Hank Wilder

The last time the US demanded unconditional surrender, they had to drop two nuclear bombs to achieve it. Godspeed humanity.

Why is it so easy to prioritize, but so hard to nationalise? We're being held hostage by decisions made by previous generations.

He is essentially making the argument for Sortition. Replace Congress with a group of randomly selected citizens from the same districts. Give them two years, and shuffle them back into society. It's like jury duty, and gives the American people a less corruptible voice in Government.

Authentic country music. Before the 80s introduced lyrics that read like Hallmark greeting cards, or Republican National Convention stump speeches.

I for one welcome the second coming of Christ so long as he comes and brings a conclusive end to this insanity.

All great artists! I was lucky enough to see JT play a small show in London. He was incredible. I wish I had seen him again. His death was a sad shock. Townes was actually his godfather, and middle name sake.

The Circle - Ocean Colour Scene
Electric War - Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto
Winter Song - The Heliocentrics
Ingrid Bergman - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath - Aimee Mann
Anna Karenina - Cigarettes After Sex

Ain't No Grave - Bror Gunnar Jansson
Methamphetamines - Pearl
Heroin - Jessie Murph
Moonshiner - Uncle Tupelo
Remedy - The Black Crowes
Can't Hardly Wait - Justin Townes Earle
16 Days - Whiskeytown

Tequila (Tequila Sunrise) - Cypress Hill
How I Could Just Kill a Man - Rage Against the Machine
Radical Eyes - Prophets of Rage
Constant Headache - Joyce Manor
Skinny Bop - The Cannibals
Cordelia - The Tragically Hip
Summertime Boy - Seasick Steve
Rolling Stone Blues - The Rolling Stones

Tonight from 9-11 pm. Only on Radio Dacorum! Here's the full play list:

I Love Rock 'N Roll - Arrows
Kitty - Racey
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Robert Hazard
Bunn The Couchie - Yellowman
Hatisi Tose - Bhundu Boys
Cumbia Saramuya - Eliseo Herrera & Los Corraleros de Majagual

The Sound Locomotive rolls out of the station with some originals that are less famous than their covers. Rage Against The Machine commandeers Cypress Hill; Seasick Steve and Bror Gunnar Jansson serve up blues in the diner; while Little Barrie and Malcolm Catto electrify the sleeper.

No Sound - Mercy Girl
Feels Like Heaven - Loreen
Delulu - KiiKii
E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite
Stand and Deliver - Adam & The Ants
Aphrodisiac - Bow Wow Wow
The Sun Always Shines on T.V. - a-ha
Beautiful Day - U2

SAFE - Witch Fever
Mis - Alex G
embers - Dead Butterflies
Far Away - Labi Siffre
Possum Kingdom - Toadies
Drown - Smashing Pumpkins
Evil - Interpol
Monopoly Money - Moon Walker
We Are Delicate - Taut Angles
Where's My Phone? - Mitski

Here's the full play list:

Stand By Me (Live) - Stephen Wilson Jr
Prizefighter - Mumford & Sons
The Great Divide - Noah Kahan
Aida Baoury - Orchestra Baobab
Can't Get It Out - Brand New
Catching Feelings - Christine and the Queens feat. Cerrone
Girls - King Princess

Hold the horses to stand and deliver... the Sound Locomotive is after your monopoly money. Nothing is safe with WITCH FEVER around when U2 strikes its best A-ha chord. New music from Loreen, Labi Siffre, and Mumford and Sons. Tonight, 9-11 pm. Only on Radio Dacorum!

I don't disagree, but how in the hell will they give it back to American families? It's hard not to see this as just another corporate windfall for corporate interests? Use that money to nationalise healthcare.

I am so disappointed and disillusioned with the Olympic movement right now. The games no longer stand for promoting peace and mutual respect. They're purely commercial using athletics to dominate instead of developing a global community or building solidarity for marginalised people. No thanks.

Slushy - Soft Play feat. Kate Nash
Legs In A Snare - Lip Critic
The Real You - The HU
I Don’t Like the Sound of Car Keys - Kaonashi
One Twenty Two - Botch
43% Burnt - The Dillinger Escape Plan

Koino Mega Lover - Maximum the Hormone
The Hammer - Kublai Khan TX
Counting Worms - Knocked Loose
Hole - Metrik, Enter Shikari, rou, and Filthy Pig
Pussyfoot - Sikth
Espresso - Neon Empire
OOH - Sophie

Here's the full play list:

Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry for the Delay) - Die Spitz
Violent Astrology - Callous Daoboys
BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE - Big Special
Carlton Touts - Sleaford Mods
Body Count's in the House - Body Count
Full Moon (Death Classic) - Death Grips
METALI!! - BABYMETAL feat. Tom Morello

The Sound Locomotive has a special guest. Blake Forbes joins me to trade metal. Think of it like a thrashed out desert island discs. Music from Death Grips, SikTh, and Dillinger Escape Plan. New music from The HU, Lip Critic, and Enter Shikari. Tonight, 9-11 pm. Only on @radiodacorum.bsky.social!

Exactly why I have done this: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

Heaven - The Rolling Stones
When I'm Small - Phantogram
Help I'm Alive - Metric
Shivers - The Boys Next Door
Trouble - Cage the Elephant
Dusty Valentine - Dusty Joy
Laurie - Daniel Johnston

Lisztomania - Phoenix
Daylight - Matt and Kim
Not - Big Thief
Suburban Home - Descendents
I'm an Albatraoz - AronChupa & Little Sis Nora
Have A Pint - Cowboy Hunters
Summer In The City - The Damned
Daydream - The Lovin' Spoonful

Unza Unza Time - Emir Kusturica and The No Smoking Orchestra
Azara Alhai - Rasha
Sanga Mbele Mbele - Thu Zahina
Zombie - Fela Kuti
Streets of Minneapolis - Bruce Springsteen
Waiting for the Moon to Rise - Belle and Sebastian
Death of the Wolf - Night Wolf & Lois Powell

There are other classics you can raise your sword too from The Lovin' Spoonful, Metric, and Sugarhill Gang. And new music from Bruce Springsteen, Cowboy Hunters, and Night Wolf & Lois Powell. Here's the full play list:

The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup
Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

Tonight's Sound Locomotive is waiting for the moon to rise on unza unza time. And just before daylight, we'll open a special dusty valentine and close with Daniel Johnston. 9-11 pm. Only on Radio Dacorum!

I used to love watching the Winter Olympics. But the world has changed so much since the last games when Russia was building up forces on the Ukrainian border. The world is currently not what the Olympic ethos suggests it should be. Our priorities are all messed up. But on with the show, right?

Society's obsession with winning and the gamification of everything in life has turned people into miserable gits that have forgotten how to actually live in the world they’ve essentially conquered.

I spotted Turning Point UK on the LSE campus in London today. Thankfully, there was not much of a crowd there