Doonesbury’s resident rock’n’roll legend Jimmy Thudpucker first made the cover of the Rolling Stone in September 1976, featured in an illustration for an article about the growing relationship between corporate rock and electoral politics. In February 1978, Thudpucker again graced the RS cover, this time as the subject of an “interview” (penned by Garry Trudeau) … Continue reading “Who Came of Age with Youthful Rage at My Lai”: Jimmy Thudpucker, Rock’n’Roll, and the Memory of Vietnam.
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“Catchy Lyrics about Busing and Abortion”: Doonesbury, Rock’n’Roll, and Politics.
Last time out looking at Doonesbury in the Carter years, we focused on how Jimmy Carter’s early presidency was defined by symbolic gestures like cutbacks to limos for government officials, a live presidential phone-in, and wardrobe choices calculated to reinforce his “down home” vibes. This time, a look at how Garry Trudeau wrote about one … Continue reading “Catchy Lyrics about Busing and Abortion”: Doonesbury, Rock’n’Roll, and Politics.
Dylan, Doonesbury, and Me
Bob Dylan’s on the road again, playing more dates on his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour. Hope springs eternal that God will allow for the possibility that both Mr. Dylan and I will remain alive long enough for our paths to cross at some local concert hall sometime soon. I’m currently writing something about some … Continue reading Dylan, Doonesbury, and Me
“Out Back, Catchin’ Frogs”: Jimmy Carter Meets the Policy Establishment.
When Democratic domestic policy advisor Arthur Rumsey and his foreign-affairs counterpart, Sutton, came to brief candidate Jimmy Carter before the 1976 debates, Miss Lillian Carter, the family matriarch, made it clear that she – and as an extension the campaign – was leery of their Establishment credentials: decent folks didn’t need experts to tell them … Continue reading “Out Back, Catchin’ Frogs”: Jimmy Carter Meets the Policy Establishment.
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