Technology Damien Patton, CEO of tech surveillance company Banjo, once helped KKK shoot up a synagogue: Report Xeni Jardin

eighties A banjo cover of the 'Knight Rider' theme song Rusty Blazenhoff

Heavy Metal The Heaviest Banjo in the Universe: A hillbilly heavy metal cover of Gojira Rusty Blazenhoff

music Enjoy some terrific bluegrass banjo from Steve Martin's band Andrea James

music Kermit the Frog sings "Rainbow Connection" from quarantine Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Just This Banjo: free/open banjo instruction for an angry moment, because you can't be sad while playing the banjo Cory Doctorow

art criticism Man attacks the Wall Street bull with a banjo, leaving big gashes Clive Thompson

Rochester, Buffalo: My band The Delorean Sisters plays your cities this weekend Clive Thompson

mistakes Busta Rhymes vs. Banjo Kazooie Rob Beschizza

music Banjo Guy Ollie covers the Shadow of the Beast exploration theme Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Video: Gangstagrass's first live video: authentic bluegrass/hip-hop mashup Cory Doctorow

Entertainment "He got a real purty mouth ain’t he" David Pescovitz

music Knight Rider theme performed on banjo and accordion Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Teaching a banjo workshop while undergoing an EEG Cory Doctorow

punk Weekend Tunes: The Pogues Live at the Town and Country Seamus Bellamy

the dead south Friday earworm: In Hell I'll be in Good Company Seamus Bellamy

Copyfight Merry Mixmas 2017: DJ Riko drops another album of festive mashups Cory Doctorow

musicians Profile of musician Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton Mark Frauenfelder

bluegrass-polka-surf Enjoy the pogo-ing mandolin player of The Stoneman Family (1960s) Mark Frauenfelder