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Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW

Humor, wisdom & commentary by Peter Alsop on his award winning songs and stories; some for kids & families, some for teens and adults! peteralsop.substack.com

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10:15

Bored, Bored, Bored

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/05/13

Hello there! This week’s Song To Chew is BORED, BORED, BORED from my “Wha’D’YaWanna Do?” family album. Feeling bored can be very painful. When our daily ‘distractions’ recede, any painful feelings we might have stuffed away because we didn’t want to deal with them, seize the opportunity to step up front and demand our attention! Sad, scared and angry feelings get our attention! And ‘boredom’ is kind of a mix of all three! It hurts and it comes out of not believing in ourselves. Being

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09:37

My Body: Singing For Our Lives

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/05/07

Today we’ll listen to MY BODY’S NOBODY’S BODY BUT MINE. It seems our Supreme Court doesn’t realize that when there’s an embryo developing inside a woman’s body, that it’s her choice and nobody else’s, to decide if she wants to give birth to that embryo or not. The supporters of eliminating Roe v. Wade are the same people who sit in their “love thy neighbor” churches, mouthing platitudes like “do unto others, as you would have them do unto you”, while they vote against increasing the minimum

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09:37

I Am A Pizza

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/04/29

This week we’ve ‘chewing on’ my most popular song, “I AM A PIZZA”! Other than the normal toppings, this song does not offer lots of complicated philosophical flavors, but there are a few. There’s the importance of using imagination in our lives; the concepts of ‘playfulness’, ‘childlike fun’, joy and the awareness that the health of our bodies depends on our ‘state of mind’. When we let our minds wander freely, new doors open and we find unexpected solutions to puzzles in our lives. When we

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09:16

The Matador

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/04/22

This week’s SONG TO CHEW was written by my old friend Geof Morgan, one of the main musical voices of the feminist men’s movement in the 70’s and 80’s. His song, THE MATADOR, is sung by our mutual friend and well-known singer-songwriter, Charlie Murphy. This song emphasizes how some men feel the need to prove our bravery by taking life-threatening risks and performing violent acts. Many of us understand that we will probably never have a ‘peaceful world’. It’s likely that humans will always

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08:28

Erica Levine

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/04/15

Today’s SONG TO CHEW from my ‘Fan Club Favorites’ album, is called ERICA LEVINE. It was written by my dear old friend Bob Blue. Throughout history in many different cultures, women have been treated like property. Fathers would have to pay a certain amount of money or make a gift of property as a "dowry" to a young man, who would be willing to marry his daughter and take her as a wife. Societies passed on the idea that there was something wrong with a woman who didn't have a husband. She

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07:04

Itsy Spider

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/04/08

Our ‘Song To Chew’ today is a classic children’s song from my “Uh-Oh!” album, ITSY SPIDER. Many children’s songs have deep and lasting effects on us though out our entire lives. My version of this song is kind of an ‘up-grade’. I learned the original Itsy Spider song in pre-school 70 years ago. Back then we did hand motions; our fingers became Itsy spiders walking up the drain pipe, our wiggling fingers were the rain drops falling; and we’d throw our arms out to the sides as we “washed the

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08:42

Don’t Trick Your Dad

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/04/01

Today is April Fool’s day, and our song comes from my “Wha’d’ya Wanna Do?” album. It’s called DON’T TRICK YOUR DAD. Most kids love to trick or fool the adults around them, because when they know something that the adult doesn’t know, they feel powerful! Adults usually have more power and information than kids, so when kids can reverse the roles on them, they’re delighted! Some homes and parents feel safer than others, because they allow the open expression of our full range of feelings.

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07:13

Womb Envy

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/03/25

Our “Song To Chew” for today, is WOMB ENVY performed and written by Ron Romanovsky and Paul Phillips, of ‘Romanovsky & Phillips’ fame! It’s on my “Ebenezer’s Make Over” album; a collection of songs from the feminist Men’s and Women’s movements. When I first met Ron and Paul and saw them perform, I felt an immediate bond with them because of their smart lyrics, their joy and the obvious fun they had performing their comic songs on contemporary gay life to audiences all over the U.S., Canada,

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09:53

Be Gentle Robin

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/03/18

Today our ‘Song To Chew’ is BE GENTLE ROBIN from my “Wha’D’Ya Wanna Do?”album, written by Dr. Tedd Judd, a concerned Dad who gives advice to his young son Robin. I love this song because it shows that if we want our children to be gentle, the best way to do that, is for us to model ‘gentleness’ for them. I got spanked as a child, but I’ve never hit my kids. I believe that hitting a child teaches them that violence is an acceptable way to solve a problem, and with armed conflict currently

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06:36

Pass It On!

