Thanks for an excellent post. I just popped in "Thud" myself - I had not listened to it since before the attacks. I have never listened so intently to the lyrics before.

Lots of luck getting permission from the current Kevin Gilbert camp. The webmaster of his site is.. is... I won't say it here (but others have). Let's just say she treats all his work as her own little fiefdom - and she ain't sharing.

I've started compiling a cd myself, but it isn't really about 911 but rather about war and lost ideals. One of the songs in the selection is from Jon Butcher called "Holy War". Here's a snippet of the lyrics that I found pretty chilling considering where the attacks originated:

Jimmy's on cable Jerry's in Rome Billy's in Moscow, nobody's home They're flyin' to Boston They'll be here by three They must be confused if they're preaching to me Heaven's knockin' at my door But I won't fight a Holy War Love is all I'm asking for Don't want to fight a Holy War