Kay Miranda Gilbert
@kaymirandagilbert.bsky.social
I study cultural burning, mostly in Australia, Canada and the US. Always looking to learn more.
PROTEST SONGS #251: Aboriginal Rights
In 2017, Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islands representatives from across Australia collaborated on Uluru Statement from the Heart, a manifesto for constitutional reform. In 2020, Midnight Oil joined with Aboriginal musicians to make
In 2017, Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islands representatives from across Australia collaborated on Uluru Statement from the Heart, a manifesto for constitutional reform. In 2020, Midnight Oil joined with Aboriginal musicians to make
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
PROTEST SONGS #251: Aboriginal Rights
In 2017, Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islands representatives from across Australia collaborated on Uluru Statement from the Heart, a manifesto for constitutional reform. In 2020, Midnight Oil joined with Aboriginal musicians to make
In 2017, Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islands representatives from across Australia collaborated on Uluru Statement from the Heart, a manifesto for constitutional reform. In 2020, Midnight Oil joined with Aboriginal musicians to make
PROTEST SONGS #250: Civil Rights Movement
John Waters' Hairspray is in part a work of revisionist Civil Rights history. Waters grew up in Baltimore, where, in 1964, local American Bandstand rival The Buddy Deane Show was cancelled because Deane would not integrate the teen dancers,
John Waters' Hairspray is in part a work of revisionist Civil Rights history. Waters grew up in Baltimore, where, in 1964, local American Bandstand rival The Buddy Deane Show was cancelled because Deane would not integrate the teen dancers,
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
PROTEST SONGS #250: Civil Rights Movement
John Waters' Hairspray is in part a work of revisionist Civil Rights history. Waters grew up in Baltimore, where, in 1964, local American Bandstand rival The Buddy Deane Show was cancelled because Deane would not integrate the teen dancers,
John Waters' Hairspray is in part a work of revisionist Civil Rights history. Waters grew up in Baltimore, where, in 1964, local American Bandstand rival The Buddy Deane Show was cancelled because Deane would not integrate the teen dancers,
PROTEST SONGS #249: Anti-Trump
I started the Protest Song Project because I didn't know why I wasn't hearing anti-Trump protest songs. Turns out there are *scads* of them, but unlike the '60s-'80s, they aren't by mainstream artists, and they aren't getting airplay.
I started the Protest Song Project because I didn't know why I wasn't hearing anti-Trump protest songs. Turns out there are *scads* of them, but unlike the '60s-'80s, they aren't by mainstream artists, and they aren't getting airplay.
December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
PROTEST SONGS #249: Anti-Trump
I started the Protest Song Project because I didn't know why I wasn't hearing anti-Trump protest songs. Turns out there are *scads* of them, but unlike the '60s-'80s, they aren't by mainstream artists, and they aren't getting airplay.
I started the Protest Song Project because I didn't know why I wasn't hearing anti-Trump protest songs. Turns out there are *scads* of them, but unlike the '60s-'80s, they aren't by mainstream artists, and they aren't getting airplay.
PROTEST SONGS #249: Anti-Trump
I started the Protest Song Project because I didn't know why I wasn't hearing anti-Trump protest songs. Turns out there are *scads* of them, but unlike the '60s-'80s, they aren't by mainstream artists, and they aren't getting airplay.
I started the Protest Song Project because I didn't know why I wasn't hearing anti-Trump protest songs. Turns out there are *scads* of them, but unlike the '60s-'80s, they aren't by mainstream artists, and they aren't getting airplay.
December 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
PROTEST SONGS #249: Anti-Trump
I started the Protest Song Project because I didn't know why I wasn't hearing anti-Trump protest songs. Turns out there are *scads* of them, but unlike the '60s-'80s, they aren't by mainstream artists, and they aren't getting airplay.
I started the Protest Song Project because I didn't know why I wasn't hearing anti-Trump protest songs. Turns out there are *scads* of them, but unlike the '60s-'80s, they aren't by mainstream artists, and they aren't getting airplay.
