This edition of Air-Conditioned lays down a raw groove with Eddie Hinton, ZZ Top, Bonnie Raitt, Cate Brothers, James Brown, NRBQ, Rolling Stones, and Southern Culture On The Skids. I also added Los Super 7, Neville Brothers, Lou Ann Barton, Etta James, Keith Richards, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. 1/2

Trump may think he’s ingratiating himself to Democrats, but this pardon is one more example that Crooks run with Crooks. By the way, I don’t care how many Democrats are in the Epstein files, anyone who has proven to be guilty should serve a sentence, regardless of their political leanings.

This week’s episode of Air-Conditioned shines the light on rock between 1967 and 1970. It was a musically rich time, and you can hear it in these fine tracks by Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Beatles, Cream, Allman Brothers, Steppenwolf, Blind Faith, Led Zeppelin, James Gang, and Derek & The Dominos. 1/2

I’m hopeful. prospect.org/2025/11/24/t...

I remember standing in a Memphis department store, Goldsmiths, in the area where televisions were sold. There was a wall of these TVs, and dozens of adults watching the Kennedy funeral, and John F. Kennedy Jr. saluted as the casket passed. Dozens of adults around me wept. 1/2

The beloved Tennessee Troubadour Todd Snider passed away Nov 14th, supposedly of Walking Pneumonia. It was a shock to everyone in the Americana world, especially in Nashvile. This 223rd Episode of Air-Conditioned is a tribute to this beloved singer-songwriter. #toddsnider 1/3

This development isn't surprising, sadly. All the years and life experience of creatives are being drained and repurposed to "allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence tools." If there's any positive aspect to this, I would love to know. #KLAY 1/2

We’re fans of Slow Horses, and the show’s theme song with Mick Jagger. Realizing I needed to think about this week’s episode of Air-Conditioned, I started there, and rounded up Morphine, Talking Heads, Soul Coughing, Chuck Prophet, St Vincent, Television, and Elvis Costello & The Attractions. 1/3

Florence + The Machine, Madison Cunningham, and Hannah Frances are uniquely gifted artists who just released some great new music. They get love on this 200th episode of Air-Conditioned, as well as Radiohead, Mitski, Dirty Projectors, Bjork, Dust City Opera, and James Blake. 1/3

Good morning! Truly a good morning! I would like to add one election outcome that will probably be overlooked, but one that is very encouraging. Mississippi, a state with a long history of voter suppression, particularly the Black population, had very good election results for Democrats.

Thanks to my friend, Deryle, for sharing this. It's great to see all the enthusiasm for this show. It is gratifying to be a part of this production. www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...

Tonight’s 60 Minutes opening segment featured Norah O'Donnell interviewing the self-important con artist currently in the gilded Oval Office. Thankfully, this wasn't a capitulation to trump, as the segment only succeeded in allowing his lack of self-awareness to strut his massive character flaws.

This 219th episode theme of Air-Conditioned is Halloween and this musical treat bag of goodies includes Nina Simone, The Cramps, Warren Zevon, Buck Owens, Talking Heads, Earth Kitt, Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac, Boswell Sisters, Dolly Parton with Porter Wagoner and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. 1/3

As payrolls for government employees have been stopped and SNAP benefits are being cut off (affecting tens of millions of people), not to mention the fact that Health Insurance premiums are skyrocketing, it is worth noting that Republicans continue paying ICE. Ponder that.

