Shorts: The Art of the Steal

Content warning: Here at RNRA, we don’t hide our views. At all. But when it comes to politics, we try not to be in-your-face about it either. Our little slogan is “Just tell the story, and the point will get made.”This time though, we’re a little more overt, we’re letting it rip just a little bit. This particular burr has been under our saddle for a while now.Now: on with the show.  Summer Time is Shorts Time! RNRA Shorts, that is! So…here’s a thing. Sometimes we visit Right Wing World online, that’s usually how it starts.On these expeditions we’ll sometimes run into some whinging about “Woke Progressives” cancelling right wing culture and entertainment, or just griping in general about perceived left/liberal bias in popular culture.They’re not totally wrong about that. They’re right, just for the wrong reasons, and we’ll explain why.It’s not just complaining they do. We also see a lot of co-opting and outright stealing. And when they take Rock music and culture and dishonestly try to repurpose it, try to make it serve the conservative agenda, well…unintentional hilarity ensues.So we’ll do some roasting, but we’ll also do some thinking out loud, talk a little about the how and why, and even delve into the deeper history of…the Art of the Steal. Enjoy! Sponsors and Partners BetterHelp Rock’s Backpages Boldfoot Songs Parliament Funkadelic: “One Nation Under A Groove” Thomas Dolby: “Pulp Culture” Ted Nugent: “Stranglehold” Ted Nugent: “Hey Baby” They Might Be Giants: “Your Racist Friend” Neil Young: “Rockin’ in the Free World” Woody Guthrie: “This Land is Your Land” Trey Parker and Matt Stone: “America, Fuck Yeah” Toby Keith: “Courtesy of the Red White and Blue” Living Colour: “Cult of Personality” Stevie Wonder: “He’s Misstra Know It All” Green Day: “American Idiot” Sources Apocalypse Now: “Mangoes and Tigers” Scene (Retrieved from YouTube) Roy Edroso Breaks it Down Substack (Paywalled. Roy writes a lot about this issue, and we think he’s really astute–and hilarious.) The Five Most Repellent Things Ted Nugent Has Ever Done | Rocks Off Music News: Why can't musicians get politicians to stop playing their songs? The President’s Shock at the Rows of Empty Seats in Tulsa - The New York Times American Cringe: Why can’t the contemporary right make art? Episode 5: The Ballad of Bob and J.R. — Pantheon Podcasts A Defence of Poetry Voice Talent  Darryl Alber as blogger Cameron Summers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices