A Good Friday (In Some Ways), Plus New Music and Cartoons

Randy Newman returns, and more from The Boss and St. Vincent. And yikes, David Brooks calls for an anti-Trump uprising!

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Speaking of the wrongly accused, here’s the photo some may have missed last night of Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Delaware meeting with wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was hauled to him from the El Salvador horror prison. But he was not released.

But a common American perspective:

Meanwhile, shock headline and sentiment of the day (details here) below. Long a Springsteen fan boy, maybe some of the Boss’s lyrics finally got to Dave:

Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism – Complete With ‘Mass Rallies, Strikes’

Speaking of the Boss, he has released a new cut from his upcoming massive collection of unreleased sides. This one, “Blind Spot,” comes from a fully finished album that was to follow his “Streets of Philadelphia” Oscar-winning song, with Bruce using drum tracks he created and playing all instruments.

Lot of folks surprised and happy to see Randy Newman as special guest on John Mulaney’s show on Wednesday, doing a couple of his tunes from more than half a century ago (before he became more famous for movie soundtracks). Of course, given my obsessions, I always appreciated his “Political Science,” with its famous lampooning line, ”Let’s drop the big one now.” Perhaps he chose this one in current climate of “they all hate us anyhow.”

And now to leave these male geezers behind, St. Vincent live on TV, also this week, with new song “Violent Times.”

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