happy mutants Celebrating a decade of writing a song every day with a best-of album Cory Doctorow

music Lock it Down: A song for Creative Commons, by Jonathan “Song a Day” Mann Xeni Jardin

music Why The Animals' Eric Burdon is OK with Trump using "House of the Rising Sun" David Pescovitz

music Eddy Grant sues Trump campaign for copyright infringement over "Electric Avenue" David Pescovitz

We Are Little Zombies is a treat for eyes and ears Mark Frauenfelder

animation My name is potato Andrea James

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn

racism Sacha Baron Cohen trolls conservative rally with racist sing-along Rusty Blazenhoff

racism Karen's Got a Gun, the song Rob Beschizza

punk rock Celebrate Emma Goldman's birthday (belatedly) with this radical song Thom Dunn

Disney Disney is reimagining Splash Mountain's racist 'Song of the South' theme. Princess and the Frog will take its place Carla Sinclair

movies Watch John Travolta do the Robot in deleted scene from Saturday Night Fever David Pescovitz

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music NirvanA.I.: This bot wrote a Nirvana song David Pescovitz

Gadgets The Marshall Mode EQ earphones are everything you’d expect from the Marshall name Boing Boing's Shop

music New Adam Schlesinger tribute album features covers by Rachel Bloom, Charly Bliss, Sarah Silverman, Nada Surf, and many many more Thom Dunn

sesame street A dark fan theory explores the illicit affair between Elmo's mom and his Uncle Jack Thom Dunn

racial stereotypes Aunt Jemima brand will no longer be used, says owner Mark Frauenfelder

music A rare, new interview with Bob Dylan David Pescovitz