Chairman Ralph's Ministry Of Truth

Featured Songs

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FIVE EMPREES: "TALKING WITH THE STARS" PT IV		Play	Download
FIVE EMPREES: "TALKING WITH THE STARS" PT. I		Play	Download
FIVE EMPREES: "TALKING WITH THE STARS" PT. II		Play	Download
FIVE EMPREES: "TALKING WITH THE STARS" PT. III		Play	Download
I SAW THE CLASH	I SAW THE CLASH There's no getting around the influence of The Clash ("The Only Band That Matters"), especially if you saw them live. No matter which lineup you saw, there's no denying their impact, which this song celebrates...I have a bootleg of the night in question (FIVE ALIVE: recorded on 2/17/84 at The Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden)...so I just used my imagination, and went from there. Description	Play	Download
I SENT YOUR RECORD OUT TODAY	I SENT YOUR RECORD OUT TODAY Dedicated to a customer from Aarhus, Denmark, who bought a compilation by the '70s British punk group, Eater (THE HISTORY OF EATER VOLUME I) -- whose preteen ages grabbed headlines (as did drummer Dee Generate's dismissal of Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten as being "too old"!). No deeper meanings here, just the first in a series of musical greetings for my eBay/GEMM.com customers! Description	Play	Download
IT'S NEVER ENOUGH	IT'S NEVER ENOUGH I wrote this song after gas prices shot up to $3 per gallon -- no small matter when I still commuted 40-odd miles to work every day, realizing that $15-20 a pop was going out the window, no matter what I did. On a bigger level, the lyrics address the politics of scarcity, and how absurd they can get on an every day level. Description	Play	Download
MY COUSIN KEVIN	MY COUSIN KEVIN "Suffering at its best" is how I often describe this song whenever I'm playing it live, but it's grounded in real experience. Lisa wrote the original lyrics, which I tweaked for a pop format, and added a couple of my own lines (mostly on the bridge)...with the name changed to protect the relation involved. Description	Play	Download
THE AIR-CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE	THE AIR-CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE For what it's worth...my take against the whole "Cribs" phenomenon on MTV, hence, the chorus: "Is that your home, or your final resting place?" Description	Play	Download