Independence Meal is Alix’s edgy and intimate spoken word with raw musical accompaniment by Pamela Means, Lyndell Montgomery, and Ubaka Hill. Released in 2003.

“Alix Olson is an activist with a heart of gold. She is fighting the good fight with humor, rhythm and oh yeah, anger.”  —Gaydar Magazine

“Olson’s incendiary, rhythmic treatise on political accountability, “Pirates,” is sure to win her devotees.”  — Out Magazine

“…sweet and charming to a fiery feminist rant..these are socially aware poems that can sit next to Allen Ginsberg… she delivers it with superlative style and vigor.”  —Woman Rock Magazine