John Oliver composer
@johnolivermusic.bsky.social
Canadian🇨🇦 composer🎶, electronic musician🎧, guitarist🎸, producer, arranger, teacher. Social handle everywhere is johnolivermusic. https://linktr.ee/johnolivermusic UDHR🇺🇳 BUY LOCAL!
My new weekly video podcast conversation with Shane Yirak happens every Wednesday at 10 AM pacific time on Substack. Shane and I discuss current issues, he from California, and me from Vancouver. Find me there at schizophonicmusic #unitednations #uspolitics #humanrights
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My new weekly video podcast conversation with Shane Yirak happens every Wednesday at 10 AM pacific time on Substack. Shane and I discuss current issues, he from California, and me from Vancouver. Find me there at schizophonicmusic #unitednations #uspolitics #humanrights
A great anthem for NO KINGS day Oct. 18 that will get you right into a Pink Floyd The Wall (or Queen) mood. PLEASE SHARE.
open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
#progrock #cabaret #NoKings #NoKingsDay #nokingsprotest #nokingsinamerica #pinkfloyd #Queen #sanfranciscomusic
open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
#progrock #cabaret #NoKings #NoKingsDay #nokingsprotest #nokingsinamerica #pinkfloyd #Queen #sanfranciscomusic
October 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A great anthem for NO KINGS day Oct. 18 that will get you right into a Pink Floyd The Wall (or Queen) mood. PLEASE SHARE.
open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
#progrock #cabaret #NoKings #NoKingsDay #nokingsprotest #nokingsinamerica #pinkfloyd #Queen #sanfranciscomusic
open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
#progrock #cabaret #NoKings #NoKingsDay #nokingsprotest #nokingsinamerica #pinkfloyd #Queen #sanfranciscomusic
Musicians! Want a new short piece from me? I'm looking to do some new projects. schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/would-you-... #newmusic #CanadianMusic #vancouvermusic #canadiancomposer
August 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Musicians! Want a new short piece from me? I'm looking to do some new projects. schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/would-you-... #newmusic #CanadianMusic #vancouvermusic #canadiancomposer
How did I get here: the journey to 70,000+ subscribers on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/schizoph... #substack
August 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
How did I get here: the journey to 70,000+ subscribers on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/schizoph... #substack
My latest subscriber on Substack had this lovely message about why she subscribed: "I enjoy his work and it is the only substack I listen to that isn't 100% political. We all need the arts."
#substack #substackwriter
#substack #substackwriter
August 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My latest subscriber on Substack had this lovely message about why she subscribed: "I enjoy his work and it is the only substack I listen to that isn't 100% political. We all need the arts."
#substack #substackwriter
#substack #substackwriter
Nice to be #3 on the Substack Bestseller Music list right under Patti Smith! I think my momentum is fed by my namesake😉. I've had several people express their surprise that I am not the comedian, but then go on to explore my music. That's refreshing!
#canadianwriter #Substack #canadiancomposer
#canadianwriter #Substack #canadiancomposer
June 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Nice to be #3 on the Substack Bestseller Music list right under Patti Smith! I think my momentum is fed by my namesake😉. I've had several people express their surprise that I am not the comedian, but then go on to explore my music. That's refreshing!
#canadianwriter #Substack #canadiancomposer
#canadianwriter #Substack #canadiancomposer
Finally a protest in Tel Aviv. “Even if someone tells you to do wrong, even if it’s an order, you’re still responsible. Find courage and say no… Because a black flag hangs over what’s happening in Gaza, and over the army’s actions in the West Bank.”
#freepalestine open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
#freepalestine open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
May 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Finally a protest in Tel Aviv. “Even if someone tells you to do wrong, even if it’s an order, you’re still responsible. Find courage and say no… Because a black flag hangs over what’s happening in Gaza, and over the army’s actions in the West Bank.”
#freepalestine open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
#freepalestine open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
Part 2 of my musical journey since the pandemic. A long post on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/schizoph... #canadiancomposer #electronicmusic
May 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Part 2 of my musical journey since the pandemic. A long post on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/schizoph... #canadiancomposer #electronicmusic
Canadian strawberries: finally the real taste of a strawberry bursts in my mouth, as opposed to the Californian cardboard simulacrum that we used to see on the shelves…https://schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/a-story-of-two-strawberries?r=3fmu1t #tradewar #CanadianSovereignty
May 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Canadian strawberries: finally the real taste of a strawberry bursts in my mouth, as opposed to the Californian cardboard simulacrum that we used to see on the shelves…https://schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/a-story-of-two-strawberries?r=3fmu1t #tradewar #CanadianSovereignty
A Compassion Club of America would be an association of citizens, across political party lines, and religious affiliation, who share a core set of values, and believe in living according to those values. #compassion #fascism #club schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/compassion...
May 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A Compassion Club of America would be an association of citizens, across political party lines, and religious affiliation, who share a core set of values, and believe in living according to those values. #compassion #fascism #club schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/compassion...
Sometimes a song really helps you get through a day.
As I listen to the Great Leader tell everybody to OBEY, I was reminded of this song from the 1980s album Speaking in Tongues by the Talking Heads. The opening words to the song Making Flippy Floppy are “Everybody, get in line.” See my substack.
As I listen to the Great Leader tell everybody to OBEY, I was reminded of this song from the 1980s album Speaking in Tongues by the Talking Heads. The opening words to the song Making Flippy Floppy are “Everybody, get in line.” See my substack.
