I forgot how amazing it was for Sleater-Kinney to cover "Tommy Gun" in the wake of 9/11. But my God, listen to this. A couple of years ago Jason Zengerle wrote a piece for TNR lamenting that there's no new Bob Dylan to sing antiwar anthems, even though Jason isn't clearly against the war, but he neglected all of One Beat. (The piece isn't online anymore, but it was reprised in a tiresome way by the clueless David Browne.) A song like "Combat Rock" was way too hot for TNR, especially back in 2002, but it's clear who demonstrated the greater wisdom, judgment and courage. (I'm including myself in this indictment! Calm down!)

There's no more S-K, obviously. But there is much more war. So who's going to take up the banner and cover "Combat Rock" and "Entertain"? I can think of some candidates.