Kay Miranda Gilbert
@kaymirandagilbert.bsky.social
I study cultural burning, mostly in Australia, Canada and the US. Always looking to learn more.
PROTEST SONGS #226: First Nations
Drezus is a Canadian rapper from the Plains Cree people. On his 2013 title track "Red Winter", he salutes the Idle No More movement, where indigenous people worldwide protested Canada's Bill C-45, which limited Indigenous treaty rights and protection of their
Drezus is a Canadian rapper from the Plains Cree people. On his 2013 title track "Red Winter", he salutes the Idle No More movement, where indigenous people worldwide protested Canada's Bill C-45, which limited Indigenous treaty rights and protection of their
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
PROTEST SONGS #226: First Nations
Drezus is a Canadian rapper from the Plains Cree people. On his 2013 title track "Red Winter", he salutes the Idle No More movement, where indigenous people worldwide protested Canada's Bill C-45, which limited Indigenous treaty rights and protection of their
Drezus is a Canadian rapper from the Plains Cree people. On his 2013 title track "Red Winter", he salutes the Idle No More movement, where indigenous people worldwide protested Canada's Bill C-45, which limited Indigenous treaty rights and protection of their
PROTEST SONGS #225: Anti-war
Boris Vian's "Le Déserteur" is the flip side of #27, "Maman". First performed on the day of France's defeat in Vietnam in 1954, the narrator is a young French soldier writing to the president, saying he will desert rather than kill.
Boris Vian's "Le Déserteur" is the flip side of #27, "Maman". First performed on the day of France's defeat in Vietnam in 1954, the narrator is a young French soldier writing to the president, saying he will desert rather than kill.
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
PROTEST SONGS #225: Anti-war
Boris Vian's "Le Déserteur" is the flip side of #27, "Maman". First performed on the day of France's defeat in Vietnam in 1954, the narrator is a young French soldier writing to the president, saying he will desert rather than kill.
Boris Vian's "Le Déserteur" is the flip side of #27, "Maman". First performed on the day of France's defeat in Vietnam in 1954, the narrator is a young French soldier writing to the president, saying he will desert rather than kill.
PROTEST SONGS #224: Anti-nuclear
As I've said, Tom Lehrer was a product of the Cold War, and thus wrote many songs about his most pressing fear, nuclear war. "Who's Next?", from 1965's That Was the Year That Was, addresses nuclear proliferation. Lehrer was right to be afraid,
As I've said, Tom Lehrer was a product of the Cold War, and thus wrote many songs about his most pressing fear, nuclear war. "Who's Next?", from 1965's That Was the Year That Was, addresses nuclear proliferation. Lehrer was right to be afraid,
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
PROTEST SONGS #224: Anti-nuclear
As I've said, Tom Lehrer was a product of the Cold War, and thus wrote many songs about his most pressing fear, nuclear war. "Who's Next?", from 1965's That Was the Year That Was, addresses nuclear proliferation. Lehrer was right to be afraid,
As I've said, Tom Lehrer was a product of the Cold War, and thus wrote many songs about his most pressing fear, nuclear war. "Who's Next?", from 1965's That Was the Year That Was, addresses nuclear proliferation. Lehrer was right to be afraid,
PROTEST SONGS #223: Veterans, Anti-George W. Bush/9/11 and Second Gulf War
I have to learn to look at the calendar when I'm writing these posts, because I missed Veteran's Day yesterday. So, a day late, here's Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues", from 2007's Sirens of the Ditch.
I have to learn to look at the calendar when I'm writing these posts, because I missed Veteran's Day yesterday. So, a day late, here's Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues", from 2007's Sirens of the Ditch.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
PROTEST SONGS #223: Veterans, Anti-George W. Bush/9/11 and Second Gulf War
I have to learn to look at the calendar when I'm writing these posts, because I missed Veteran's Day yesterday. So, a day late, here's Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues", from 2007's Sirens of the Ditch.
I have to learn to look at the calendar when I'm writing these posts, because I missed Veteran's Day yesterday. So, a day late, here's Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues", from 2007's Sirens of the Ditch.
PROTEST SONGS #222: Anti-racist, 99%, Police brutality
Eddy Grant's 1983 hit "Electric Avenue", from his appropriately named Killer on the Rampage album, protested the 1981 Brixton Riot, a violent outburst in the struggling Afro-Caribbean London neighborhood that was
Eddy Grant's 1983 hit "Electric Avenue", from his appropriately named Killer on the Rampage album, protested the 1981 Brixton Riot, a violent outburst in the struggling Afro-Caribbean London neighborhood that was
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
PROTEST SONGS #222: Anti-racist, 99%, Police brutality
Eddy Grant's 1983 hit "Electric Avenue", from his appropriately named Killer on the Rampage album, protested the 1981 Brixton Riot, a violent outburst in the struggling Afro-Caribbean London neighborhood that was
Eddy Grant's 1983 hit "Electric Avenue", from his appropriately named Killer on the Rampage album, protested the 1981 Brixton Riot, a violent outburst in the struggling Afro-Caribbean London neighborhood that was
PROTEST SONGS #221: Whadda you got?