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/03/11

I’m Peter Alsop and a big fan of ‘silly’, so our ‘Song To Chew’ this week is PASS IT ON! from my “Chris Moose Holidays” album. It’s a wonderful song for creating discussions, which is what this podcast is all about. It may be the first and only “sneeze-along song” you’ve ever heard! Thirty years ago, there wasn’t a big political controversy about wearing face masks, but today our world is a much different place than it was when I wrote this song. We’d never heard of Co-Vid and few of us died

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07:58

Kill The Children

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/03/04

Our ‘Song To Chew’ today has a very disturbing title, KILL THE CHILDREN. It’s part of a feminist radio-play I wrote, “Ebenezer’s Make Over”, about Ebenezer Scrooge getting a feminist make-over from three spirits who show him how joyless and emotionally impoverished he has become, living in our patriarchal world. The third Spirit shows Scrooge what his future will be, if he continues going in the direction he’s headed. The song’s a warning to all of us, about where we will end up if we don’t

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09:48

Rachel And The Moon

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/02/25

Today’s Song To Chew from my ‘Stayin’ Over’ album is RACHEL & THE MOON. Many years ago, my friend and teacher, Luke Barber told me about a story his young daughter Rachel had written in school. Luke is a philosopher and a very deep-thinker, and the story touched him deeply because the story finished with something he had done with the best of intentions that hurt his little girl’s feelings. “No matter how hard we try as parents to do the right thing with our kids, or our friends, it’s

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07:24

Junkfood Junkie

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/02/18

This week’s ‘Song To Chew’ is about food! How appropriate! JUNKFOOD JUNKIE was written by my old friend Larry Groce. He let me record it on my first ‘Peter Alsop’ album back in 1975. Larry’s best known for being the artistic director and host of “Mountain Stage”, a two-hour live music radio program produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting on National Public Radio. His song got lots of radio airplay when it came out. It’s about a health food advocate with a hidden sugar addiction, who

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07:30

I Aint’ Afraid

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/02/11

Today’s song, I AIN’T AFRAID, is written and performed by Holly Near on my “Ebenezer’s Make Over” album. It’s a courageous song about religion because this topic is so loaded with extremist ideas and sensitive, defensive feelings about people’s most devout spiritual beliefs and stories about their God or gods, that it can be physically dangerous to tread on these pathways. Holly does it with such powerful skill, grace and truth, showing clearly that it’s the people who act violently and

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08:01

Kids Peace Song

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/02/04

Today’s “Song To Chew” is the KIDS PEACE SONG from my “Take Me With You!” album. In order to have peace in the world, it helps to know how to have peace within ourselves. We plant the seeds for finding non-violent resolutions to struggles in the world when we speak up for ourselves without feeling fearful or needy. If someone attacks us, we can protect ourselves without having to crush them back as punishment. When we do that, it throws our systems out of balance again. They feel more

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08:24

Men Are Good

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/01/28

Today’s “Song To Chew” is MEN ARE GOOD, written and performed by Joe Jencks. When I first heard Joe sing this song, it blew me away! I’d never heard a song that gave credit to the many, many wonderful things that ‘men’, (and boys), do on a daily basis all around the world. This version is on my “Ebenezer’s Make Over” album, (which is an adaptation of Dickens “Christmas Carol”). It’s full of powerful songs, written and performed by Holly Near, Geof Morgan, Romanovsky & Phillips, Joe Jencks,

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08:30

Hey Ev’rybody!

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/01/21

Today’s song is called HEY EV’RYBODY from my “Take Me With You” album. It’s about how we learn to do something we want to do! Things like walking, or whispering or snapping our fingers. We just have to keep trying over and over again until we can do it! And after we work so hard to learn it, we want to show everybody what we can do! Of course, we’re a little clumsy at first, but we practice every day, and we get better until we master our skill. Then we feel confident enough to learn

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07:41

Little Kid

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/01/14

I wrote this week’s “Song To Chew” to help parents who are at their wit’s end with how to manage their young children. It's called LITTLE KID from my "Uh-Oh!" album. Sometimes parents look into their toolbox and the only tool they see, left for them to use, is physical punishment. Parents don’t want to use that tool. They only hit their children when they truly don’t know what else to do. When I sing this song in concert, I talk about being ‘spanked’ in my family of origin. My own choice

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07:23

Take A Step

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/01/07

This week, our song is from my ‘Family Roles’ album, … TAKE A STEP. One of the most difficult things for some of us to do when we want to get something accomplished, is to begin the journey. When we see other people who have lots of accomplishments out there in the world, we often ‘measure ourselves’ by them. We want to accomplish things too, but as soon as we start a project, we’re confronted with obstacles we didn’t expect! “All these other people seem to get things done so easily! Why is

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07:58

My Little Clock

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2021/12/31

It’s New Year’s Eve today. Tomorrow is 2022. So today we’ll 'chew on a song' I wrote about about ‘Time’. As we change the calendar year, our vacations from work and school give each of us a chance to reflect on how we spent our time this last year. Many of us will resolve to spend it differently in the next year! So this song’s called MY LITTLE CLOCK, part of my ‘In The Hospital’ album project for kids and families. It’s designed to help us “pay better attention to how we spend our

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