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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The Okay Greats

Sarcastic State of Mind

(Stephen Michael Waid)



In some concrete jungle's squared circle, the Okay Greats threw hands with title belt-aspirants. Suckers flew. Faster-and-louder Punk proclaimed senses-bludgeoning hardihood, all the way from neon-bathed Tennessee.

But that's only one facet. As a vintage lyric in the American Songbook declares "We were rough-and-ready guys, but oh how we could harmonize!"

Recommended: "I Guess I Won't," "Same Old Story," "Made in the Shade," "Know Who You Are," "One Four Five," "My Favorite Song," "Whatever There Is," "FTA"

Videos: "Same Old Story" (live)   "My Favorite Song"


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..