Anne Applebaum "Modern authoritarian propaganda, of the kind we are about to receive from the Pentagon and perhaps other government agencies, isn’t designed to produce true believers or mass movements. It’s designed to produce apathy." Check out this article. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This 218th episode of Air-Conditioned will spotlight Neil and Tim Finn — their solo and duo work, as well as Crowded House and Split Enz. We'll also explore two more acts from “Down Under,” Paul Kelly & The Messengers and The Swingers. #CrowdedHouse 1/3

Watching trump’s desecration of the White House is heartbreaking. He does whatever he wants, and no one stops him, certainly the Republican Party. The system of checks and balances has been dismantled enough that his raging ego can run amouk. open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

This 218th episode of Air-Conditioned keeps things organic with great music by Tracy Chapman, Joan Armatrading, Girly Man, Punch Brothers, Tori Amos, Velvet Underground, Buffalo Springfield, Francis Dunnery, Susanna Hoffs, Matthew Sweet, and Bonnie Raitt. Good stuff! 1/3

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Today is my Sweetie's birthday and she curated this episode. The result is a really groovin’ feel-good show. Along with Sam & Dave, she selected some great tracks by Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Lou Ann Barton, Olu Dara, Etta James, Tom Waits, Tito Puente, Otis Redding, and Carla Thomas.

This 214th episode of my WYXR-FM show Air-Conditioned goes psychedelic. Grab your headphones, close your eyes, and let Eric Burdon & The Animals, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Beatles, The Move, Cream, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Skip Spence, Bee Gees, The Who, and Rolling Stones be your tour guides.

Never in my life did I think we'd have such a dangerous person in the Oval Office, but trump didn't hold back when he told the gathered American military, “I told Pete we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

This episode of Air-Conditioned is a glitter coated tribute to Glam. T-Rex, Roxy Music, Mott The Hoople, Sparks, The New York Dolls, Jobriath, Lou Reed, Suede, Mick Ronson, David Werner and Elton John strut in their stuff in full sparkling musical make-up and rhythmic rouge. 1/2

When John Oliver mentions there are "chilling precedents happening all over the world right now," the first thing that came to mind was Anne Applebaum's impressive book Autocracy, Inc. I don't believe trump is only a Russian asset. The corruption is far deeper.

Are we there, yet? The visceral moment of outrage from Network, a timeless cinematic warning from 1976. Welcome to today. youtu.be/_RujOFCHsxo?...

Kimmel’s taken off the air!! Follow the money. This is the raw ugly reality of unfettered deregulated Capitalism. These CEO fuckers will crawl up trump’s ass to advance their bottom line. Meanwhile, treat yourself to watching Paddy Cayefsky’s brilliant 1976 film Network. youtu.be/yuBe93FMiJc?...

Robert Redford has passed away. besides being one of the great actors of American cinema, starring in films like All the President’s Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Natural, The Way We Were, The Candidate and his great performance All Is Lost among many other film classics.

This sums my feelings about Kirk. The right of free speech came at a great price, but we are responsible for our words and those who incite violence or cruelty need to be immediately called out publicly. Kirk was a verbal bomb thrower dressed in White Christian Nationalist privilege.

My 213th episode of Air-Conditioned is going to space with the help of Phineas & Ferb, Carl Sagan, Stevie Wonder, Sesame Street, Mr Rogers, The B52s, Seu Jorge, David Bowie, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Firesign Theatre, The Byrds, Homer Simpson, Jimi Hendrix and Stephen Hawking with Monty Python.

Marlene Dietrich isn’t one to be boxed in, and a natural for my weekly musical mash-up, Air-Conditioned. Also in the mix are Suzanne Vega, Daniel Johnston, Uncle Walt’s Band, Beach Bunny, Shawn Colvin, Drive-By Truckers, These Days, and Bill Lee belting out the goods from South Pacific. 1/3

Live on Reuters YouTube, in case you can't get this elsewhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1bx...

They should run the entire event on live TV. I remember when network television would air an empty stage for 30 minutes waiting for him to yammer his nonsense. Airing this event live might be a small atonement for all of their shitty trump coverage over the years.

This 211th edition of my weekly musical dive, I call Air-Conditioned, features Ry Cooder, Sarah Jarosz, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Buddy & Julie Miller, Skip Spence, Bob Dylan, Trombone Shorty, The Byrds, Neil Young, Willis Alan Ramsey, The Jody Grind, Odetta, and Lyle Lovett.

Why of course, this is what good Christian Nationalists do for people in need.

