Prine's balladeering also includes social comment, as in Sam Stone, a song about a veteran returning from the conflict overseas with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

I supported you for months, and you've just thrown all that in my face by losing your job.

Freedom Forum's Paul McMasters calls microstation operators the broadcast equivalent of the old anonymous pamphleteers or alternative newspapers.

... Mr. Greaves, who may be juſtly reckoned a Claſſical Author on this Subject.