Entertaining Ideas

Mr. President

Rik Leaf

Theres nothing valiant about a war waged against the poor

Theres nothing pure about taking what does not belong to you

Theres nothing I can say to change the world this time

But Ill be damned if Ill agree to sit it out on the side

Hey this is just a man

This is 21^st century policy

You smile deep when you say god bless this country

For the sake of clarity lie through your teeth

In the name of democracy topple your enemies

This is just a man beating on a drum

This is just a man burning down his home

Hey Mr. President real strength has never been war

In the name of God you pray as you take a life

In the name of God you are everything God is not

In the name of love you claim to possess a righteous hate

That you dont hesitate to use to retaliate

This is just a man sitting on a broken throne

This is just a man carving a heart of stone

Hey Mr. President freedom is not a gift that you give with a bomb

This is a man beating a big drum

This is a man burning down his home

Hey Mr. President youre real strengths not being shown

"In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." - Eric Hoffer

Superstar for Jesus

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:08:32 -0700

EI#36 - The Writing is on the Wall

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:42:04 -0700

04:15 Upon My Altar - The Wyrd Sisters
18:59 Come Home - Karla (Jacob & Lily)
37:39 Writing on the Wall - Rik Leaf

www.wyrdsisters.com

Writing on the Wall

Rik Leaf, 2007

I see you pay the price you cant afford

To chase a life youre dreaming of

You grabbed the tail and now you cant let go

I watch you spin out of control

I dont know what to give you credit for

The writings on the wall right in front of you

I can think of a thousand different things to say to you

Id trade them all for the one youve been waiting for

I can think of a thousand different songs to sing for you

Id trade them all for the one that would get you through

Feel free to throw caution to the wind

Your future is burning at both ends

You tell yourself that its all worthwhile

That your nightmare is a fairytale

I dont know if you know that I care enough to

I dont know if you can believe a word I say

Im not trying to find a way to find the real you

I just want you to

EI#35 - It Takes Time to Inspire

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:29:01 -0700

42:01 what's left to ponder
38:15 Podcast Theme Track
34:33 09 Tell Me Ten Words - Idlewild
21:52 04 Catch My Disease (That's The Way) Ben Lee
18:59 What It's All About - Rik Leaf
02:27 Keep It Amazed - French Kicks

www.ben-lee.com

www.frenchkicks.com

Its All About

Rik Leaf, 2007

The manifest destination - a corporation for every nation

For the men in suits and the girls in Ts

The moral majority and the angry gays

Its a slippery slope trying to choose a side

Everyones mixing truth with their lies

Dig a little deeper pull the wool from the eyes

Cause the sheep are dressed in the wolfs disguise

Its all about living a life you love while youre living it

Living like you mean it

Loving like you feel it

The incorporated new millennium royals

Decide the markets and divide the spoils

Serving up the laws of international trade

On bright white porcelain monogrammed plates

So turn the lights down turn the stereo up

Drown their voices cause they never shut up

Turn the tables on the waiters and serve it up with style

When you say f*#k you say it with a smile

EI#34 - You're Not Alone Wanting More

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:15:39 -0700

34:49 Come Dance - Jacob & Lily & Rik
23:21 Open the Door - Rik Leaf
06:05 Vancouver - Jacob & Lily

Open the Door

Rik Leaf, 2007

Open the door let me in

Open the door

Love open the door

Theres so much more to say

Open yourself in this moment here

Be the light for those who have lost theres

Open your life and all you have

To give

Youre not alone not giving in

Youre not alone giving everything

Youre not alone wanting more than youve been

Open the door let me in

Open the door

Love open the door

Theres so much more to be

Open to yourself to all that you are

All that you wish for and all that youve known

Open your life let healing and grace

Light your face

EI#33- The Art of Discovery

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:55:51 -0700

34:22 Sometimes - 2007
29:20 Sometimes - 2001
25:49 Sometimes - 1998
12:33 Après Moi
02:28 You're All I Have

www.reginaspektor.com

www.snowpatrol.com

EI#32- The Open Throated Howl

Tue, 22 May 2007 09:35:19 -0700

05:32 Live Radio 14:32 Samson - Regina Spektor
27:10 Hands Open - Snow Patrol
30:25 Live Radio Waterloo

www.reginaspektor.com

www.snowpatrol.com

EI#31- More 'F' Bombs per Sq Inch of any previous podcast

Sat, 12 May 2007 20:56:30 -0700

04:16 Untouchable Face - Ani Difranco
15:08 River City - Rik Leaf
33:36 14 Thank You For Hearing Me - Sinead O'Connor

www.righteousbabe.com

www.sinead-oconnor.com

EI#30- Britney Spears does not endorse this podcast

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:11:07 -0700

03:36 Speaks - Live
18:57 End Of Play
34:12 Only One Story

www.jacobandlily.com

EI#29 - Do You Know What Time It Is?

