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Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

161 followers 94 following 102 posts

Music addict: singer-songwriter, avid listener. Virtually retired from appellate criminal defense and teaching. Occasional political activist, serial dog person, vegan, reader. stephengreenberg.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/@sgberg919

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 19h

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The Billionaire Blues (full version) #california #singersongwriter #electionsong2026

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

All "Yes on 40" messages should be combined with "No on 41 & 42"; unfortunately, thanks to the cynical billionaires, we need to put our eggs in all 3 baskets! And here's a little song to go with it, "The Billionaire Blues": youtube.com/shorts/orkHu...

The Billionaire Blues (full version) #california #singersongwriter #electionsong2026

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New song, "The Billionaire Blues," for that special oligarch in your life — and especially for California voters this fall (Yes on 40, No on 41, No on 42): youtube.com/shorts/orkHu... #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #MusicSky #California

The Billionaire Blues (full version) #california #singersongwriter #electionsong2026

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Trump wants to rename Lake Ontario: "Lake America." Somehow this is perfect: Instead of schoolkids learning the Great Lakes' names via the acronym HOMES, they can now use SHAME.

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yes: Kim Novak in Vertigo, as a woman pretending to be another woman, as directed, in order to manipulate a man. Not saying Natalie Harp is up to that level of pretense and manipulation; then again, who knows....

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Trump on right, Natalie Harp on left — looking remarkably similar to...

... Kim Novak as Judy Barton as Madeleine Elster on left, Jimmy Steward on right, in Hitchcock's film Vertigo (1958)

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

And a song to go with it: youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A

General Strike!

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

And a song to go with it: youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A

General Strike!

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Cubans are part of Nuestra América (Our America) and need our support, now more than ever...

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A (song, 2 minutes)

General Strike!

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Re “Some children are born into a world of libraries, broadband, clinics, and clean water; others are born into a world of debt, plunder, and permanent emergency.” — a song, "Accidents Of Birth": youtu.be/BKVHjgOoXbg

Accidents Of Birth

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

And a new song — "General Strike!" — to accompany it (YouTube, 2 minutes): youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A

General Strike!

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

GENERAL STRIKE! (new song, 2 minutes) From my perspective, that’s what this country/system has needed for way too long; but now, before it’s too late… youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A

General Strike!

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

GENERAL STRIKE! (new song, 2 minutes) From my perspective, that’s what this country/system has needed for way too long; but now, before it’s too late… youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A

General Strike!

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

GENERAL STRIKE! (new song, 2 minutes) From my perspective, that’s what this country/system has needed for way too long; but now, before it’s too late… youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A

General Strike!

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

GENERAL STRIKE! (new song, 2 minutes) From my perspective, that’s what this country/system has needed for way too long; but now, before it’s too late… youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A

General Strike!

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

GENERAL STRIKE! (new song, 2 minutes) From my perspective, that’s what this country/system has needed for way too long; but now, before it’s too late… youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A

General Strike!

YouTube video by Stephen Greenberg

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

GENERAL STRIKE! (new song, 2 minutes) From my perspective, that’s what this country/system has needed for way too long; but now, before it’s too late… youtu.be/r22jubi_l9A #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #MusicSky #GeneralStrike

General Strike!

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

One of the greatest live recordings in the whole wide ever! (Also on their Swiss Movement album.) And the best way I know to get a dance party going.

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

National Geographic headline yesterday: "The average attention span has shrunk to roughly 40 seconds." I'm waiting for Trump to boast about having slashed his own 10-second attention span by 1500%.

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Harris's warning was right-on; otoh, accuracy: The screenshot shows it was a submitted op-ed piece. (By a former Repub Senate staffer.) And with a disclaimer directly above it: "THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL." thehill.com/opinion/camp...

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

(from Nevada City, CA cartoonist RL Crabb)

Cosplay Kristi Noem in cowboy hat so large it covers her face, saying "Murder? That's not the way I see it."

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Love it (including the optional garbanzo beans)

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

youtu.be/5Zmy35Gm5-0

Keepin' It Real

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

NEW SONG/VIDEO: "Keepin' It Real' (3 minutes). The Feds vs. The People (DC, Chicago, Portland...); what's real? I think you know, but just in case... youtu.be/5Zmy35Gm5-0 #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #MusicSky

Keepin' It Real

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Kool-Aid serving suggestion?

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Great message, of course... but (betraying my human bias) doesn't it come across as an AI creation and production? Compare this fully human effort (not mine): www.youtube.com/shorts/Z6slL...

