A Super Bowl Alternative

Watch the most bizarre, disturbing game ever played. Plus: Green Day and Gram Parsons, another take on Woody's "Old Man Trump," and our usual cartoons.

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Good riddance. Via NY Times:

Will Lewis, the embattled chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday, days after the newspaper came under widespread criticism for laying off hundreds of its journalists. Mr. Lewis said in a statement that he had made the decision “in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post.” His email, which was terse, thanked only Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, and did not mention journalists at the newspaper.

Billie Joe Armstrong Tells ICE Agents to ‘Quit Their Shitty Ass Job’ at Green Day’s Pre-Super Bowl Gig

Meanwhile, the Kid Rock–backed Rock the Country festival is no longer moving forward in South Carolina, after a wave of artist withdrawals collapsed its scheduled tour stop.

Green Day’s “American Idiot” at Super Bowl gig:

From Julie K. Brown, who broke the Epstein case and is still at it:

Contrary to what the FBI and DOJ have said over the past year, it turns out there really is an FBI list of other people suspected of possible wrongdoing in connection with Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump, who has denied any involvement with Epstein’s crimes, is on that list, as well as a number of other powerful people.

The drip drip of revelations from the Epstein files, including those mentioning the President and those in his inner circle — as we report in the Miami Herald today — still seems to have done little to shake the U.S. government, or the electorate. No one has resigned, been asked to resign or has demanded a new investigation. The President still thinks this whole thing is a hoax.

Meanwhile across the Pond, Prince Andrew was stripped of his royal titles, the ambassador to Washington was fired, and the scandal threatens to topple the British Prime Minister.

Years later, one of my most popular postings here remains my lengthy take on the life and details of the disturbing death (which I helped expose back in 1976) of country-rock legend Gram Parsons. Now a recent and pretty good doc about him has been posted in full at YouTube, so enjoy it while you can. Includes old buddies Keith and Chris Hillman and many others….

You seemed to enjoy the vid yesterday with Woody Guthrie’s “Old Man Trump” so a reader, Robert Kelly, sent along this more lavish version by Ryan Harvey featuring fellow Woody fanatics Ani DiFranco on vocals and Tom Morello on guitar. I urge my readers to get involved like that!

A reminder from yesterday: If you are looking for a Super Bowl alternative or supplement, you might try my current film “The Atomic Bowl,” now streaming at PBS,org and all PBS apps. Here is the link to the PBS.org page where you can watch now or via the apps. Narrated by Peter Coyote. And more: the companion book. If you watch the film (53 minutes) or read the book, let me know in comments or in an email.

Go here for full reviews or responses to the film from notables (and more).

From Tunes to Toons

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Photo Finish

From my camera to you: I’ll take both, but in which order? “Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers, N.Y.”{