Because American hypocrisy is on prime display today, here's American satire and protest rock, from American musicians!

In this mix, we’ve got Priests, Death, Sleater-Kinney, The Fugs, Bikini Kill, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Dead Kennedys, and much more. Plus, generous helpings of score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and some instructional clips on despotism. All in honor of the circle jerk that is America 250.

Btw - art is resistance, especially today. Hear stories about musicians, writers, and more who used art to resist on The Art of Resistance Podcast.

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Track List

  • Dead Kennedys - We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Objects in the Mirror (Are Closer Than They Appear) - 4:39
  • Living Colour - Cult of Personality - 6:23
  • The Replacements- Bastards of Young - 11:07
  • The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died - 14:47
  • Reverand Kristin Michael Hayter - All of My Friends Are Going to Hell - 19:49
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - What Came Back - 24:13
  • The Fugs - CIA Man - 31:54
  • Death - Politicians in my Eyes - 35:04
  • Sleater-Kinney - Modern Girl - 40:00
  • Runaways - I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are - 42:57
  • Lou Reed - Kill Your Sons - 46:01
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Doomsday Prepper - 49:09
  • Liz Phair - Girls! Girls! Girls! - 53:46
  • Priests - Pink White Houses - 56:07
  • Bikini Kill - Double Dare Ya - 1:00:11
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - How the West Was Really Won - 1:02:57
  • Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism - 1:06:38
  • Patti Smith - Free Money - 1:10:32
  • Decemberists - Everything is Awful - 1:14:18
  • Dead Kennedys - Stars and Stripes of Corruption - 1:17:41

The cats say:

This is our reaction to America 250.