Andrew Goutman
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Andrew Goutman
@andygman.bsky.social
Boycott '60 Minutes.'
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We mourn the loss of Steve "the Colonel" Cropper, who was songwriter and session guitarist for Stax Records in Memphis. Here is my profile of Stax. andrewgoutman.com/stax-volt-re...
Stax Records' Enduring Legacy of Memphis Soul Music • The Record
Stax-Volt was built on the unshakeable foundation of genuine Soul music uniquely African-American.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Heads up, folks. They're coming for our gummies. andrewgoutman.com/marijuana-ba...
Why Is Marijuana Still a Schedule 1 Narcotic (and Why Are They Trying to Ban It)?
Legislation passed to end the government shutdown would ban recreational weed and edibles.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
That's why he pardoned the losers.
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Eric Clapton found a kindred spirit in Duane Allman, whose slide guitar rocked the Layla sessions. andrewgoutman.com/layla-eric-c...
Six Encounters with 'Layla,' One of Rock's Most Beloved Songs
The song's "piano finish," written by drummer Jim Gordon and Rita Coolidge, was originally meant to stand alone. Duane Allman's slide guitar rocked the Layla sessions.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Trump’s Sullen Disrespect for Veterans

It seems Trump has no allegiance to serving your country. It's just a means of acquiring power. Prologue In the first installment of the iconic film The Godfather, Sonny Corleone reacts to his brother Michael's announcement that he has enlisted in the…
Trump’s Sullen Disrespect for Veterans
It seems Trump has no allegiance to serving your country. It's just a means of acquiring power. Prologue In the first installment of the iconic film The Godfather, Sonny Corleone reacts to his brother Michael's announcement that he has enlisted in the military to fight in World War II: Sonny : They're saps...because they risk their lives for strangers.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Nile Rodgers: Hitmaker and the Godfather of Disco

Nile Rodgers dabbled in various musical genres after the disco '70s, producing hits for David Bowie, Madonna, and Diana Ross.  Lightbulb Goes Off Nile Rodgers had a great idea for his budding R&B touring band at the dawn of the '70s. "We didn't…
Nile Rodgers: Hitmaker and the Godfather of Disco
Nile Rodgers dabbled in various musical genres after the disco '70s, producing hits for David Bowie, Madonna, and Diana Ross.  Lightbulb Goes Off Nile Rodgers had a great idea for his budding R&B touring band at the dawn of the '70s. "We didn't want to be a small band playing bar mitzvahs for the rest of our lives," Rodgers told the Washington Post in 1978…
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August 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump's fear-based autocratic enterprise will end badly because you can't shove ideology down people's throats.https://andrewgoutman.com/trumps-maga-wont-change-minds/
July 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Trump’s MAGA Revolution Won’t Change Hearts and Minds

Trump is shoving right-wing MAGA ideology down America's throat. It's not a recipe for success. January 1981 We're about six months into the Trump presidency, and it's pretty clear that the Trump administration is bent on transforming the…
Trump’s MAGA Revolution Won’t Change Hearts and Minds
Trump is shoving right-wing MAGA ideology down America's throat. It's not a recipe for success. January 1981 We're about six months into the Trump presidency, and it's pretty clear that the Trump administration is bent on transforming the American landscape into some sort of MAGA fantasyland. His reckless issuance of Executive Orders that have dubious constitutional abidance, his attacks on universities, the press, law firms, and anything else that have not bowed sufficiently to Dear Leader, and especially his indiscriminate frisking of brown-skinned people to fulfill a deportation quota, have spectators gasping for breath.
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July 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Atlantic Records was the top R&B destination before Motown. Then Atlantic signed the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. andrewgoutman.com/ahmet-ertegu...
When Atlantic Records Traded R&B for Rock 'n' Roll
After Ray Charles left Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun embraced long-haired rockers.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
RIP, Sly Stone, who died yesterday, June 9. Here are five of his amazing songs, Videos included. andrewgoutman.com/sly-and-the-...
Sly and the Family Stone in Five Celebrated Songs • The Record
Sly's brand of 'psychedelic funk' was a perfect fit for the late sixties.
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June 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Why is Trump creating fear and uncertainty over Social Security? Because he can. He gets off on it. andrewgoutman.com/social-secur...
Behind the False Claims of Social Security Fraud
Social Security, a beloved government program, is in Trump's crosshairs.
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May 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Remembering 40 rockers 80 years or older who are still with us, with many still touring. andrewgoutman.com/aging-rock-s...
For Aging Rock Stars, 90 Is the New 30!
Some reasons why an 80-year-old rocker would embark on a grueling world tour.
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March 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
When arguing about DEI, here is a source for some positive talking points. andrewgoutman.com/dei-human-pr...
DEI: A Triumph of Human Progress
Trump's score-settling opposition to DEI reflects his desire for a white male-dominant society.
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February 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Updated Popular vote totals:
Trump - 49.8%...Harris 48.3% Neither candidate can claim the majority.
With 1.5% separating them, it was the closest popular vote since 2000.
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February 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
That's even accounting for purplish battleground states that went for Biden in 2020.
January 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
For inauguration day, I thought I'd give you a heads-up of what's in store for our country. andrewgoutman.com/red-scare-co...
Will the 'Red Scare' Be Revived Under Trump?
Trump;s angry rhetoric and threats of retribution recall the Hollywood Blacklist of the '40s and '50s, when hundreds lost their livelihoods.
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January 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Speaks for itself. Let the buyers' remorse begin.
January 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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January 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
When I hawked newspapers on the streets of Philly. Doesn't happen often these days. andrewgoutman.com/when-newspap...
When Newspapers Were in Demand on the Streets of Philadelphia
My reminiscence of being part of a crew who got up before dawn to hawk a tabloid newspaper on Philadelphia street corners.
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January 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
G.O.A.T. roll call. Who is your sports hero?
January 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Whenever you encounter yet another act of Trumpian cruelty, remember: It doesn't have to be that way.
December 28, 2024 at 10:07 PM
My blog, The Record, contains over 100 articles covering rock 'n' roll's history, geography, and root genres. Here is a post on how rock 'n' roll began (the article is not based on the chart below, although the chart is interesting): andrewgoutman.com/how-rock-n-r...
How Rock 'n' Roll Began
Rock 'n' roll began as an outcome of musical interactions between Black and White. How did it establish a stronghold in the mid-fifties?
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December 27, 2024 at 11:29 PM