PROTEST SONGS #248: Civil Rights Movement, Police brutality
Yesterday featured Rhymefest, who co-wrote "Glory" with Common and John Legend, so that's today's song. The 2014 film Selma tells the story of Civil Rights marchers whose non-violent protests for voting rights met Alabama Governor George
Yesterday featured Rhymefest, who co-wrote "Glory" with Common and John Legend, so that's today's song. The 2014 film Selma tells the story of Civil Rights marchers whose non-violent protests for voting rights met Alabama Governor George
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
PROTEST SONGS #248: Civil Rights Movement, Police brutality
Yesterday featured Rhymefest, who co-wrote "Glory" with Common and John Legend, so that's today's song. The 2014 film Selma tells the story of Civil Rights marchers whose non-violent protests for voting rights met Alabama Governor George
Yesterday featured Rhymefest, who co-wrote "Glory" with Common and John Legend, so that's today's song. The 2014 film Selma tells the story of Civil Rights marchers whose non-violent protests for voting rights met Alabama Governor George
PROTEST SONGS #247: Anti-racist
Che Armond Smith, PhD, stage name Rhymefest, is a Chicago leader, legend, and member of the Chicago Board of Education. He co-wrote two touchstone songs, Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", and "Glory", from the film Selma.
Che Armond Smith, PhD, stage name Rhymefest, is a Chicago leader, legend, and member of the Chicago Board of Education. He co-wrote two touchstone songs, Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", and "Glory", from the film Selma.
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
PROTEST SONGS #247: Anti-racist
Che Armond Smith, PhD, stage name Rhymefest, is a Chicago leader, legend, and member of the Chicago Board of Education. He co-wrote two touchstone songs, Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", and "Glory", from the film Selma.
Che Armond Smith, PhD, stage name Rhymefest, is a Chicago leader, legend, and member of the Chicago Board of Education. He co-wrote two touchstone songs, Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", and "Glory", from the film Selma.
PROTEST SONGS #246: Resist/Rebel/Revolt
Today's song, Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down", has a message for us all. Right now, our democracy seems to be facing impossible odds, and it seems like every day Trump finds another way to claw back any progress we've made as a country and as human beings.
Today's song, Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down", has a message for us all. Right now, our democracy seems to be facing impossible odds, and it seems like every day Trump finds another way to claw back any progress we've made as a country and as human beings.
December 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
PROTEST SONGS #246: Resist/Rebel/Revolt
Today's song, Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down", has a message for us all. Right now, our democracy seems to be facing impossible odds, and it seems like every day Trump finds another way to claw back any progress we've made as a country and as human beings.
Today's song, Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down", has a message for us all. Right now, our democracy seems to be facing impossible odds, and it seems like every day Trump finds another way to claw back any progress we've made as a country and as human beings.
PROTEST SONGS #245: Police brutality, Anti-Trump
I discovered Pussy Riot through Femen , the militant feminist activists who started in pre-Zelenskyy Ukraine but were driven into exile in France. Pussy Riot is a Russian-feminist-punk-guerilla-art-and-music collective that protests Putin's regime
I discovered Pussy Riot through Femen , the militant feminist activists who started in pre-Zelenskyy Ukraine but were driven into exile in France. Pussy Riot is a Russian-feminist-punk-guerilla-art-and-music collective that protests Putin's regime
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
PROTEST SONGS #245: Police brutality, Anti-Trump
I discovered Pussy Riot through Femen , the militant feminist activists who started in pre-Zelenskyy Ukraine but were driven into exile in France. Pussy Riot is a Russian-feminist-punk-guerilla-art-and-music collective that protests Putin's regime
I discovered Pussy Riot through Femen , the militant feminist activists who started in pre-Zelenskyy Ukraine but were driven into exile in France. Pussy Riot is a Russian-feminist-punk-guerilla-art-and-music collective that protests Putin's regime
PROTEST SONGS #244: 99%, Late Capitalism
In "Them Belly Full", Bob Marley & The Wailers reminds us that "A hungry mob is a angry mob". Trump and Project 2025 should remember this as they impoverish more Americans by cutting food aid and medical care. From 1974's Natty Dread:
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
PROTEST SONGS #244: 99%, Late Capitalism
In "Them Belly Full", Bob Marley & The Wailers reminds us that "A hungry mob is a angry mob". Trump and Project 2025 should remember this as they impoverish more Americans by cutting food aid and medical care. From 1974's Natty Dread:
PROTEST SONGS #243: Anti-Trump, Immigration
Here's a timely filk of José Feliciano's 1970 "Feliz Navidad", by carollers outside Home Depot, protesting ICE. Shame on Home Depot for not standing up to ICE in defense of the day workers and their clients who bring the chain so much business.
