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The Herald Scotland
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Chuck Ragan on King Tut's mishaps and fishing the River Tay
The singer-songwriter released his fifth solo album, Love and Lore in October last year. It's been a decade in the making, with Covid, family, fly fishing and his band, Hot Water Music, putting it on the back burner. Read More: Formed in Florida in 1994, Hot Water Music split in 1999 after releasing three LPs to scene success but not a whole lot beyond. Over time though the group's influence became apparent, their punk-Americana sound an evident inspiration for the likes of The Menzingers, The Gaslight Anthem and Against Me!. Having reformed for a second time in 2008, last year saw them play a series of 30th anniversary shows. Ragan says: "It's humbling man, 30 years is a long time to be doing anything. "If you want to live this type of life - and not just in music but any kind of independent art or expression - you have to make a ridiculous amount of sacrifices along the way. "There was a lot of reflecting on that, everything that we've done, everything that we had sacrificed to to still be standing here. "But the most important reflection to me was looking back at all the friends and the supporters, everybody who worked in the industry that had anything to do with supporting Hot Water Music along the the way. "But most importantly, our immediate family, our blood family, who I don't think ever have or ever will get enough credit. "Any of us who you seen on stage or on the marquee, they have just as much to do with all this as we do. "I mean, as clichéd as it sounds, it takes a village. It takes a it takes a family and a community to reach a milestone like that and to have that type of longevity." The singer-songwriter will bring his solo show to King Tut's in Glasgow on Monday, April 28 and it's a venue he's very familiar with. Ragan says: "I love King Tut's. "I remember Hot Water Music were playing somewhere else, but our friends the Murder City Devils were playing at King Tut's and we went down to check it out. "Derek, the bass player, jumped up and came down and broke his ankle really badly, like he destroyed his ankle. "We had to carry him to the car to ship him to the hospital - so that was a good memory of King Tut's! "Unfortunately the downside of touring and always working within the parameters of budgets and whatnot, more often than not we're only in town for one night. "Today's a perfect example, we're going to Grand Rapids, Michigan, we'll get into town at 4-5pm, we'll sound check, maybe have a chance to get something to eat, then we'll play the show, head to the hotel and wake up tomorrow and do it again in another town. "That's kind of the downside of touring when you visit amazing places like Glasgow and unfortunately you don't have a tonne of time to experience it. "Every once in a while though you get a little bit of down time, I have a good memory of fishing the River Tay years and years ago, that was a pretty incredible experience - it's some of the coldest water I can remember." Ragan is also the mind behind the Revival Tour, a touring folk-punk extravaganza which has brought the likes of Frank Turner, Dave Hause and Brian Fallon along for the ride around the world for more than two decades. He explains: "I never wanted people to look at it as my tour. I wanted people to to see a poster from across the road and whether they knew who was playing the show or not they just knew 'that's something worth seeing'. "The concept was to create a more or less a revolving showcase where the music never stopped. "My buddies and I typically play music with our heart on our sleeve. We love it and we'd be doing it whether it's a massive room full of people or if there was just a handful of people there - or even no-one. "Those are the those are the kind of songwriters I want to see, those are the musicians and that's the music that I would I would want to see. "It's the same for our solo shows, if it's real it's real and if it's in any way false you can smell it. "People understand where we're coming from, we're normal folks, normal guys. "If we're not making money playing music we're at home working jobs that we have to work to make ends meet and feed our families. "I think people can relate to that."
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
What was the transgender performance denounced during the Schimel-Crawford debate?
During Wednesday night's Supreme Court debate, conservative candidate Brad Schimel called out a transgender performer for opening a recent Wisconsin rally with a song that Schimel called an "attack on people of faith." What exactly was Schimel talking about? U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders held a Friday night rally at De Simone Arena on the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus as part of his 'Fight Oligarchy' town hall series. There, the Vermont independent decried the influence of billionaire donors such as Elon Musk on politics. Musk, the world's wealthiest individual, has spent more than $10 million helping Schimel in his race against liberal candidate Susan Crawford. The two square off in the April 1 general election in a race that will decide the ideological direction of the Supreme Court. Opening the rally was transgender singer Laura Jane Grace of the punk band Against Me!. She performed a song called "Your God," which contained a number of vulgar lyrics. "Does your God have a big fat (expletive)? Cause it feels like he's (expletive) me,' she sang, according to the New York Post. The performance has drawn sharp criticism from Republican politicians around the country. During Wednesday's debate, Schimel, a Waukesha County judge, called the song an "absolutely grotesque attack on people of faith." "That crowd of my opponent's supporters applauded wildly as that person blasphemed against the God that so many Wisconsinites believe in," said Schimel, a Catholic. He then called on Crawford to disavow the "hate speech." Crawford, a Dane County judge, noted that she had no connection to the event. Sanders never named Crawford at the rally, making only one brief allusion to her. "I heard some of those lyrics, and I don't agree with those sentiments," Crawford said of Grace's song. "It wasn't my event. I wasn't there. I didn't organize it, and I certainly didn't hire the singer." Contact Daniel Bice at (414) 313-6684 or dbice@ Follow him on X at @DanielBice or on Facebook at This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What was the transgender music performance at Sanders' Wisconsin rally?
