Pretty much the whole first hour and much of the second hour of The Commentators on KVI was directed at me and my song, Osama Bin Laden, You Ruined My Birthday.

Feel free to listen to the whole thing.

UPDATE: They took down the link to the show. Maybe they didn't like me passing the link out. Very odd. If it is put back up, I'll make a note.

UPDATE: Link now fixed.

Ken Schram, was exceedingly unkind. John Carlson, was not kind either, but he at least almost got it. Both of them thought the song was serious. That I was actually saying what the protagonist of the song is saying, seriously, for myself.

They had lots of people call in, some saying my song was "disgusting," some saying it was "funny." One insightful guy correctly said it was a parody of other people, not seriously stating what I think myself.

The whole thing was hilarious. I was dying listening to them. Here's my response to them:

Thanks for playing the song (although you should have played the whole thing; I didn't hear the whole show, so maybe you did, but I didn't hear it, however, you can't reasonably ask people to judge it out of context).

(Also, I did send it to both of you, along with Bryan and Kirby ... John just didn't get it for some reason.)

People who know me would be shocked to learn that I don't take the war on terror seriously. Indeed, many of my colleagues believe I take it far too seriously.

You clearly miss the point. It is satire. The protagonist of the song (I was not born anywhere near September 11th, and it not told from my perspective) is obviously overly self-centered. I am not saying we should not care about what actually happened, I am satirizing the people who *do* act like they don't care.

John, you are very close to correct: it is not political, and it DOES reflect a culture that doesn't take it seriously. Absolutely. But it reflects it not because I feel that way, but because I am reflecting people who feel that way, putting a spotlight on them.

I mean come on, how can you take the line "lots of people died, I'm not just thinking of myself, but couldn't you have chosen the 10th or the 12th" seriously? Come on. I am not sure how more obviously non-serious I could make that. Of course the people who died, the war on terror, and everything else about this is far more important than anyone's birthday. Of COURSE I don't think it would be OK to kill all those people on another day. THAT IS THE JOKE.

Then again, I also wrote a song called "George Bush is Hitler," which some people actually took seriously, too. In fairness, most of the people who have heard the songs know me and therefore know it does not represent my views. You don't know me. Maybe my problem is that my satire is too damned convincing ...

I'll be at Shawn O'Donnell's tonight, paying $20 and lending my wholehearted support to Bryan Suits and other speakers who take the war on terror very seriously, such as candidates Doug Roulstone and Bill Cooper. Maybe they wouldn't like the song either, I don't know. But I know many Republicans and Democrats alike who like it a lot, including people who take the war on terror seriously, and those who don't.

I guess different people find it funny, or not funny, for different reasons. Maybe that's a sign of good art ...