The Zero Hour Report: A Newsletter from Richard (RJ) Eskow

The Zero Hour Report: A Newsletter from Richard (RJ) Eskow

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"Christmas Sun"
A song for you by RJ Eskow & the Burning Surfboards
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On Kris Kristofferson, 1936-2024
In gratitude for his influence, his music, and the strength of his commitment.
A Song for Kinky Friedman
Me, a guitar, and a few memories.
Dissolute Angels: Remembering Mary Weiss and the Shangri-Las
In their leather outfits and knee-high boots, they were angels all the same.
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A Labor Day Left-Populist Country Playlist
Country music has always been working people's music.
Sinéad: The True Believer Goes Home
Real artists are subversive. They come to undermine, not reform, the social and spiritual order of the world.
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Downtown Boys: I recorded this song in 1977
Seems I foresaw "cultural appropriation." Also, why I haven't written anything for a while.
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Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer Goes Home
The snake, he said, was the most beautiful creature of all.
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5 Questions with Andrew Loog Oldham, Ex-Rolling Stones Manager & Rock'n'Roll Pioneer
"Every generation finds a way to escape from the 9 to 5 suppression. "
3
Raw Disturbance: Lennon, Jagger/Richards, and Tariq Ali
Take the revolution where you find it.
My Overdue Takes (Some Contrarian, Some Not) on the Beatles’ ‘Get Back’
Ringo was great on drums. Lennon was great on guitar. The Beatles were a bar band at heart.
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Russiagate Was a Classic Moral Panic – And Jerry Lee Lewis was a “Folk Devil”
Russiagate is the most recent—but certainly not the last—“moral panic” from the political establishment.
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