"Native Tongue" is Mo'Ju exploring their mixed ethnicity and nonbinary sexuality, with jazzy élan. Born Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga (and previously performing as Mojo Juju), Mo'Ju is a Wiradjuri/Filipino singer-songwriter who explores identity, politics and family.
"Native Tongue" is Mo'Ju exploring their mixed ethnicity and nonbinary sexuality, with jazzy élan. Born Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga (and previously performing as Mojo Juju), Mo'Ju is a Wiradjuri/Filipino singer-songwriter who explores identity, politics and family.
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
PROTEST SONGS #221: Whadda you got?
"Native Tongue" is Mo'Ju exploring their mixed ethnicity and nonbinary sexuality, with jazzy élan. Born Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga (and previously performing as Mojo Juju), Mo'Ju is a Wiradjuri/Filipino singer-songwriter who explores identity, politics and family.
"Native Tongue" is Mo'Ju exploring their mixed ethnicity and nonbinary sexuality, with jazzy élan. Born Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga (and previously performing as Mojo Juju), Mo'Ju is a Wiradjuri/Filipino singer-songwriter who explores identity, politics and family.
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Just a visual reminder.
October 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just a visual reminder.
PROTEST SONGS #220: Anti-corporate, Anti-racist
Hayley Williams's new song "True Believer", is from the wonderfully named Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. Its dissonance perfectly captures her anti-corporate, anti-racist message, mingled with her reluctant love of Nashville.
Hayley Williams's new song "True Believer", is from the wonderfully named Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. Its dissonance perfectly captures her anti-corporate, anti-racist message, mingled with her reluctant love of Nashville.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
PROTEST SONGS #220: Anti-corporate, Anti-racist
Hayley Williams's new song "True Believer", is from the wonderfully named Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. Its dissonance perfectly captures her anti-corporate, anti-racist message, mingled with her reluctant love of Nashville.
Hayley Williams's new song "True Believer", is from the wonderfully named Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. Its dissonance perfectly captures her anti-corporate, anti-racist message, mingled with her reluctant love of Nashville.
PROTEST SONGS #219: Anti-nuclear
If Prince's #80 "1999" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" had a baby, it would grow up to be AWOLNATION's "Knights of Shame". This anti-nuke song says "the world's gonna blow up, so let's dance," but with a sprawling, 10+-minute rock-and-rap portrait of Armageddon.
If Prince's #80 "1999" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" had a baby, it would grow up to be AWOLNATION's "Knights of Shame". This anti-nuke song says "the world's gonna blow up, so let's dance," but with a sprawling, 10+-minute rock-and-rap portrait of Armageddon.
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
PROTEST SONGS #219: Anti-nuclear
If Prince's #80 "1999" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" had a baby, it would grow up to be AWOLNATION's "Knights of Shame". This anti-nuke song says "the world's gonna blow up, so let's dance," but with a sprawling, 10+-minute rock-and-rap portrait of Armageddon.
If Prince's #80 "1999" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" had a baby, it would grow up to be AWOLNATION's "Knights of Shame". This anti-nuke song says "the world's gonna blow up, so let's dance," but with a sprawling, 10+-minute rock-and-rap portrait of Armageddon.
The 25th Amendment says that the Vice President and a majority of either the Cabinet or Congress can make a "written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." Any of those people not doing that, *right now*, is in dereliction of duty to the country.
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The 25th Amendment says that the Vice President and a majority of either the Cabinet or Congress can make a "written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." Any of those people not doing that, *right now*, is in dereliction of duty to the country.
