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Hurricane Carter: Inspiration or Con Man?

It’s pretty amazing what a great protest song Bob Dylan could still write after he had pretty much abandoned the form years before. No wonder Joan Baez was so pissed. My first year at Northwestern, which was 1984, I took a law seminar. The professor told us about how many Black men were routinely tossed …

Late Night With Dave Allen and Brad Laidman

My site is named for a Mojo Nixon lyric, which I believe to be the funniest in Rock history. My friend Dave saw Mojo open for the Pogues once and came home a stone cold convert. We used to have this college radio show that summer and we used to fantasize about having Mojo on.  This …