I return to my office after lunch and not only do I have the privilege of seeing the statue in the town Square paying tribute to the Confederate soldier, I have this knucklehead parked in front of my window. Aah, the Deep South. These folks are a loud minority, but the TN politicians support them.

This week's Air-Conditioned is a disparate mash-up of artists, but it all flows nicely. I rounded up John Hiatt, Kate Bush, Tanita Tikaram, Jayhawks, Peter Gabriel, Pura Fé, Crowded House, and Tom Petty, Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Williams Brothers, Tori Amos, and Jimmy Dale Gilmore bring it home. 1/2

I appreciate Heather Cox Richardson’s diligence connecting today’s troubling developments through her lens as a historian. This particular post of hers is an important reminder how schools and institutions are vulnerable to the trump administration’s efforts to whitewash history. 1/3 #statesrights

This 209th episode of Air-Conditioned celebrates 70s singer-songwriters and interpreters of songs like Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Stephen Stills, James Taylor, Karla Bonoff, Neil Young, Dan Fogelberg, Loggins & Messina, Joe Walsh, The Byrds, & Donna Summer. 1/3

If Trump can take people, he doesn’t like to court, then I hope all of these people he has fired have their lawyers ready. Trump’s Pick to Lead Labor Data Agency Adds to Fears of Political Interference

It’s Episode 208 of my weekly music dive, Air-Conditioned. I’ve been leaning into all kinds of vocals. We’ll hear Indigo Girls, Everly Brothers, Swingle Singers, Petra Haden, Pete Seeger, Manhattan Transfer, Beatles, and Lambert Hendricks & Ross. #rickclark

I received a call from Keith Secola, who shared that our version of "NDN Kars," featured in Dark Winds, Season 3, Episode 308, reached #1 on the SiriusXM Indigenous Music Countdown this week. The scene "NDN Kars" appears in is one of my very favorite music uses ever. Congratulations, Keith!!

I met Jeff Buckley while I was living in Memphis. He and his band were doing an unplugged set at my neighborhood record store. I walked to the store and caught the performance. There were maybe three dozen people in the store, and everyone in that room was mesmerized and moved by what they saw. 1/6

A rendering of the proposed ballroom at the latest trump property. As long as he has a lock on the Presidency and Republicans blindly do his bidding, he'll live the life he always believed he deserved, especially once he paints the whole place gold and puts a big trump sign on top.

It will take years addressing the corruption and repairing the damage trump and his administration have done to this country. Unnoticed Whistle-Blower Document Alarms Justice Department Veterans www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

My weekly music dish I call Air-Conditioned Episode 207 is what happens when you stir up a pot of Nina Simone, Swamp Dogg, Laurel & Hardy, Little Milton, Jim Dickinson, Allen Toussaint, Corey Harris, with The Delta Rhythm Boys and the Les Paul Trio. That’s a lot ingredients, but … 1/3 #wyxr-memphis

Tonights 60 Minutes opened with a smartly chosen replay of a previously aired episode, which was a horrific deep dive into a the “disappearing” of citizens during a time when Argentina became a dictatorship. A solution to insure these people disappeared involved flying these captives... 1/3

trump is determined to take a swing at everyone. There is a great Allen Toussaint song lyric that applies to guys like him. “It's high time that you found The same dudes you misuse on your way up You might meet up On your way down” youtu.be/VeqS7RhLjJ0?si

Robert Reich is right. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/m...

We’re in peak Summer here in the South. If ever there was a time for a show called Air-Conditioned, it is now. To help tune the air, this edition brings you XTC, Carly Simon, Sly & The Family Stone, The Kinks, Bobbie Gentry, War, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Amy Rigby, and more. #Air-Conditioned 1/2

The Colbert Report was a great show. Colbert has had an influential run on television for the last two decades. This back-and-forth with Robert Reich on the old Colbert show is a reminder that wealth inequality is a core issue in our country. There is no reason for billionaires to exist.