It's All Happening

06/16/2026

Before there was It’s All Happening, there was UnCommon Sense TV Media. It was a highly involved full on television media production which was one of the important precursors to what eventually evolved into IAH.

And per some recent posts regarding the excellent new documentary on journalist Amy Goodman and the history of the creation of Democracy Now!, here’s an event involving former fellow Daytonian Phil Donahue whom was a real pleasure to work with, that USTV Media was directly involved as a co-producer in making happen.

“Phil Donahue and Amy Goodman On The Media”
https://youtu.be/DR8no4FZuNo?si=Z-uWyz3fHyum1Oyz

06/14/2026

“Thanks for being weird with me." Lovely words exquisitely painted by a family that knows what's happening, and how to honor what is arguably the most happening thing of all, our departure from this mortal life.

This was originally posted by Poppys Funerals, one of whose clients shared this with them.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZVcOmbDi7D/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

06/14/2026

So true. Quite the happening blues tone for sure..

06/13/2026

My friend Dave Barber recently reshared this photo he took of John Doe and I during his gig in Dayton. Besides Dave blowing my mind by reminding me of how long ago this actually was, he also reminded me of how many people kept saying we looked like brothers. Not a bad sibling to have if that was the case. ")

Dave, by the way, has long produced one of *the* best jazz shows you’ll hear anywhere and on any radio. Especially the case for people who don’t realize they like jazz. It's a program currently on air under the moniker ‘Nite Train’ on WYSO radio on Monday nights at 8pm (eastern)

More on Dave and 'Nite Trane' here...
https://www.wyso.org/show/nitetrane

06/12/2026

Great new performance by Jesse Welles and his band. Always love it when Welles goes electric with it.

Some of these songs have already been featured in previous episodes of IAH, and more to join them in the episodes ahead.

00:00 Masks Off4:21 The Ballad of Big Balls8:35 Everything Must D...

06/12/2026

The Ike Reilly Assassination, a truly musical family affair, here on stage at Schubas in Chicago.

Ike and his son Shane's long awaited new album "Blind and Surrounded" is out now! (more on it here...)
https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/10/magnet-exclusive-full-album-premiere-of-ike-reilly-featuring-shane-reillys-surrounded/

The album features Shane's 'Bad Bad Man' which you can hear in last week's IAH episode "Gates of Steal" (Ep.91)
https://www.bigbeef.com/iah-episodes/gates-of-steal

For more on Ike Reilly....
https://www.ikereilly.com/

06/12/2026

Some thoughts on a great new doc by Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin on Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!, and some of its more personal resonance.

The documentary ‘Steal This Story, Please!’ by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal is some truly inspirational work. One that delves into the history of one of America’s greatest journalists, and the independent media juggernaut she was an instrumental force in helping to create. It’s a history that I....

06/11/2026

Nervous Shakedown (Ep.92)

LISTEN HERE:
https://www.mixcloud.com/BigBeefProductions/its-all-happening-nervous-shakedown/

PROGRAM PLAYLIST:
https://www.bigbeef.com/iah-episodes/nervous-shakedown

06/10/2026

Having been living, working and being politically active very much during the height of post-911/Iraq War hysteria, as well as working for decades around institutional media, what Dylan said of the McCarthy era resonates completely.

"Long as you didn't say nothing, you could say anything at all.”
— Bob Dylan

It’s one of the things that inspired the creation of UnCommon Sense TV Media at the time, a programming production that is one of the creative precursors to this current radiophonic venture.
https://www.bigbeef.com/radio

"It's as if 'Democracy Now' was a music show."
- An IAH listener

Tune in and turn up this groovaphonic soundtrack to a new narrative.

More on the history of USTV Media
https://ustvmedia.org/

Democracy Now!