Here's a timely filk of José Feliciano's 1970 "Feliz Navidad", by carollers outside Home Depot, protesting ICE. Shame on Home Depot for not standing up to ICE in defense of the day workers and their clients who bring the chain so much business.
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
PROTEST SONGS #243: Anti-Trump, Immigration
Here's a timely filk of José Feliciano's 1970 "Feliz Navidad", by carollers outside Home Depot, protesting ICE. Shame on Home Depot for not standing up to ICE in defense of the day workers and their clients who bring the chain so much business.
Here's a timely filk of José Feliciano's 1970 "Feliz Navidad", by carollers outside Home Depot, protesting ICE. Shame on Home Depot for not standing up to ICE in defense of the day workers and their clients who bring the chain so much business.
PROTEST SONGS #242: Environment
In honor of my husband's birthday, here's one of his favorite songs. The incomparable—and sorely missed—John Prine wrote "Paradise" for his self-titled 1971 album. Prine's parents really were from Muhlenberg County, KY,
In honor of my husband's birthday, here's one of his favorite songs. The incomparable—and sorely missed—John Prine wrote "Paradise" for his self-titled 1971 album. Prine's parents really were from Muhlenberg County, KY,
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
PROTEST SONGS #242: Environment
In honor of my husband's birthday, here's one of his favorite songs. The incomparable—and sorely missed—John Prine wrote "Paradise" for his self-titled 1971 album. Prine's parents really were from Muhlenberg County, KY,
In honor of my husband's birthday, here's one of his favorite songs. The incomparable—and sorely missed—John Prine wrote "Paradise" for his self-titled 1971 album. Prine's parents really were from Muhlenberg County, KY,
PROTEST SONGS #241: Anti-war, Vietnam-era anti-war, Anti-George H.W. Bush/First Gulf War
To honor the late, great Jimmy Cliff, "Vietnam", from his self-titled 1969 album. He personifies the war through a friend who dies just before he can come home, and his mother who gets the news by telegram.
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
PROTEST SONGS #241: Anti-war, Vietnam-era anti-war, Anti-George H.W. Bush/First Gulf War
To honor the late, great Jimmy Cliff, "Vietnam", from his self-titled 1969 album. He personifies the war through a friend who dies just before he can come home, and his mother who gets the news by telegram.
If you have a chance to seevthe national tour of Suffs, go for it! It's a bright and moving musical about the first-wave feminisrs who won the vote for women (for *white* women, as Ida B. Wells points out) in 1920. The theater was full of second-wave feminists, and the play's protagonist,
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If you have a chance to seevthe national tour of Suffs, go for it! It's a bright and moving musical about the first-wave feminisrs who won the vote for women (for *white* women, as Ida B. Wells points out) in 1920. The theater was full of second-wave feminists, and the play's protagonist,
PROTEST SONGS #240: Anti-nuclear
Continuing yesterday's discussion, The Fixx's 1982 Shuttered Room had a second apocalyptic hit, "Red Skies" (such were the times). The song subverts the traditional saying "Red sky at night, sailor's delight": these red skies reflect a nuclear holocaust.
LYRICS
Continuing yesterday's discussion, The Fixx's 1982 Shuttered Room had a second apocalyptic hit, "Red Skies" (such were the times). The song subverts the traditional saying "Red sky at night, sailor's delight": these red skies reflect a nuclear holocaust.
