Searching for Stigmata–free demo mp3

Irony abounds at the Q Café in Seattle, WA, where one patron’s First Amendment rights were abridged by two organizations that rely heavily on leveraging those same sacred rights, immediately following the world premiere performance of Thomas Hubbard’s latest song, Searching for Stigmata, on Tuesday evening, July 13, 2010. 

Before he could even put down his guitar, Hubbard was verbally assaulted by a self-appointed authority on cursing who also claimed responsibility as spokesperson for both the Quest Church, owners of the Q Café, and Victory Music, sponsor of the popular weekly open mic where the incident occurred.  The spokesperson unequivocally banned any future performance of Searching for Stigmata at the Q Café, a Seattle coffee house and venue hosting a wide variety of musical events which are all open to the public. 

The song, Searching for Stigmata, was deemed morally offensive at a venue where an entire gamut of political rants and otherwise slanderous and demeaning statements are tolerated on a regular basis, including frequent inflammatory speeches delivered from the stage by the venue’s own spokesperson.  While Hubbard’s lyrics offer a stark assessment of the interrelationships between child abuse, religion and mental illness, based on over five decades of research and personal experience, he has offered no apologies for his honesty, quoting fellow songwriter, Eric Taylor, as saying, “I’m a leftist.  Got no use for a damn liberal.”  Hubbard is a disabled mechanic living and making music in Seattle, WA.  He is best known for the power of his poetry and somewhat tolerated as a musician.

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Click the link above for a free download of the controversial song, Searching for Stigmata, by Thomas Hubbard.  “Judge not lest ye be judged.”  Move over King Herod.  Feel the heat.