why trust an old, mean religion? (Still waiting on the good answer.)

• Why We Can't Be Brave?/songs/why-we-can-t-be-brave/

  Bravery has a dress code. (Nobody told the women.)

• Why You Lie (To The People's Face)?/songs/why-you-lie-to-the-people-s-face/

  Same lie. New hat. Why you lying to the people's face?

• WIN-WIN (Basic Science History)/songs/win-win-basic-science-history/

  Win-win is basic science. And yet.

• WIN-WIN (Franglish Dub)/songs/win-win-dub/

  Kindness ain't weakness, it's holy steel. Win-win, c'est ma religion—en français-anglais fusion soul.

• Win-Win After Midnight/songs/win-win-after-midnight/

  After midnight, the only fair game is the one where you both win. Honest wrapped in skin. A gentler no. A deeper yes.

• Win-Win In Unity/songs/win-win-in-unity/

  Win-win: the idea that everyone winning is possible. Still radical, apparently.

• Woke 'em Whacks/songs/woke-em-whacks/

  If you're not racist, you're woke. If you're not sexist, you're woke. Super-woke, actually. Stay wide awake, forever woke.

• Wonderland of Bias/songs/wonderland-of-bias/

  Down the rabbit hole of your own assumptions. Welcome to the wonderland of bias.

• Zappa's Religion/songs/zappa-s-religion/

  Music is the only religion that delivers the goods. Zappa said it. We believe it.

• Zero Sum (Zero Sean)/songs/zero-sum-zero-sean/

  When someone mistakes scarcity for personality... or something strangely suspicious like that.

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