guitar This Big Mouth Billy Bass bass guitar slaps Rusty Blazenhoff

music Vulfpeck's entire second Madison Square Garden show is now on YouTube Ruben Bolling

music Adorable and talented drumming doggo could teach me a thing or two! Jennifer Sandlin

AI Big Mouth Billy Bass now talks back with AI Gail Sherman

music Green Day to Chili Peppers: Artists rally for fire-ravaged Los Angeles Mark Cerulli

art Drew Friedman's latest book: Shtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy Mark Frauenfelder

politics Trumpy Trout is real and it can hurt you Rob Beschizza

1970s "Everything Has A History" explores Parker Brothers' 1971 toy, the "Johnny Horizon Environmental Test Kit" Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Putin kills cows in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

When the "songs that make you smile" are Smiths instrumentals Elías Villoro

animation When Parliament-Funkadelic took a wrong turn and ended up on 'Night of the Living Dead' set Rusty Blazenhoff

music Rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, RIP David Pescovitz

annals of crime Famous stolen rockabilly bass found after over 40 years Clive Thompson

passings Tommy Kimball, RIP Mark Frauenfelder

inflatables A brief history of the ginormous novelty holiday decoration Miss Cellania

singing fish Chicago bar installs 70 singing Big Mouth Billy Bass Jason Weisberger

music Celebrate Independence Day with Cordell Jackson, the "Rock n Roll Granny" a psychobilly pioneer who played until she was 81 Cory Doctorow

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

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