Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW

- Today's Song To Chew, "Dancin' At The Revolution" is from my UNIFORMS album, inspired by Emma Goldman, a famous anarchist writer who said “If they’re not dancin’ at this revolution, ... I’m not coming!”  Reminds me of Bernie and AOC! - This podcast is free at peteralsop.podbean.com , or wherever you get your podcasts. Please "follow or subscribe to get you access to all my songs! CD's are still...

    For this episode of SONGS TO CHEW, we'll listen to "Gone For Good", from my FAN CLUB FAVORITES album.  Been noticing a lot of “blaming” going on in the news lately.  Let’s listen, and see if we can figure out who's to blame!  Hah!  Past time for a good laugh, eh?      Please subscribe if you like my songs, ... they're free and available at peteralsop.podbean.com ,. or wherever you get your pod...

   On this week’s SONGS TO CHEW podcast, I’ve got a song I wrote and played at the AFL-CIO’s National Convention in December of 1977.  Union membership was diverse, gender and race-wise, ... but union management was mostly all white men.  The best way for me to say something about that, was to write a song!  So here’s the AFL-CIO LOVE SONG performed live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop a year later.    Th...

   Today’s song is called “Strength”, about what happens in the aftermath of a divorce.  It was a turning point in my musical career, as I had to ask myself “why am I writing this song?”    This podcast is free, wherever you get your podcasts; or go to peteralsop.podbean.com ~ download a free player and subscribe, and you’ll have access to all my songs.  My albums & dvds are available for purchase...

This week’s SONG TO CHEW is “Man Oh Man I Can!” for adults, songwriters and comedians with “questionable good taste”, ... on the timely theme of “dating a manikin, rather than sheltering alone”, ... from my very first album recorded live at Bob Stane’s Ice House in Pasadena, California in 1975.  Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

On this week’s SONGS TO CHEW we listen to “Baby Needs A Parent” from my 1981 album, UNIFORMS.  Good parenting models strength and gentleness in Moms & Dads, together or single! If you already listen to my podcasts while you “shelter at home”, please, ... share 'em with your friends!  They're free wherever you get podcasts; type in Peter Alsop's Songs To Chew, or go to: peteralsop.podbean.com ~ sub...

This week’s SONG TO CHEW is one of my earliest feminist songs, “Doin’ It For You”. It's a satire of a macho guy explaining to his girlfriend that all his self-centered behaviors are things he does for “her own good".  I wrote it to help other guy’s raise their consciousness a bit.  See what you think, ... over the line?  Or right on?  If you’re sheltering at home and want some free, insightful ent...

      This week’s SONG TO CHEW is “Let The Woman In You Come Through”, one of my classic feminist men’s songs from my 1977 Flying Fish album, ASLEEP AT THE HELM.  The song is supportive advice from a man to his friend.  When it first came out, we got quite a bit of radio airplay because most people had never heard a man sing about how boys and men, struggle to make sense of the very limited gender...

     Our lives can become very clear, when we see something traumatic happen to someone else.  Our SONG TO CHEW this week is OUR DOG BIT OUR CAT, based on an actual true event that happened in my home.  Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

       This week’s SONGS TO CHEW podcast takes us back to my 1977 version of the “Young Woman Disco”, based on Meredith Tax’s feminist parody of the old folk song, “There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly!”  This is our 65th episode, ... and it’s free!  (So far!). Subscribe/follow  at peteralsop.podbean.com for more episodes.  Bye for now! Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop....

The SONG TO CHEW this week, from my River Of Life album, ... is “GMO Cafe’” ~ When we buy food, we have no way of knowing if the products have GMOs in them or not, because big Ag companies stop laws that require proper labeling!  That got me thinking, ... if there’s really no public harm involved in the consumption of GMO foods, ... then why would the big food companies bother to do this?!   Get f...

Today is Valentine’s Day, so we’re going to listen to a song from my "Disciples Of PerFection" album, … “Hard Love”.  There’s plenty for us to “chew on” in this song!  ~ “Hit songs are all easy love songs, lovers fight, they make up, they rejoice.  But I never knew what hard love was, ‘til I had to make that hard choice." ~ Hard love helps us find our heart.  Please “follow/subscribe” at peteralso...