PROTEST SONGS #218: Civil Rights Movement
The Staple Singers’ exuberant “Long Walk to D.C.” comes from their most political album, 1968's Soul Folk in Action, "action" being the operative word. This tribute to the 1963 March on Washington takes the Civil Rights marchers from Mississippi
The Staple Singers’ exuberant “Long Walk to D.C.” comes from their most political album, 1968's Soul Folk in Action, "action" being the operative word. This tribute to the 1963 March on Washington takes the Civil Rights marchers from Mississippi
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
PROTEST SONGS #218: Civil Rights Movement
The Staple Singers’ exuberant “Long Walk to D.C.” comes from their most political album, 1968's Soul Folk in Action, "action" being the operative word. This tribute to the 1963 March on Washington takes the Civil Rights marchers from Mississippi
The Staple Singers’ exuberant “Long Walk to D.C.” comes from their most political album, 1968's Soul Folk in Action, "action" being the operative word. This tribute to the 1963 March on Washington takes the Civil Rights marchers from Mississippi
PROTEST SONGS #217: Anti-George W. Bush/9/11 and Second Gulf War, Gimme Some Truth
Green Day's 2004 title track, “American Idiot”, protests the hysteria ginned up by our increasingly concentrated mass media following 9/11, as well as George W. Bush's Second Gulf War. As Billy Joe Armstrong said,
Green Day's 2004 title track, “American Idiot”, protests the hysteria ginned up by our increasingly concentrated mass media following 9/11, as well as George W. Bush's Second Gulf War. As Billy Joe Armstrong said,
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
PROTEST SONGS #217: Anti-George W. Bush/9/11 and Second Gulf War, Gimme Some Truth
Green Day's 2004 title track, “American Idiot”, protests the hysteria ginned up by our increasingly concentrated mass media following 9/11, as well as George W. Bush's Second Gulf War. As Billy Joe Armstrong said,
Green Day's 2004 title track, “American Idiot”, protests the hysteria ginned up by our increasingly concentrated mass media following 9/11, as well as George W. Bush's Second Gulf War. As Billy Joe Armstrong said,
PROTEST SONGS #216: Anti-George H.W. Bush/First Gulf War
Neil Young wrote "Rockin' in the Free World" for his aptly named 1989 album, Freedom. In it, he excoriates George H.W. Bush for talking a "kinder, gentler nation" with Americans as "a thousand points of light," while going to war over fake
Neil Young wrote "Rockin' in the Free World" for his aptly named 1989 album, Freedom. In it, he excoriates George H.W. Bush for talking a "kinder, gentler nation" with Americans as "a thousand points of light," while going to war over fake
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
PROTEST SONGS #216: Anti-George H.W. Bush/First Gulf War
Neil Young wrote "Rockin' in the Free World" for his aptly named 1989 album, Freedom. In it, he excoriates George H.W. Bush for talking a "kinder, gentler nation" with Americans as "a thousand points of light," while going to war over fake
Neil Young wrote "Rockin' in the Free World" for his aptly named 1989 album, Freedom. In it, he excoriates George H.W. Bush for talking a "kinder, gentler nation" with Americans as "a thousand points of light," while going to war over fake
Am I the only person who didn't know that Zohran Mamdani's mother is the brilliant filmmaker Mira Nair?
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Am I the only person who didn't know that Zohran Mamdani's mother is the brilliant filmmaker Mira Nair?
PROTEST SONGS #215: Suffrage
It's election day in California! During the Vietnam war, it came to the forefront of the US consciousness that it was unfair to draft 18-year-olds who had no say in our country's policies, because they couldn't vote until 21. The campaign's motto was,
It's election day in California! During the Vietnam war, it came to the forefront of the US consciousness that it was unfair to draft 18-year-olds who had no say in our country's policies, because they couldn't vote until 21. The campaign's motto was,
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
PROTEST SONGS #215: Suffrage
It's election day in California! During the Vietnam war, it came to the forefront of the US consciousness that it was unfair to draft 18-year-olds who had no say in our country's policies, because they couldn't vote until 21. The campaign's motto was,
It's election day in California! During the Vietnam war, it came to the forefront of the US consciousness that it was unfair to draft 18-year-olds who had no say in our country's policies, because they couldn't vote until 21. The campaign's motto was,
PROTEST SONGS #214: Feminism
The French version of #MeToo is #BalanceTonPorc (Squeal on Your Pig, I like it). Belgian singer Angèle borrowed the phrase for 2019's "Balance Ton Quoi" (Denounce Your What) from her album Brol. The video is every kind of delightful.
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The French version of #MeToo is #BalanceTonPorc (Squeal on Your Pig, I like it). Belgian singer Angèle borrowed the phrase for 2019's "Balance Ton Quoi" (Denounce Your What) from her album Brol. The video is every kind of delightful.
LYRICS
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
PROTEST SONGS #214: Feminism
The French version of #MeToo is #BalanceTonPorc (Squeal on Your Pig, I like it). Belgian singer Angèle borrowed the phrase for 2019's "Balance Ton Quoi" (Denounce Your What) from her album Brol. The video is every kind of delightful.
LYRICS
The French version of #MeToo is #BalanceTonPorc (Squeal on Your Pig, I like it). Belgian singer Angèle borrowed the phrase for 2019's "Balance Ton Quoi" (Denounce Your What) from her album Brol. The video is every kind of delightful.
LYRICS
PROTEST SONGS #213: Vietnam-era Anti-war
Donovan's "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" is essentially another version of #174, "Galveston". Both are simple songs about a soldier who desperately wishes he weren't in Vietnam, longing for the love who waits for him at home.
