Must-See TV: The Colbert Report Interviews Pussy Riot

Switching from our usual focus on vintage movies and animation, rooted strictly in the 20th century, there was the rare television event Your Blogmeister actually likes to watch earlier this week on February 4. Comedian and host Stephen Colbert interviewed Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina, two musicians, songwriters and activists from Moscow performance art/ punk rock band Pussy Riot. The outspoken rock n' roll octet scared the hell out of "Bad Vlad" Putin to such an extent, he had Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina arrested and imprisoned.



Even through the interpreter, wry humor is quite evident throughout this interview.



It could have only been better if Pussy Riot got to also play music on the show. They appeared Wednesday night at the Amnesty International concert at Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn (and again, at least this time around, did not get the opportunity to play music). Many throughout the world applaud the band's courage and wish them well.

And Now For Some Editorial Cartoons. . .

There have easily been 100 first-rate editorial cartoons over the past three weeks - and these two are the picks for this morning's post (note: Mr. Blogmeister, ever the history geek, is fascinated by brutally satiric political comics, going back to the days of Thomas Nast).



Although satire and social commentary has become something of an endangered species in recent years, this blog keeps an eye on The Daily Show and especially The Colbert Report, the current equivalents of That Was The Week That Was.





And, yes, realizing that editorial cartoons chase away all five readers of this blog, the Blogmeister notes that the delirious yet steadfast focus on the odd corners of 20th century pop culture will absolutely and most assuredly return - and stay there - starting with the next post.