Today, in honor of the upcoming news slough of the August Congressional Recess, we have The Fugs performing their Zen classic, “Nothing.”
UPDATE: Somehow missed the notices of J.J. Cale’s death over the weekend, but will feature some of his music tomorrow. Thanks, gandalf33.
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Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.