LYRICS
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
PROTEST SONGS #240: Anti-nuclear
Continuing yesterday's discussion, The Fixx's 1982 Shuttered Room had a second apocalyptic hit, "Red Skies" (such were the times). The song subverts the traditional saying "Red sky at night, sailor's delight": these red skies reflect a nuclear holocaust.
LYRICS
Continuing yesterday's discussion, The Fixx's 1982 Shuttered Room had a second apocalyptic hit, "Red Skies" (such were the times). The song subverts the traditional saying "Red sky at night, sailor's delight": these red skies reflect a nuclear holocaust.
LYRICS
PROTEST SONGS #239: Anti-nuclear
In the 1980s, Cold War tensions were so high that people feared another world war. That was especially true in the US and UK, given Reagan's and Thatcher's saber-rattling. Under this cloud, The Fixx's 1982 album Shuttered Room had two apocalyptic hits,
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
PROTEST SONGS #239: Anti-nuclear
In the 1980s, Cold War tensions were so high that people feared another world war. That was especially true in the US and UK, given Reagan's and Thatcher's saber-rattling. Under this cloud, The Fixx's 1982 album Shuttered Room had two apocalyptic hits,
PROTEST SONGS #238: 99%
In 1855, Harvard professor and Latin scholar George Martin Lane saw a man in a restaruant get snotty treatment from a waiter, because the man could only afford half an order of macaroni. Lane adapted an old melody to tell the story as "The Lone Fish Ball."
In 1855, Harvard professor and Latin scholar George Martin Lane saw a man in a restaruant get snotty treatment from a waiter, because the man could only afford half an order of macaroni. Lane adapted an old melody to tell the story as "The Lone Fish Ball."
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
PROTEST SONGS #238: 99%
In 1855, Harvard professor and Latin scholar George Martin Lane saw a man in a restaruant get snotty treatment from a waiter, because the man could only afford half an order of macaroni. Lane adapted an old melody to tell the story as "The Lone Fish Ball."
In 1855, Harvard professor and Latin scholar George Martin Lane saw a man in a restaruant get snotty treatment from a waiter, because the man could only afford half an order of macaroni. Lane adapted an old melody to tell the story as "The Lone Fish Ball."
I love xkcd, and this had me in happy tears!
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November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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PROTEST SONGS #237: Gimme Some Truth, 99%
The Fixx's Cy Curnin, one of the most insightful people in rock, said "Less Cities, More Moving People" is about “the way we sit on our couches and wait for the news to come to us instead of going out to find out what’s really happening.
The Fixx's Cy Curnin, one of the most insightful people in rock, said "Less Cities, More Moving People" is about “the way we sit on our couches and wait for the news to come to us instead of going out to find out what’s really happening.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
PROTEST SONGS #237: Gimme Some Truth, 99%
The Fixx's Cy Curnin, one of the most insightful people in rock, said "Less Cities, More Moving People" is about “the way we sit on our couches and wait for the news to come to us instead of going out to find out what’s really happening.
The Fixx's Cy Curnin, one of the most insightful people in rock, said "Less Cities, More Moving People" is about “the way we sit on our couches and wait for the news to come to us instead of going out to find out what’s really happening.
