Link Digest: 7/14/26

Defector reminds us that The Rockford Files remains one of television's classic hangs;

Hi-Fi Amateur looks back on Peter Gabriel's So and Big Country's The Seer at 40;

Hamilton Nolan outlines the pure foolishness of the anti-"elites" discourse that's spread by... elites;

JB at The Hits Just Keep on Comin' offers a peek inside the wild and wonderful Periscope Films YouTube channel;

Any Major Dude posts a mixtape that rejects the notion of guilty pleasures;

Pop Heist shares a tribute to Colbert's Late Show from a former intern;

Welcome to Hell World offers up a eulogy for murdered University of Washington student Juniper Blessing;

Happy Dancing tells the tale of the Stevie Wonder duet that the Reagan administration (allegedly) tried to purge from the airwaves;

Chimes of Freedom reminds us of Bobby Darin's political folk singer era;

Thunderbolt sings in praise of Kanopy;

Remember the Lightning rounds up some summer rock reads;

...and my dear pal Matt Wardlaw returns from a long blogging hiatus to tell the story of his life behind the wheel.