Uk Column Podcasts

David talks with Brad Skistimas, better known as Five Times August, the artist who provided the us with the musical soundtrack to the covid lockdown. His music has illumated the state oppression and medical fascism that we have all lived through in the last three years. But it has not been limited to simply a critique of those in authority. Rather, Brad's work exposes some of the failures and weaknesses in our civilisation that have allowed tyranny the upper hand. His honest and plaintive lyrics both spotlight the complicity of those who have promoted fear and encourage the gallantry of those who instead stand for truth. Their discussion is built around discussion of five of Brad's songs: "Jesus, wat happened to us?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu0GPo7GkPk "God help us all" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8bbMBrCQqQ "Anti-Fascist Blues" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7jNpxOCZTM "Sad Little Man" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6plsSlxOstQ and the one that made the UK Column's Katy-jo cry, "Fight