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:40:09 -0700

03:00 Oh Yeah - Subways 12:44 Warrior - The Wyrd Sisters
15:11 Adam And Eve - Ani Difranco
32:03 Think I'm In Love - Beck

www.thesubways.net

www.wyrdsisters.com

www.righteousbabe.com

www.beck.com

EI#2 I Know What You Did...Last Election

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:38:27 -0700

02:53 Get Your Guns - Nine Black Alps

14:45 Century After Century - Idlewild

38:55 So Far We Are - French Kicks

www.nineblackalps.net

www.frenchkicks.com

33:18 Winter Solstice
18:11 Inside
14:05 Every Day
04:24 Golden Touch

EI#27 The Heart & Soul of the Status Quo

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:16:54 -0800

03:15 Secret Meeting - The National
10:14 Afro-Left - Leftfield
15:17 Los Angeles - The Decemberists
31:05 Merchants Of Soul - Spoon

www.americanmary.com

www.leftfield-online.com

www.thedecemberists.com

www.spooontheband.com

"We continue to insist that change is progress, self-indulgence is freedom and novelty is originality." Leslie Fiedler

"For it is in the breakdown of power rather than in its triumph that men may discern its true nature and in an awareness of their own inadequacy when confronted with such a breakdown that they can best understand who and what they are. " Malcom Muggeridge

EI#26 Idealists Inherit the World that Could Be

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:48:43 -0800

"To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving." Arthur Miller

EI#25 I've Done Mischief...Everywhere

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:29:25 -0800

03:40 Consolation Prizes - Phoenix
06:51 Solsbury Hill - Dust Rhinos
21:01 Volcano - Damien Rice
37:11 Pretty Good Me - Rik Leaf

"I can understand why words emptied of meaning serve the interests of the corporation and the state, but they don't 'enhance' or 'empower' people who would find in their freedome of thought and expression a voice and therefore a life, that they can recognize as their own." Lewis Lapham

"The slovenly use of words makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration." George Orwell

"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking." J.M. Keynes

EI#23 The Baker's Dozen Create Change

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:39:43 -0800

04:04 Days of Wonder - Rik Leaf
19:09 Shameless - Ani Difranco
46:37 May God's Love Be With You - Joseph Arthur

www.righteousbabe.com

www.josepharthur.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1u4wfRhKrY

‘…it has become clear that control through the punishment of undesirable behavior is less effective, in the long run, than control through the reinforcement of desirable behavior by rewards, and that government though terror works on the whole less will than government though the non-violent manipulation of the environment and of the thoughts and feelings of the individual men, women and children. Punishment temporarily puts a stop to undesirable behavior, but does not permanently reduce the victim’s tendency to indulge in it.’

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited

"Humanity's most valuable assets have been the non-conformists. Were it not for the nonconformists, he who refuses to be satisfied to go along with the continuance of things as they are, and insists upon attempting to find new ways of bettering things, the world would have known little progress indeed."

Josiah Gitt, American editor

Stanley Milgram - Psychologist at Yale University

EI#22 'Fighting the Good Fight...Naked!

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:25:29 -0800

Turn My Camera On - Spoon

Century by Century - Idlewild

The Greatest - Cat Power

www.spoontheband.com

www.catpowerthegreatest.com

We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared before us, startled us, and then caused us to question beliefs that were strongly fixed in our consciousness-embedded there by years of family prejudices, orthodox schooling, imbibing of newspapers, radio, and television."

Howard Zinn

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary."

George Orwell

"The point of public relations slogans like "Support our troops" is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about."

Noam Chomsky

EI#21 'Change the World...OK.

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:10:31 -0800

03:57 Fishin' 4 Religion - Arrested Development
14:48 In Remote Part- Scottish Fiction - Idlewild
18:32 Prepare The Way - Rik Leaf
38:38 Inertiatic ESP - Mars Volta

www.arresteddevelopmentmusic.com

www.themarsvolta.com

"Change will only be promoted by people who can perceive intelligent and non-threatening alternatives." Jeanette Armstrong, 'The Disempowerment of North America's Native Peoples'

EI#20 -Celebrating Sights, Sounds & Schizophrenia

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:42:41 -0800

08:13 Save Me - The Tea Party
15:53 American English - Idlewild
20:23 Fear - Sarah McLachlan
33:45 Mea Culpa - Enigma
38:39 Gloria - Rik Leaf
45:31 Deeper - Heather Clark Band
51:18 Catch My Disease - Ben Lee

www.teaparty.com

www.sarahmclachlan.com

www.enigmamusic.com

www.heatherclarkband.com

www.ben-lee.com

'they don't play me on the radio...and that's the way I like it.' Ben Lee

EI#19 -The Art of Branding Illusions

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:48:34 -0800

07:20 Famine - Sinead O'Connor

18:52 Makin' A Fuss - Whitfield

www.sinead-occonor.com

www.whitfieldband.com

www.myspace.com/northendartists

'A nation is a group of people who share the same illusions about themselves.' Daniel Francis

EI#18 -Ooops I Did It Again!

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:55:00 -0800

08:32 Coffee Coloured Night
19:14 Self Deluded Bubble of Inspiration
20:33 Speaks Much Better
27:28 Simple Answer
31:27 Sometimes
www.rikleaf.com

www.myspace.com/rikleaf/

New Year's Eve with Jacob and Lily

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:47:56 -0800

this was the hardest show to upload EVER!

Jacob & Lily Live New Year's Eve

Songs

From the Cathedral CD - '10'

Live Studio performance - Untitled

www.jacobandlily.com

www.myspace.com/jacobandlily

www.rikleaf.com

EI#16 The Eternal Here...is Now

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:04:17 -0800

Gift to be Real - Rik Leaf
Whatever It Is - Ben Lee
It/'s My Life - Rik Leaf
Clinically Dead - Chad VanGaalen

/"http://www.rikleaf.com/" > www.rikleaf.com

/"http://www.ben-lee.com/" >
www.myspace.com/benlee

http://www.flemisheye.com/" >

/"To state the raw facts bluntly is a task, always thankless, but never useless, reserved for those not in charge/" Regis Debray.

/"We’re left with the problem of human consciousness filled with very definite images of evil, with no definite image of good/" G.K. Chesterton

/"I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate/" Vincent van Gogh

EI#15 -Merry Mammon-mas - The Holiday Show

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:30:53 -0800

Days of Wonder
O Lord
Fly - Kim McMechan
Come Home - Karla Adolphe

www.rikleaf.com

www.kimmcmechan.com

www.jacobandlily.com

EI#14 - Beat About the Head with a Blunt Idea

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:28:05 -0800

00:03 Da De De La
00:35 Podcast Theme Track
01:13 Insensitive
05:45 20_20 In The Morning
20:08 Song Of The Stars
29:32 Sentence Enhancers
47:35 All 13 Bad Words
48:18 Podcast Theme Track
48:24 naughty words
48:44 Dismantle Identity

www.mirandastone.com

www.deadcandance.com

EI#13 - Oh my Gosh...it's Rik Leaf & he's Confessing!!!

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:31:55 -0800

00:01 Evil
00:18 Podcast Theme Track
00:31 confessing
06:14 Be Released
11:40 Dismantle Identity
16:49 Salvation Singing
21:36 Bitches & Cream
21:39 Discretion Advised
35:14 I Believe
38:37 Invest
44:14 Yay God
48:46 Podcast Theme Track
51:19 I Need you to Cry

EI#12 - Letting the Honesty Bleed...Everywhere

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:04:38 -0800

00:03 No War but Ours
00:24 Podcast Theme Track
00:41 Streaking
00:54 Freedom
00:59 Freedom
01:03 Freedom
01:10 Freedom
02:26 I Love You - Karla Adolphe
06:56 Meadow at Dusk
07:46 Sweep Me Away
12:50 Sweep Me Away
16:15 When We Dream - Rik Leaf
19:44 I Need you to Cry
26:10 When I Consider... - Rik Leaf
40:54 I Watch You Bleed - Paula Spurr
43:27 Podcast Theme Track
43:57 Invest
44:40 Wear them with pride
45:15 Donkey