Just in case my mom didn’t see Eureka Spring’s FDL post, Jackson Browne — to understate matters, her favorite recording artist — is suing John McCain.

Browne, one of rock music’s most famous activists for liberal causes, is "incensed" that the presumptive Republican candidate for president has been using Browne’s signature 1977 song "Running on Empty" in campaign commercials, according to the singer-songwriter’s attorney. Browne filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against both McCain and the Republican National Committee on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles seeking a permanent injunction prohibiting the use of the forlorn arena anthem or any other Browne compositions, as well as damages.

There’s a picture in my mom’s dining room, and her study, of her with Jackson Browne. She’ll tell you the story if you ask.  She’s still got cassettes of his live shows, and I’m Alive, and Lawyers In Love if I’m not mistaken, in her car. The tape deck does not work.