Rick Clark
@rickclark.bsky.social
Creative: including Music Supervisor (Dark Winds, Greenleaf, Hell On Wheels, Hap & Leonard), Writer, Songwriter, Producer, and host of WYXR-FM weekly show, Air-Conditioned. Music, Movies/TV, Books, Photography, Travel, anti-trump, No porn, marketing, DMs
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
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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.
When a party has supermajority status in the Mississippi Senate, it can more easily override a governor’s veto, propose constitutional amendments and execute certain procedural actions.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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.
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Why ‘Dark Winds’ Is A Perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes Scored Netflix Show
Netflix’s Navajo noir Dark Winds has won plaudits for its riveting supernatural storyline but it is also reeling in the returns in a way many other productions can't match.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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.
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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.
November 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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.
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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.
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Pentagon’s Version of Regime Propaganda
The Trump administration is trying to muddle reality—and create apathy.
www.theatlantic.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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...
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
October 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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.
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The East Wing Obscenity
Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House
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October 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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...
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
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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
Please make sure your voting information is current and you haven’t been purged.
My husband’s ballot came in the mail. Mine did not. I looked into why and…
I was purged from the voting roll.
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.
I was purged from the voting roll.
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Please make sure your voting information is current and you haven’t been purged.
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.
October 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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.
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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...
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
September 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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.
OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”
September 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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.
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Network (1976) - I'm Mad As Hell Scene | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
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September 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Are we there, yet? The visceral moment of outrage from Network, a timeless cinematic warning from 1976. Welcome to today.
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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.
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Ned Beatty's NETWORK speech-by Paddy Chayefsky
YouTube video by Gart Williams
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September 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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?...
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.
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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.
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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.
September 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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
September 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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.
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LIVE: Members of Congress and Epstein victims hold news conference
YouTube video by Reuters
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September 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Live on Reuters YouTube, in case you can't get this elsewhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1bx...
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.
September 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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.