50/50 Funding: A Conversation with John Samson Fellows and Laura Cameron

Buy the book: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1505 Jason Lamb is the author of NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion

This conversation is with Mat Comtois, the reader for the new audiobook edition of Unscripted Moments.  More information available here: https://www.earthislandbooks.com/post/an-audiobook-for-any-lazy-or-busy-propagandhi-fans Audiobook available from the following outlets worldwide: Audible / Amazon  Audiobooks.com  Hoopla  The Audiobook Store  Downpour  Overdrive  Libro.FM  Audiobooks Now  StoryTel  BookMate  Nextory  Kobo  Everand (formerly Scribd)  Nook  3 Leaf Group  CloudLibrary  Follett Library Resources  Google LLC  Mackin  Anyplay  Odilo  Wheelers Book Club Limited  Apple  24Symbols  Chirp  Audioteka  UBook  YouScribe  BookBeat  Cliq Digital  Instaread  Divibib  Books-A-Million  Globook  Kids.Radio  Spotify  Speechify  Ulverscroft  Bookwalker  LibraryOne  Deezer  Napster  YouTube Music  Calm Radio

Bitter Melody Records is based in North Carolina and has released over 100 releases to date. They are releasing DUD "May Not Go (Unrealized Recordings from 1996)" as a limited vinyl release in collaboration with One Friday Music.  USA Ordering: https://bittermelodyrecords.bigcartel.com/ Canada Ordering: https://dudband1996.bandcamp.com/album/may-not-go-unrealized-recordings-from-1996  

Lisa Gillan is a nature photographer and musician in Ontario, Canada. 

Discussing track 11 on At Peace! 00:00-12:15: Introduction 12:15-16:00: Chiptune cover by Francois in Angers, France 16:00-26:30: Chit Chat 26:30-1:01:00: Scott Unger on the LA Wildfires 1:01:00-1:34:35: Danek on the LA Wildfires 1:34:35-END: Steve and Greg

As a graduate of Berklee College of Music, Ian Legge combines his formal training with his love of punk to create something entirely unique. Ian has performed and recorded with numerous artists, including tony award winner Charlie Rosen & The 8-Bit Big Band, Sum 41, Jenn Fiorentino, Red City Radio, Tim MacMillar (Protest The Hero), Lesibu Grand, And more. Listen to Arrangements Volume 1 by The Punk Cellist: https://linktr.ee/thepunkcellist https://music.apple.com/us/album/arrangements-vol-i/1847127703 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePunkCellist/videos  

Laura Cameron is Director of Programs and Strategy at Climate Action Team Manitoba. John Samson Fellows is a songwriter and local activist in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Nextstop5050.ca climateactionmb.ca https://vivatvirtute.bandcamp.com/track/vivat-virtute-presents-50-50-funding https://www.thebnc.ca/afterschoolleaders Music video:  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lhlxkaam23M https://vimeo.com/1200801886/1535de974a?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci  

Guiding Lights is track one on At Peace. Mat Comtois cover: 29:50-35:51

Read "History in an Unfamiliar Key: Propagandhi, Punk Rock, and the Uses of History" https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ACwMfe737HZ2p6XTEsb4Z9mcGmf7tNm/view?usp=sharing Joseph Bryan Biography from Montana State University: Brief Biography: My initial historical interests were in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century heterodox thought— forms of "atheism," "deism," and "materialism"—and the spaces where philosophy, science ("natural philosophy"), and "sociology" overlapped. In my MA thesis, I analyzed Baron d'Holbach's rhetorical strategies and his reliance on natural philosophy to construct a materialistic interpretation of mankind's physical origins and social development. From there, I developed a larger interest in perceptions of the human body as the mediator of social experiences. My research builds from questions posed by theories of embodiment and examines the ways in which relationships between humans in society were perceived to be channeled or stymied by corporeal properties. My dissertation explored how eighteenth-century writers employed the language and theories of physiology and medicine to map new foundations for society, especially in the burgeoning field of political economy and the "debate over luxury." Contemporaries used a new "corporeal vocabulary," based largely on sensationalism and theories of the nervous system, to address the growth of commerce and consumption of material goods and point toward both the degenerative and optimistic aspects of both. Since 2020, I've shifted gears to merge my academic historical interests with a lifetime of devotion to punk rock music. My new project asks when individuals listen to punk rock, what historical messages do they hear? Alongside that central question, I ask how punk lyrics appear when filtered through an historical lens. In what ways do punk musicians use history to sustain economic, environmental, political, racial, religious, social, and sexual critiques? How is the past given shape and meaning by punk lyrics? How visible, so to speak, are the historical elements? Essentially, what purpose does the past serve in punk music? Historical examination is not only central to how we define punk, and how punks define(d) themselves, but punk treatment of the past should be integrated into how we evaluate public consumption of history. They impart meaning to the past and challenge contemporary understandings of the past, present, and future. While punks do not create new knowledge, their music acts as an alternative historical epistemology that tracks alongside professional historians. They treat both the content of the past and the craft of History. I'm hoping to have a completed book manuscript on this topic by the summer of 2026: "Echoes of a Dreadful Past": Making Meaning of the Past through Punk Rock.

These covers are a companion to our Less Talk, More Rock 30th anniversary episode from April 23, 2026.  Resisting Tyrannical Government: Joe Vickers lives in seasonal rotation. In the summer he is an Alberta grain farmer and when the snow falls he hits the road as a storytelling folk singer. The travelling troubadour has logged countless miles touring across Canada and the USA as the front man for folk punk group, Audio/Rocketry. As a solo artist he has backpacked across Europe with a guitar in tow, playing everywhere from all-night bars to punk squats, travelling by whatever means necessary - from camper van to train or hitchhiking. Over the years, Vickers has shared the stage with traveling artists of a similar mind, such as Trampled by Turtles, Chuck Ragan, The Strumbellas, The Rural Alberta Advantage and Elliot BROOD. Visit Joe Vickers: https://joevickersmusic.com/music Refusing to be a Man: Paul Hodgert is a songwriter and audio engineer who owns and operates One Friday Music in Manitoba. His debut LP "Paul is Dead" is available where you get music.  Visit Paul Hodgert: https://paulhodgert.bandcamp.com/album/paul-is-dead