PROTEST SONGS #236: Anti-Bill Clinton
Sheryl Crow wrote "Redemption Day" upon visiting US troops in Bosnia, shortly after the war there ended, and while the Rwandan genocide went on without US intervention. "I just couldn’t wrap my brain around why we would go into one country to
Sheryl Crow wrote "Redemption Day" upon visiting US troops in Bosnia, shortly after the war there ended, and while the Rwandan genocide went on without US intervention. "I just couldn’t wrap my brain around why we would go into one country to
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
PROTEST SONGS #236: Anti-Bill Clinton
Sheryl Crow wrote "Redemption Day" upon visiting US troops in Bosnia, shortly after the war there ended, and while the Rwandan genocide went on without US intervention. "I just couldn’t wrap my brain around why we would go into one country to
Sheryl Crow wrote "Redemption Day" upon visiting US troops in Bosnia, shortly after the war there ended, and while the Rwandan genocide went on without US intervention. "I just couldn’t wrap my brain around why we would go into one country to
@reptedlieu.bsky.social I have admired you since you first ran for office, and feel honored to be your constituent. So how do you possibly justify your antisocialism vote on a bill that was designed to attack not just Mamdani, but your colleagues Cortez & Sanders as well? Shame on you.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 AM
@reptedlieu.bsky.social I have admired you since you first ran for office, and feel honored to be your constituent. So how do you possibly justify your antisocialism vote on a bill that was designed to attack not just Mamdani, but your colleagues Cortez & Sanders as well? Shame on you.
PROTEST SONGS #235: Anti-Reagan
While Genesis' 1986 "Land of Confusion", from Invisible Touch, speaks to a general dystopian present, with hope for the future, the music video is explicitly an attack on Ronald Reagan (with many other world leaders thrown into the mix).
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
PROTEST SONGS #235: Anti-Reagan
While Genesis' 1986 "Land of Confusion", from Invisible Touch, speaks to a general dystopian present, with hope for the future, the music video is explicitly an attack on Ronald Reagan (with many other world leaders thrown into the mix).
PROTEST SONGS #234: 99%, Whadda you got?
Like #113 "Streets of London", Everlast's "What It's Like" is there to afflict the comfortable, who judge other people's actions without understanding the pressures and limited options they live with.
Like #113 "Streets of London", Everlast's "What It's Like" is there to afflict the comfortable, who judge other people's actions without understanding the pressures and limited options they live with.
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
PROTEST SONGS #234: 99%, Whadda you got?
Like #113 "Streets of London", Everlast's "What It's Like" is there to afflict the comfortable, who judge other people's actions without understanding the pressures and limited options they live with.
Like #113 "Streets of London", Everlast's "What It's Like" is there to afflict the comfortable, who judge other people's actions without understanding the pressures and limited options they live with.
PROTEST SONGS #233: Political assassinations
Dion DiMucci's teen idol days were over by 1968, though he was always one of the best musicians of that pack ("Runaround Sue" is a classic for good reason). He was in Florida, finding God, recovering from heroin addiction and rebuilding his career.
Dion DiMucci's teen idol days were over by 1968, though he was always one of the best musicians of that pack ("Runaround Sue" is a classic for good reason). He was in Florida, finding God, recovering from heroin addiction and rebuilding his career.
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
PROTEST SONGS #233: Political assassinations
Dion DiMucci's teen idol days were over by 1968, though he was always one of the best musicians of that pack ("Runaround Sue" is a classic for good reason). He was in Florida, finding God, recovering from heroin addiction and rebuilding his career.
Dion DiMucci's teen idol days were over by 1968, though he was always one of the best musicians of that pack ("Runaround Sue" is a classic for good reason). He was in Florida, finding God, recovering from heroin addiction and rebuilding his career.
PROTEST SONGS #232: 1966 Sunset Strip curfew
The last song about the Sunset Strip riot is the most tangential, Joni Mitchell's "California", from 1971's Blue. She sings about ending her European travels and coming back to a US embroiled in the Vietnam war and other unrest.
The last song about the Sunset Strip riot is the most tangential, Joni Mitchell's "California", from 1971's Blue. She sings about ending her European travels and coming back to a US embroiled in the Vietnam war and other unrest.
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
PROTEST SONGS #232: 1966 Sunset Strip curfew
The last song about the Sunset Strip riot is the most tangential, Joni Mitchell's "California", from 1971's Blue. She sings about ending her European travels and coming back to a US embroiled in the Vietnam war and other unrest.
The last song about the Sunset Strip riot is the most tangential, Joni Mitchell's "California", from 1971's Blue. She sings about ending her European travels and coming back to a US embroiled in the Vietnam war and other unrest.