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Fred Simon

@fredsimonmusic.bsky.social

Composer/musician/teacher Husband/father/friend Concerned citizen of the world

137 Followers  |  57 Following  |  89 Posts  |  Joined: 25.01.2025
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Hey, do you like alliteration? Or do you like aLOTeration? My winsome wife Sarah Allen is spearheading a stellar septet at Linda Solotaire’s Second Sunday Salon very soon. Please get down!

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04.03.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Calendar - FITZGERALDS Calendar of upcoming events at FITZGERALDS Nightclub - Berwyn, IL. Find out who's playing and when. Get tickets and learn more.

I’ve been simmering with excitement for days and nearly reaching a full boil. You’ll want to be there tonight at 7:00 sharp. Please get down!

www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com/shows/calend...

26.02.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Calendar - FITZGERALDS Calendar of upcoming events at FITZGERALDS Nightclub - Berwyn, IL. Find out who's playing and when. Get tickets and learn more.

Hey, I'm the special guest this Thursday the 26th for Gerald Dowd's Song of the Month Club at FitzGerald's SideBar. It's something you won't wanna miss. Please get down!

Feb. 26th, 7:00-8:30pm
FitzGerald’s SideBar
6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn IL

www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com/shows/calend...

24.02.2026 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching the terrific documentary about Mel Brooks, The 99 Year Old Man!

It struck me that what we really need right now is a remake, but updated: Springtime for Donald … β€œDon’t be stupid, be a smartie; come and join the MAGA party!”

17.02.2026 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Benedict Donald is a grifter with a heart of coal.

16.02.2026 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tin soldiers and Donald coming
We're finally on our own
This winter I hear the drumming
Two dead in Minnesota

01.02.2026 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last call to register for my online Listening to Music class, which starts this Wednesday!

Listening to Music meets via Zoom on Wednesdays, starting January 28th, 7:00-8:30 pm CT

musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...

27.01.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With each passing day, my love for music deepens. And despite the madness that surrounds us, the music never stopped.

I teach an online class, Listening to Music: A Selective Survey of Human Musical Expression. Please join us!

Register here:

musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...

23.01.2026 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#BenedictDonald is the Peace Nazi … β€œNo more peace for you!”

20.01.2026 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The memes just make themselves.

17.01.2026 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The medal is not the award. It’s just a shiny bauble for the big baby.

β€œThe facts are clear and well established. Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.”

16.01.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump administration's posts echo rhetoric linked to extremist groups
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour Trump administration's posts echo rhetoric linked to extremist groups

As the father of a young adult daughter it’s my duty to cling to any shred of hope I can find, but people, we are deeply fucked. Fascism is here, now. Please wake up!

PBS News Hour: Trump administration using rhetoric linked to extremists

youtu.be/YXzzuWrYDV4?...

16.01.2026 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So, apparently Benedict Donald is going to build a so-called β€œTriumphal Arch” in Washington. (Although perhaps β€œTrumphallus Arch” would be a more appropriate name.)

In any case, when considering this photo, any fan of Spinal Tap can predict what’s gonna happen, right? Please let it be so.

02.01.2026 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris Siebold and I know that it's more important than ever to help the most vulnerable among us. Please consider downloading our new song, Thanksgiving β€” all proceeds go to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...

www.icirr.org

21.12.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Once again #BenedictDonald finds a way to go even lower.

β€œBehold, the Underminer! I’m always beneath you, but nothing is beneath me!”

15.12.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanksgiving, by Fred Simon & Chris Siebold track by Fred Simon & Chris Siebold

Happy Thanksgiving! Chris and I have decided to donate all of the proceeds from our new song to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. We hope the music inspires you to help the most vulnerable among us.

fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...

www.icirr.org

28.11.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanksgiving, by Fred Simon & Chris Siebold track by Fred Simon & Chris Siebold

I’m thrilled to let you know that today, Chris Siebold and I have released our first single: Thanksgiving. Our wish is to elevate your feeling of thankfulness, and serve as a balm in these turbulent times. It’s available to stream or download. fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...

25.11.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People of Earth, exciting news: my good friend, guitarist Chris Siebold, and I wrote a tune together years ago and have now recorded it. It’s called Thanksgiving and it'll be up on Bandcamp tomorrow/Monday. We hope you will love it and share it with those you love.

24.11.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember those old Shake β€˜N Bake commercials? When Dick Cheney correctly said β€œIn our nation’s history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump” he left out the crucial tag line: β€œAnd I helped!”

04.11.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Benedict Donald is turning the nation’s capital into a grotesque theme park: Trumpland

01.11.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PBS News Hour | Vance joins Erika Kirk in Miss. for Turning Point USA event | Season 2025 Vance joins Erika Kirk at University of Mississippi for Turning Point USA event

Creeping fascism, yes, but don’t look now … here come The Crusades again.

www.pbs.org/video/turnin...

01.11.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who isn’t anti-fa(scism) is anti-Am(erican)

25.10.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tell Somebody (Repeal the Patriot Act)
YouTube video by Rickie Lee Jones - Topic Tell Somebody (Repeal the Patriot Act)

I want to know how far you will go
To protect our right of free speech?
Because it only took a moment
Before it faded out of reach ...

Oh, tell somebody, tell sombody right now
Tell somebody
What happened in the USA?

Voices of protest - rise!

youtu.be/o9WrmPGe8GM?...

19.09.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe horror … the horror.”

07.09.2025 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Online Registration

We're only about two weeks away from the start of my online course, Listening To Music (aka Digging Tracks with Fred), and it's filling up nicely but there's always room for more ... maybe YOU?

The course begins September 17

Registration info here:
musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...

03.09.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Online Registration

If you love music even half as much as I do, please consider signing up for my online course Listening To Music. It starts Sept 17 and meets weekly on Zoom. You don’t have to be a musician, you just have to love music!

musicinst.asapconnected.com#CourseID=268...

21.08.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#BenedictDonald is King Midas in reverse: everything he touches turns to shit.

16.08.2025 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t want to hear TrumpCo say one goddamn word about alleged antisemitism in universities. Not while the DHS is tweeting references to a book by an antisemitic white supremacist.

13.08.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When #BenedictDonald speaks of β€œbloodthirsty criminals” and β€œroving mobs of drugged-out maniacs” he’s referring to Republicans, right?

12.08.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Presidential Pettiness Donald Trump seems to have no theory of governance beyond personal gain and retribution.

All about President Petty, aka #BenedictDonald

Gift article:

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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