Culture & Media
Rick Good Channels Woody Guthrie
Ohio banjo god Rick Good has been getting some YouTube mileage out of “This House Is Not for Sale,” a protest folk song in the tradition of “I Don’t Want Your Millions Mister.” Its roots may also include Woody Guthrie’s “Do-Re-Mi” and the hobo anthem “Big Rock Candy Mountain.”
The biggest inspiration behind Good’s populist lyrics, though, are plainly an election year in which America’s One Percent have been spending money like drunken sailors — make that drunken admirals — with the White House heading their shopping list. Sample lyrics:
You can buy a congressman. You can buy a judge.
You can back a super-pac and give your lies a nudge.
But we the people know the truth and we still have the right
To take a stand and build a land where money is not might.
-
Latest NewsSeptember 8, 2025MAHA Promised Healthier Kids. But School Lunches May Deliver Less.
-
Latest NewsSeptember 24, 2025Too Old to Keep Working, Not Enough Money to Stop
-
The SlickSeptember 11, 2025A/C Saves Lives During Heat Waves. Will Los Angeles Require It for Rentals?
-
Latest NewsSeptember 16, 2025Effort to Curb Southern California Rail Yard Pollution Stalls Under Trump
-
Beyond the BorderSeptember 9, 2025ICE Is Putting Ankle Monitors on People Who Show Up for Immigration Court Hearings
-
Latest NewsSeptember 5, 2025California Bill Aims to Crack Down on Predatory Labor Traffickers
-
Column - California UncoveredSeptember 12, 2025ICE Raids Take Toll on Latino Mental Health: ‘It’s Been Nonstop’
-
Column - State of InequalitySeptember 11, 2025Business Groups Failed to Stop L.A.’s ‘Olympic Wage’ Increase. But the Battle’s Not Over.