  This episode of SONGS TO CHEW, is a satirical song  I wrote in 2005 called “I’m Lucky”, ... dedicated it all of us pragmatic, entitled white guys who just want to call 'em like we see 'em!  (Even without witnesses!). For more,  ~   peteralsop.podbean.com ~ hit “follow” and my catalogue is yours.  Thanks for stopping by.  Please share this weekly podcast with anyone you know who might want to che...

  The song we’ll “chew on” in this episode is “Just Capital”, about looking closely at our capitalistic financial and economic system, …  to see if we might want to make some changes there that will benefit us humans living together here on this planet.   For FREE access to all my songs, click on: peteralsop.podbean.com , and hit “follow/ subscribe”.       Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack...

For this week’s SONGS TO CHEW podcast I’ve picked a song that’s a bit different than what I usually write.  It’s from my RIVER OF LIFE album, “Topanga”.  The chewable question to ask, is “can we allow ourselves to feel happy in our geodesic dome house, living in our predominantly white village, even though we know how the rest of the world struggles to survive on less than one tenth of the resourc...

Today’s SONGS TO CHEW podcast is about my song “Me And You” from my RIVER OF LIFE album.  People don’t like to be told how or what to think.  I believe that’s one of the reasons we’re so politically polarized in our country these days.  So if someone asks me why I do what I do, I start off by sayin’, “Now you don’t need to ‘see it my way’, if you can, ‘see my way’, … and I’m interested in ‘seeing...

     This week on my SONGS TO CHEW podcast, I’ve got a song about a young activist named Emily May and her group of friends who work to Stop Street Harrassment and Bullying all around the world.  They’re called Hollaback, … and so’s this song!   Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

     On my SONGS TO CHEW podcast this week, we’ll hear a song from my RIVER OF LIFE album called “Good Book”.  It’s a very useful book for all of us here in the United States, and it’s not about the Bible.  It’s a book written by Dr. Gene Sharp, called “How Non-violent Struggle Works.”  It’s a step by step explanation of how to overthrow a dictator, especially useful in our world now, where strong...

     This week’s SONG TO CHEW is “We’re Here For You”, from my River Of Life album.  It’s inspired by the courageous and caring women I know who work at the National Women’s Health Network and in various FWHC’s ~ Feminist Women’s Health Centers around our country, caring, supporting, protecting and promoting all women’s right to quality health care in our society.  It’s a PSA ~ public service anno...

     Hi, … I’m Peter Alsop.  On my SONGS TO CHEW podcast this week, we’ll play the title cut from my RIVER OF LIFE album.  So many of the projects we take on in our lives, work better when we do them with other people; not always easier, but with better results. Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

     On this week’s SONGS TO CHEW podcast, we’ll play “Handful Of Moonlight”, … especially appropriate in this holiday season, when our world desperately needs to heal divisiveness and encourage much more kindness and love.  I wrote this song for my wife about ten years ago in the middle of a warm summer night. Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

   This week our SONGS TO CHEW podcast covers the title cut from my DISCIPLES OF PERfECTION album.  It’s wonderful when people come up with insightful analyses and extraordinary solutions to solve overwhelming problems, but when people in power, with wealth or in privileged political or military positions, or religious leaders, or captains of industry, … (usually men), when these people believe th...

It’s time for another episode of Peter Alsop’s SONGS TO CHEW.  This week’s song is “Breath”, from my adult album, DISCIPLES OF PERfECTION.  It ponders a simple questions, … about what we choose to value as important in our lives.  As life cycles around us, each new breath brings us another opportunity to reflect on our decisions and change our behaviors. Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack a...

Hi! … It’s me, Peter Alsop with my SONGS TO CHEW podcast for this week!  Another song for adults from my DISCIPLES OF PERfECTION album; “The Bank”.  We’ll take a look at one of the complex social systems within which we live, …  the concept of money and the bizarre logic we find when we wander into some of banking’s mysterious protocols!  Please tell your friends and family about this podcast, and...

It’s Peter Alsop, back again with my SONGS TO CHEW podcast with a song for adults and teens, called  “Let’s Not Do This Anymore” about men who are violent with women.  It’s from my RIVER OF LIFE album, and based on a real life experience I had while camping with my family. Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe