Fred Simon
@fredsimonmusic.bsky.social
Composer/musician/teacher
Husband/father/friend
Concerned citizen of the world
Husband/father/friend
Concerned citizen of the world
Happy Thanksgiving! Chris and I have decided to donate all of the proceeds from our new song to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. We hope the music inspires you to help the most vulnerable among us.
fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...
www.icirr.org
fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...
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Thanksgiving, by Fred Simon & Chris Siebold
track by Fred Simon & Chris Siebold
fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! Chris and I have decided to donate all of the proceeds from our new song to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. We hope the music inspires you to help the most vulnerable among us.
fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...
www.icirr.org
fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...
www.icirr.org
I’m thrilled to let you know that today, Chris Siebold and I have released our first single: Thanksgiving. Our wish is to elevate your feeling of thankfulness, and serve as a balm in these turbulent times. It’s available to stream or download. fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...
Thanksgiving, by Fred Simon & Chris Siebold
track by Fred Simon & Chris Siebold
fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I’m thrilled to let you know that today, Chris Siebold and I have released our first single: Thanksgiving. Our wish is to elevate your feeling of thankfulness, and serve as a balm in these turbulent times. It’s available to stream or download. fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...
People of Earth, exciting news: my good friend, guitarist Chris Siebold, and I wrote a tune together years ago and have now recorded it. It’s called Thanksgiving and it'll be up on Bandcamp tomorrow/Monday. We hope you will love it and share it with those you love.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 AM
People of Earth, exciting news: my good friend, guitarist Chris Siebold, and I wrote a tune together years ago and have now recorded it. It’s called Thanksgiving and it'll be up on Bandcamp tomorrow/Monday. We hope you will love it and share it with those you love.
Remember those old Shake ‘N Bake commercials? When Dick Cheney correctly said “In our nation’s history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump” he left out the crucial tag line: “And I helped!”
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Remember those old Shake ‘N Bake commercials? When Dick Cheney correctly said “In our nation’s history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump” he left out the crucial tag line: “And I helped!”
Benedict Donald is turning the nation’s capital into a grotesque theme park: Trumpland
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Benedict Donald is turning the nation’s capital into a grotesque theme park: Trumpland
Creeping fascism, yes, but don’t look now … here come The Crusades again.
www.pbs.org/video/turnin...
www.pbs.org/video/turnin...
PBS News Hour | Vance joins Erika Kirk in Miss. for Turning Point USA event | Season 2025
Vance joins Erika Kirk at University of Mississippi for Turning Point USA event
www.pbs.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Creeping fascism, yes, but don’t look now … here come The Crusades again.
www.pbs.org/video/turnin...
www.pbs.org/video/turnin...
Anyone who isn’t anti-fa(scism) is anti-Am(erican)
October 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Anyone who isn’t anti-fa(scism) is anti-Am(erican)
I want to know how far you will go
To protect our right of free speech?
Because it only took a moment
Before it faded out of reach ...
Oh, tell somebody, tell sombody right now
Tell somebody
What happened in the USA?
Voices of protest - rise!
youtu.be/o9WrmPGe8GM?...
To protect our right of free speech?
Because it only took a moment
Before it faded out of reach ...
Oh, tell somebody, tell sombody right now
Tell somebody
What happened in the USA?
Voices of protest - rise!
youtu.be/o9WrmPGe8GM?...
Tell Somebody (Repeal the Patriot Act)
YouTube video by Rickie Lee Jones - Topic
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I want to know how far you will go
To protect our right of free speech?
Because it only took a moment
Before it faded out of reach ...
Oh, tell somebody, tell sombody right now
Tell somebody
What happened in the USA?
Voices of protest - rise!
youtu.be/o9WrmPGe8GM?...
To protect our right of free speech?
Because it only took a moment
Before it faded out of reach ...
Oh, tell somebody, tell sombody right now
Tell somebody
What happened in the USA?
Voices of protest - rise!
youtu.be/o9WrmPGe8GM?...
“The horror … the horror.”
September 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“The horror … the horror.”
We're only about two weeks away from the start of my online course, Listening To Music (aka Digging Tracks with Fred), and it's filling up nicely but there's always room for more ... maybe YOU?
The course begins September 17
Registration info here:
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The course begins September 17
Registration info here:
musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...
Online Registration
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September 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
We're only about two weeks away from the start of my online course, Listening To Music (aka Digging Tracks with Fred), and it's filling up nicely but there's always room for more ... maybe YOU?
The course begins September 17
Registration info here:
musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...
The course begins September 17
Registration info here:
musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...
If you love music even half as much as I do, please consider signing up for my online course Listening To Music. It starts Sept 17 and meets weekly on Zoom. You don’t have to be a musician, you just have to love music!
musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...
musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...
Online Registration
musicinst.asapconnected.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
If you love music even half as much as I do, please consider signing up for my online course Listening To Music. It starts Sept 17 and meets weekly on Zoom. You don’t have to be a musician, you just have to love music!
musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...
musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...
#BenedictDonald is King Midas in reverse: everything he touches turns to shit.
August 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#BenedictDonald is King Midas in reverse: everything he touches turns to shit.
I don’t want to hear TrumpCo say one goddamn word about alleged antisemitism in universities. Not while the DHS is tweeting references to a book by an antisemitic white supremacist.
August 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I don’t want to hear TrumpCo say one goddamn word about alleged antisemitism in universities. Not while the DHS is tweeting references to a book by an antisemitic white supremacist.
When #BenedictDonald speaks of “bloodthirsty criminals” and “roving mobs of drugged-out maniacs” he’s referring to Republicans, right?
August 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
When #BenedictDonald speaks of “bloodthirsty criminals” and “roving mobs of drugged-out maniacs” he’s referring to Republicans, right?
Despite the madness that surrounds us, let’s rejoice in the genius of the musicians who appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, every one of whom was chosen by Ed himself, a considerable pioneer in the integration of television. Watch the extraordinary doc, Sunday Best. It’ll do your heart good.
July 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Despite the madness that surrounds us, let’s rejoice in the genius of the musicians who appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, every one of whom was chosen by Ed himself, a considerable pioneer in the integration of television. Watch the extraordinary doc, Sunday Best. It’ll do your heart good.
Some days my blinders work well; today is not one of those days.
Between Benedict Donald posting an AI video of Obama being arrested, famine in Gaza, and the defunding of our National Parks, I just can’t cope.
As Studs Terkel wrote, hope dies last, but we’re getting ever closer to that point.
Between Benedict Donald posting an AI video of Obama being arrested, famine in Gaza, and the defunding of our National Parks, I just can’t cope.
As Studs Terkel wrote, hope dies last, but we’re getting ever closer to that point.
July 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Some days my blinders work well; today is not one of those days.
Between Benedict Donald posting an AI video of Obama being arrested, famine in Gaza, and the defunding of our National Parks, I just can’t cope.
As Studs Terkel wrote, hope dies last, but we’re getting ever closer to that point.
Between Benedict Donald posting an AI video of Obama being arrested, famine in Gaza, and the defunding of our National Parks, I just can’t cope.
As Studs Terkel wrote, hope dies last, but we’re getting ever closer to that point.
Gift link. Please read, especially if you aren’t yet convinced that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Gift link. Please read, especially if you aren’t yet convinced that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
And when a reporter dared to question The Tumor In Chief, he said:
"Only an evil person would ask a question like that.”
This is fascism, waged by a profoundly psychologically disturbed, intellectually stunted emperor wearing no clothes.
"Only an evil person would ask a question like that.”
This is fascism, waged by a profoundly psychologically disturbed, intellectually stunted emperor wearing no clothes.
July 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
And when a reporter dared to question The Tumor In Chief, he said:
"Only an evil person would ask a question like that.”
This is fascism, waged by a profoundly psychologically disturbed, intellectually stunted emperor wearing no clothes.
"Only an evil person would ask a question like that.”
This is fascism, waged by a profoundly psychologically disturbed, intellectually stunted emperor wearing no clothes.
#BenedictDonald said this about the Texas flood:
“Nobody has any idea how and why a thing like this could happen.”
Although more investigative reporting is needed, I think lots of people have some pretty accurate ideas how and why a thing like this could happen.
“Nobody has any idea how and why a thing like this could happen.”
Although more investigative reporting is needed, I think lots of people have some pretty accurate ideas how and why a thing like this could happen.
July 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
#BenedictDonald said this about the Texas flood:
“Nobody has any idea how and why a thing like this could happen.”
Although more investigative reporting is needed, I think lots of people have some pretty accurate ideas how and why a thing like this could happen.
“Nobody has any idea how and why a thing like this could happen.”
Although more investigative reporting is needed, I think lots of people have some pretty accurate ideas how and why a thing like this could happen.
With my own ears, I just heard Sec. Noem say “We as a federal government don’t manage these disasters,” referring to the tragic flood in Texas.
Let that sink in. She heads Homeland Security, which currently oversees FEMA and she is denying accountability with a bald faced lie for all to see.
Let that sink in. She heads Homeland Security, which currently oversees FEMA and she is denying accountability with a bald faced lie for all to see.
July 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
With my own ears, I just heard Sec. Noem say “We as a federal government don’t manage these disasters,” referring to the tragic flood in Texas.
Let that sink in. She heads Homeland Security, which currently oversees FEMA and she is denying accountability with a bald faced lie for all to see.
Let that sink in. She heads Homeland Security, which currently oversees FEMA and she is denying accountability with a bald faced lie for all to see.
Many people are familiar with the phrase "My country, right or wrong," which implies unconditional support.
But the full quote continues "if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
Schurz also said "We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit."
But the full quote continues "if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
Schurz also said "We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit."
June 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Many people are familiar with the phrase "My country, right or wrong," which implies unconditional support.
But the full quote continues "if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
Schurz also said "We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit."
But the full quote continues "if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
Schurz also said "We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit."
In the name of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America. Wherever you are in the country today, please represent. All hands on deck!
indivisiblechicago.com
indivisiblechicago.com
Indivisible Chicago Alliance
indivisiblechicago.com
June 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
In the name of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America. Wherever you are in the country today, please represent. All hands on deck!
indivisiblechicago.com
indivisiblechicago.com
It’s Pride Month, and to celebrate, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth ordered the Secretary of the Navy to strip the USNS Harvey Milk of its name.
This juvenile and vindictive act was done intentionally during Pride Month, just par for the course in the Trumpocalypse now.
This juvenile and vindictive act was done intentionally during Pride Month, just par for the course in the Trumpocalypse now.
June 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It’s Pride Month, and to celebrate, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth ordered the Secretary of the Navy to strip the USNS Harvey Milk of its name.
This juvenile and vindictive act was done intentionally during Pride Month, just par for the course in the Trumpocalypse now.
This juvenile and vindictive act was done intentionally during Pride Month, just par for the course in the Trumpocalypse now.