Donovan's "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" is essentially another version of #174, "Galveston". Both are simple songs about a soldier who desperately wishes he weren't in Vietnam, longing for the love who waits for him at home.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
PROTEST SONGS #213: Vietnam-era Anti-war
Donovan's "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" is essentially another version of #174, "Galveston". Both are simple songs about a soldier who desperately wishes he weren't in Vietnam, longing for the love who waits for him at home.
Donovan's "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" is essentially another version of #174, "Galveston". Both are simple songs about a soldier who desperately wishes he weren't in Vietnam, longing for the love who waits for him at home.
PROTEST SONGS #207: Anti-Trump, Environment, Gimme Some Truth
Elle Cordova is new to me, and I'm loving her satirical songs and sketches (see YouTube). Here is her very topical "For Our Scientists", a thumbs-up for science, truth and smart people, at a time when we desperately need all three.
Elle Cordova is new to me, and I'm loving her satirical songs and sketches (see YouTube). Here is her very topical "For Our Scientists", a thumbs-up for science, truth and smart people, at a time when we desperately need all three.
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
PROTEST SONGS #207: Anti-Trump, Environment, Gimme Some Truth
Elle Cordova is new to me, and I'm loving her satirical songs and sketches (see YouTube). Here is her very topical "For Our Scientists", a thumbs-up for science, truth and smart people, at a time when we desperately need all three.
Elle Cordova is new to me, and I'm loving her satirical songs and sketches (see YouTube). Here is her very topical "For Our Scientists", a thumbs-up for science, truth and smart people, at a time when we desperately need all three.
PROTEST SONGS #211: Queer Rights
For Halloween, how about a song by a masked man? Ned Sublette wrote and recorded "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other" in 1982, but it took Orville Peck (under the mask is Daniel Pitout) and Willie Nelson to make it a hit.
For Halloween, how about a song by a masked man? Ned Sublette wrote and recorded "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other" in 1982, but it took Orville Peck (under the mask is Daniel Pitout) and Willie Nelson to make it a hit.
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
PROTEST SONGS #211: Queer Rights
For Halloween, how about a song by a masked man? Ned Sublette wrote and recorded "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other" in 1982, but it took Orville Peck (under the mask is Daniel Pitout) and Willie Nelson to make it a hit.
For Halloween, how about a song by a masked man? Ned Sublette wrote and recorded "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other" in 1982, but it took Orville Peck (under the mask is Daniel Pitout) and Willie Nelson to make it a hit.
Desperate for a fast and easy Halloween costume? Put on a grey hoodie and sweatpants, pulling the hood close around your head. Crumble newspapers and stuff them into both, front and back. When people ask you what you're supposed to be, crouch down and say, "Plymouth Rock".
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Desperate for a fast and easy Halloween costume? Put on a grey hoodie and sweatpants, pulling the hood close around your head. Crumble newspapers and stuff them into both, front and back. When people ask you what you're supposed to be, crouch down and say, "Plymouth Rock".
PROTEST SONGS #210: Gimme Some Truth
How is it that Jack Johnson wrote "Good People" in 2005, and not after reading today's headlines? It seems like the bad people have a stranglehold on mass media now, but keep looking—there are many good people, some in *very* unexpected places.
How is it that Jack Johnson wrote "Good People" in 2005, and not after reading today's headlines? It seems like the bad people have a stranglehold on mass media now, but keep looking—there are many good people, some in *very* unexpected places.
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
PROTEST SONGS #210: Gimme Some Truth
How is it that Jack Johnson wrote "Good People" in 2005, and not after reading today's headlines? It seems like the bad people have a stranglehold on mass media now, but keep looking—there are many good people, some in *very* unexpected places.
How is it that Jack Johnson wrote "Good People" in 2005, and not after reading today's headlines? It seems like the bad people have a stranglehold on mass media now, but keep looking—there are many good people, some in *very* unexpected places.
PROTEST SONGS #209: Anti-Nixon, Gimme Some Truth
John Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth" is a Beatles-era protest released on Lennon's first solo album, 1971's Imagine. I wish he were still alive, for many reasons. But if he thought Nixon and other politicians were hypocritical in 1971, I'd love to hear
John Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth" is a Beatles-era protest released on Lennon's first solo album, 1971's Imagine. I wish he were still alive, for many reasons. But if he thought Nixon and other politicians were hypocritical in 1971, I'd love to hear
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
PROTEST SONGS #209: Anti-Nixon, Gimme Some Truth
John Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth" is a Beatles-era protest released on Lennon's first solo album, 1971's Imagine. I wish he were still alive, for many reasons. But if he thought Nixon and other politicians were hypocritical in 1971, I'd love to hear
John Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth" is a Beatles-era protest released on Lennon's first solo album, 1971's Imagine. I wish he were still alive, for many reasons. But if he thought Nixon and other politicians were hypocritical in 1971, I'd love to hear
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE. Let them know that's not acceptable. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/G6pCDlrx
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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October 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM