The Journal
2026
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Dulce et Decorum II
Number 12 of 12 songs based on Wilfred Owen’s savagely beautiful WWI poem Dulce et decorum, from our forthcoming album of the same name. No Glory in the Grave [Verse 1] Boots sink deep in mire…
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Dulce et Decorum
Hitstax has always been an experimental group. Story-telling is what counts for us; lyrics come first. Melodies and arrangements are designed to serve the words. This means we don’t have a single musical style. We have…
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Gates of Madness
Poor Bill Gates. He is an easy target, I guess. I have written before about the ongoing pile-up against him. He seems to be to blame for everything. Or at least, chemtrails, fake food, GM crops,…
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Medical Emergencies
Speed counts more than accuracy in possible heart attack, stroke, or choking incidents. In the case of choking, don’t use those deceptive and dangerous vacuum devices sold on social media, and don’t put your fingers down…
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What Remains
I haven’t posted any music lately, so here is a song from our latest album. This was a labour of love. Partly because the poem that inspired it, Henry Reed’s 1942 Lessons of the War: I:…
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Crocodiles are Scary
My first on-stage role was as the crocodile in a school production of Peter Pan. I was six. My mum made me what seemed at the time to be an impressive crocodile costume on wheels. I…
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AI and Ethics
Training AI models in morality is important. But who decides what what is right, and how? “In January 2026, Anthropic announced a new approach to AI safety. Rather than hard-coding a list of rules and decision…
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Last Word on BRS
Just a couple more points on BRS, responding to messages and comments. “If it’s not a witch hunt from the government, how come they spent $300 million trying to convict him, and how come they changed…
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The Victoria Cross is not an Excuse for Murder
Over the last few days several friends have shared a social media post claiming that Dean Burgess, who served alongside Ben Roberts-Smith, has finally broken his silence and condemned the current Federal government’s “witch-hunt” against former…
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Back Pain and Purpose
Overall rates of long term improvement after spinal surgery for severe chronic lower back pain are about two thirds; between 60% and 70%. It varies slightly depending on the type and origin of the pain. That…
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COVID-19, Ivermectin, and Hydroxychloroquine.
When COVID-19 began to move around the world in early 2020, doctors faced a virus nobody understood, with no known treatments. In that vacuum, two old, cheap, well-known drugs; hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, became the focus of…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci: Career and Consequences
Anthony Fauci has spent this week back in the headlines, not for a new discovery but for a Senate hearing. Subpoenaed by Senator Rand Paul, who released more than a thousand pages of Fauci’s private pandemic…
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Understanding the COVID-19 Outbreak
There are two scientifically credible explanations for how the COVID-19 pandemic began (deliberate bioweapon creation is not one of them; there is zero evidence to support that claim, and no experts or credible politicians accept it):…
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Fauci, Truth, and Justice
This is a song we wrote based on a suggestion made by Kathy, about the constant demands for hate and outrage on social media. It was not going to be released for a few months yet…
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Citizen Vigilante Misleads About Justice
Low budget movie Citizen Vigilante has been a huge success over the last two weeks, in part because of Germany’s decision to ban the film from screening, and Elon Musk’s subsequent decision to make it available…