May 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sometimes a song really helps you get through a day.
As I listen to the Great Leader tell everybody to OBEY, I was reminded of this song from the 1980s album Speaking in Tongues by the Talking Heads. The opening words to the song Making Flippy Floppy are “Everybody, get in line.” See my substack.
As I listen to the Great Leader tell everybody to OBEY, I was reminded of this song from the 1980s album Speaking in Tongues by the Talking Heads. The opening words to the song Making Flippy Floppy are “Everybody, get in line.” See my substack.
Stage 5 starvation is okay? What's wrong with the world? I am speechless. The evil are trying to break us so they can own our hollowed-out souls.
May 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Stage 5 starvation is okay? What's wrong with the world? I am speechless. The evil are trying to break us so they can own our hollowed-out souls.
UCLA beating up students again
May 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
UCLA beating up students again
Where they have burned books, they will end by burning human beings.
– Heinrch Heine
– Heinrch Heine
May 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Where they have burned books, they will end by burning human beings.
– Heinrch Heine
– Heinrch Heine
Tragedy strikes at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu festival near John Oliver High School
A mentally-ill 30-year old man plows down and kills 11 people at the Filipino Lapu Lapu festival.
Read here schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/tragedy-st...
#vancouverlapulapufestival2025 #mentalhealth
A mentally-ill 30-year old man plows down and kills 11 people at the Filipino Lapu Lapu festival.
Read here schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/tragedy-st...
#vancouverlapulapufestival2025 #mentalhealth
April 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Tragedy strikes at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu festival near John Oliver High School
A mentally-ill 30-year old man plows down and kills 11 people at the Filipino Lapu Lapu festival.
Read here schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/tragedy-st...
#vancouverlapulapufestival2025 #mentalhealth
A mentally-ill 30-year old man plows down and kills 11 people at the Filipino Lapu Lapu festival.
Read here schizophonicmusic.substack.com/p/tragedy-st...
#vancouverlapulapufestival2025 #mentalhealth
This is what Pierre Poilievre will do to you if you believe in inclusion. Please share widely. #canadianpolitics #conservativepartyofcanada #ConservativeLeadership #transphobia
April 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This is what Pierre Poilievre will do to you if you believe in inclusion. Please share widely. #canadianpolitics #conservativepartyofcanada #ConservativeLeadership #transphobia
Raining cherry blossoms
April 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Raining cherry blossoms
The Pierre Poilievre Loop. Repeat ad nauseam. #neverpierrepoilivre
April 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Pierre Poilievre Loop. Repeat ad nauseam. #neverpierrepoilivre
Talk of Canadian elections, USA chaos, tariffs, abductions, blackmail, taking so much bandwidth. Reminder: there are two really awful wars going on, one of which world opinion has settled on calling a genocide. I created this Remembrance Day 2023. #stopwar #freepalestine #stopwarinukraine
April 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Talk of Canadian elections, USA chaos, tariffs, abductions, blackmail, taking so much bandwidth. Reminder: there are two really awful wars going on, one of which world opinion has settled on calling a genocide. I created this Remembrance Day 2023. #stopwar #freepalestine #stopwarinukraine
A common US myth is to use communism as a bogeyman to prop up the great capitalist democracy the USA claims to be, but any ideology in an authoritarian dictator’s hands can be used to purge the society of the undesirables, those who oppose the dictator. Is it happening right now in the USA?
April 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A common US myth is to use communism as a bogeyman to prop up the great capitalist democracy the USA claims to be, but any ideology in an authoritarian dictator’s hands can be used to purge the society of the undesirables, those who oppose the dictator. Is it happening right now in the USA?
Here is a long post about How COVID transformed my activities as a creative musician and composer, part 1. Check it out on my substack schizophonicmusic.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Here is a long post about How COVID transformed my activities as a creative musician and composer, part 1. Check it out on my substack schizophonicmusic.substack.com
I created this sound art music "Give Us Peace" before the USA destroyed Baghdad; before the war in Afghanistan. My composition includes the granulation of babies crying; think Palestine. Find the link to the backstory on the substack link in my linktree in my bio. open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
April 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I created this sound art music "Give Us Peace" before the USA destroyed Baghdad; before the war in Afghanistan. My composition includes the granulation of babies crying; think Palestine. Find the link to the backstory on the substack link in my linktree in my bio. open.substack.com/pub/schizoph...
Although I love the Bluejay oranges, the rest of our fruit and vegetable shelves in Canada are full of local or Mexican, or Peruvian, or Guatemalan, or Chilean produce. USA, you don’t want our business, OK bye-bye.
#boycottusa #canadamexico #tariffs
#boycottusa #canadamexico #tariffs
March 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Although I love the Bluejay oranges, the rest of our fruit and vegetable shelves in Canada are full of local or Mexican, or Peruvian, or Guatemalan, or Chilean produce. USA, you don’t want our business, OK bye-bye.
#boycottusa #canadamexico #tariffs
#boycottusa #canadamexico #tariffs
Conservative politicians like selling Canadian companies to foreign businesses. Allowing foreign takeovers and selling out Canada is what they've done in the past. They'll do it again. Now the USA is not just applauding Canadian companies being bought up by others, they want the whole country. NFS.
March 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Conservative politicians like selling Canadian companies to foreign businesses. Allowing foreign takeovers and selling out Canada is what they've done in the past. They'll do it again. Now the USA is not just applauding Canadian companies being bought up by others, they want the whole country. NFS.