"No Kings In The USA" - Indivisible & Ole! No Kings

YouTube video by rampagingflea

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Marianna (@gemini-at-work.bsky.social)'s knitted frog hat; my new No Kings sign... LET'S DO THIS. #NoKings

Pic of hand-knitted frog cap and sign for demonstration: NO K(neeling) I(CE) N(azis) G(aslighting) S(ilence)

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

As others have said, "concepts of a plan"! And a little song to go with it: youtu.be/YSBGqYw-Ehs

Concepts Of A Plan

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

From novel>song: Friendly Town is one of the original lyrics in Charlie Haas’s wonderful 2024 novel The Current Fantasy. I set them to music and did a solo recording; Jon Berger added musical wizardry; & @gemini-at-work.bsky.social produced this video (3:48): youtu.be/WC_RwjtvqVc #singer-songwriter

Friendly Town (feat. Jon Berger)

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Nice song & sound! Imo, not sure it needs to be 5 minutes, tho. And you might consider linking to a site where folks don't need an account to listen (e.g., YouTube, Bandcamp). Like many others I know, I'm anti-Spotify and don't have an account there. (I found you on Apple Music.)

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

A new song asking “What does ‘civilization’ mean?” — and concluding that whatever it is, we’re not it. youtu.be/wjUxfjzUjPE #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #MusicSky #Civilization

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Carsie Blanton: "Rich people, stackin the deck Rich people with big fat checks Rich people, they're havin a ball Rich people been fuckin us all" www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Pf...

Rich People (Live at Red Rocks)

YouTube video by Carsie Blanton

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Just when you think he can’t possibly scrape any deeper at the bottom of the barrel, you realize he’s already miles underneath it.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This war is illegal, immoral, and could be disastrous on a level that’s even hard to comprehend. It’s a copy of the Iraq War with even more combustible conditions. If Trump pushes us into this war we must engage in mass collective action to stop it. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/no-war-avo...

jaredyatessexton.substack.com

NO WAR: Avoiding Disaster at the End of Empire

We must avoid this unnecessary and cruel war.

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Thanks for writing this, even if I wish it weren't necessary! And since there's no song accompaniment, I'll offer this one: youtu.be/K2DzD8ZUYTc

We Stand Together

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Even Costco's getting into the anti-fascist act!

Ad slogan for product: "Lasts Longer Than ICE"

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Marianne Greenberg @gemini-at-work.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6gT...

OleFuckTrump - Lyric Video

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Marianne Greenberg @gemini-at-work.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

www.youtube.com/shorts/Z6slL...

"No Kings In The USA" - Indivisible & Ole! No Kings

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

From 'The Great Dictator': it hurts to realize how far this stirring 4-minute speech is from our reality... 85 years later. (Context: Chaplin as Jewish-ghetto barber as Hitleresque dictator, turning fascist conquest on its head; music from other film added to clip.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Hd...

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

He obviously felt *so* strongly about what a terrible fate threatened us, and he warned us *so* eloquently and beautifully.... SIGH.

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Here's a church I can get behind; in fact, I did.

photo of church from behind, showing 4 shapes pointing upward, including 3 triangle rooflines

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Marianne Greenberg @gemini-at-work.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

confession: i started out with kill it, kill it! when i saw a spider. then i evolved to: take it outside. and this morning: how did you get here little guy? and my motto now:

mercy after nikki giovanni:
she asks me to kill the spider.
instead, i get the most
peaceful weapons i can find.
i take a cup and a napkin.
i catch the spider, put it outside
and allow it to walk away.
if i'm ever caught in the wrong place

at the wrong time, just being alive
and not bothering anyone,
i hope i'm greeted
with the same kind
of mercy.
-rudy francisco

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Full 13-week playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A Weekly Trump-II Anti-Fascist Musical Minute+ - YouTube

Chronicling the Trump-II horrors in a short weekly song (beginning with Jan. 20-26, 2025), with lyrics adapted to the latest grotesqueries and (beginning wit...

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Bonus track! "Week 13" of an antifascist song project. And as the song shouts, that's ENOUGH!!!!! Thanks to folks who’ve expressed support; onward…. #MusicSky #ResistanceMusic #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #Resistance #Opposition youtu.be/o33vwmqdkIw

Week Thirteen (bonus track)

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Thanks for supporting this; as always, I'm so glad we're on the same team.

Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

"Week 12" — last in an antifascist song series. I’m really glad to have spent the past 12 weeks on this musical project, which is now over. Not that the struggle is, of course…. #MusicSky #ResistanceMusic #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #Resistance #Opposition youtu.be/M3O_5-0PLgI

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I've been finding some sort of twisted joy in crafting weekly musical summaries of the latest authoritarian atrocities. Otoh, yes, I want to embrace other joys as well. So... my penultimate offering is last week's "Week 11" (Week 12 — the longest — will be up tomorrow morning): youtu.be/CumnTeyvYeY

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Stephen Greenberg @sgberg.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

They’ll never be able to straighten their knees again.