Switchblade by Dana Raidt

Are our lives all just a joke to them?

Another update from Minneapolis in the week since U.S. Border Patrol agents murdered Alex Pretti.

Jan 29 • Dana Raidt

It is -21°F outside, and we are protesting.

This is what it's been like living in Minneapolis since ICE murdered Renee Good.

Jan 23 • Dana Raidt

November 2025

Long Time Gone

It's been exactly 20 years since Link Wray died, but he's not going anywhere.

Nov 6, 2025 • Dana Raidt

February 2022

Hello, You've Reached the Winter of Our Discontent

Grab your SAD lamps—we're saying goodbye to three trailblazing women (two real, one fictional).

Feb 16, 2022 • Dana Raidt

December 2021

It’s the End of the Year as We Know It

Don't let the door hit you on the way out, 2021.

Dec 15, 2021 • Dana Raidt

November 2021

Just Ashes

Reflecting on the 16th anniversary of Link Wray's death and celebrating Native American Heritage Month.

Nov 5, 2021 • Dana Raidt

September 2021

Pandemic Purgatories

A 50-year-old Japanese bluegrass band, new Indigenous-focused TV and radio, and a controversial Link Wray Covid PSA.

Sep 16, 2021 • Dana Raidt

July 2021

Packin' Up, Shackin' Up

This summer's Link-iversaries: His self-titled album turns 50, plus the 64th anniversary of 'Rumble.'

Jul 19, 2021 • Dana Raidt

May 2021

A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Queer

A new Link Wray reissue for Record Store Day, plus an interview with Country Queer publisher/editor-in-chief Dale Henry Geist to kick off Pride Month.

May 30, 2021 • Dana Raidt

Bull in the Leather

In honor of his birthday, a look back at 1979—the year Taurean mastermind Link Wray turned 50 and released 'Bullshot,' his 'middle finger to the…

May 2, 2021 • Dana Raidt

April 2021

March (1958) Madness

63 years after the release of Link Wray's "Rumble," the moral panic cycle continues.

Apr 1, 2021 • Dana Raidt

February 2021

Oh Lord, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Janet Jackson's 'Control' turns 35, R.I.P. to The Animals' Hilton Valentine, and surveying the "rotten orchard" that is country music.

Feb 8, 2021 • Dana Raidt