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Social media explodes at Sanders for hosting trans musician who sang 'pure evil' song at anti-Trump rally
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' anti-Trump, anti-oligarch tour of the U.S. is under fire for hosting a transgender singer who performed a song with lyrics described as "pure evil," and mocking God and Jesus. "The song specifically attacks Christianity with mentions of Easter and God's son," Conservative activist Robby Starbuck posted to X over the weekend. Sanders is in the midst of a "Fighting Oligarchy" tour in areas of the country where the 2024 race proved competitive for Democrats, including in battleground states such as Wisconsin and Michigan. The self-described Democratic socialist senator traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday and was joined by transgender singer Laura Jane Grace, who performed an anti-Christian song on stage before Sanders thanked the musician for performing. Bernie Sanders Seethes Us Has Become 'Oligarchic Society' Following Trump Speech The song is titled "Your God (God's D---)," with lyrics mocking Christianity, Easter Sunday and Jesus through sexually explicit language. Clips of the video, including on Grace's Instagram page, circulated across social media over the weekend. Read On The Fox News App Bernie Sanders Rejects James Carville's Calls For Democrats To 'Play Dead' Critics and conservatives slammed Sanders and the musician for the performance of the song on social media, including taking issue with the Vermont senator for personally thanking the singer in his remarks during the event. "Wow. AFTER the anti-Christian 'performance' at his event, @BernieSanders thanked the trans singer that performed this hateful, evil song," Starbuck posted in another X post. "If he attempts to apologize, just know his first instinct was to thank the singer after he sang it." "This is who the Democrats are now. Pure evil," Starbuck added on X. Grace gained notoriety in the early 2000s as the lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me!. The musician came out as transgender in 2012 during an interview with Rolling Stone. Bernie Sanders 'Flips Out' When Pressed On 4-Day Work Week Proposal Fox News Digital reached out to Sanders' office and the musician's publicity team for comment on the performance and subsequent outrage but did not immediately receive responses. Sanders delivered a response speech to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, when he railed that the U.S. has become an "oligarchic society" under the Trump administration. "The Trump administration is not hiding it," Sanders said in a streamed response to Trump's address. "The Trump administration is a government of the billionaire class by the billionaire class, and for the billionaire class. Notwithstanding some of their rhetoric, this is a government that could care less about ordinary Americans and the working families of our country. My friends, we are no longer moving toward oligarchy. We are living in an oligarchic society." Original article source: Social media explodes at Sanders for hosting trans musician who sang 'pure evil' song at anti-Trump rally
Fox News
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Social media explodes at Sanders for hosting trans musician who sang 'pure evil' song at anti-Trump rally
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' anti-Trump, anti-oligarch tour of the U.S. is under fire for hosting a transgender singer who performed a song with lyrics described as "pure evil," and mocking God and Jesus. "The song specifically attacks Christianity with mentions of Easter and God's son," Conservative activist Robby Starbuck posted to X over the weekend. Sanders is in the midst of a "Fighting Oligarchy" tour in areas of the country where the 2024 race proved competitive for Democrats, including in battleground states such as Wisconsin and Michigan. The self-described Democratic socialist senator traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday and was joined by transgender singer Laura Jane Grace, who performed an anti-Christian song on stage before Sanders thanked the musician for performing. The song is titled "Your God (God's D---)," with lyrics mocking Christianity, Easter Sunday and Jesus through sexually explicit language. Clips of the video, including on Grace's Instagram page, circulated across social media over the weekend. Critics and conservatives slammed Sanders and the musician for the performance of the song on social media, including taking issue with the Vermont senator for personally thanking the singer in his remarks during the event. "Wow. AFTER the anti-Christian 'performance' at his event, @BernieSanders thanked the trans singer that performed this hateful, evil song," Starbuck posted in another X post. "If he attempts to apologize, just know his first instinct was to thank the singer after he sang it." "This is who the Democrats are now. Pure evil," Starbuck added on X. Grace gained notoriety in the early 2000s as the lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me!. The musician came out as transgender in 2012 during an interview with Rolling Stone. Fox News Digital reached out to Sanders' office and the musician's publicity team for comment on the performance and subsequent outrage but did not immediately receive responses. Sanders delivered a response speech to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, when he railed that the U.S. has become an "oligarchic society" under the Trump administration. "The Trump administration is not hiding it," Sanders said in a streamed response to Trump's address. "The Trump administration is a government of the billionaire class by the billionaire class, and for the billionaire class. Notwithstanding some of their rhetoric, this is a government that could care less about ordinary Americans and the working families of our country. My friends, we are no longer moving toward oligarchy. We are living in an oligarchic society."
