Former POTUS and rock 'n roll MOSTUS team up, but Slate suspends a veteran podcaster and Daft Punk retires. Plus: Music from the Fab Four, Jimmy Cliff and Lucinda Williams.
Amazingly, I was also at MSG the night of the Ali-Frazier fight. We loved Ali, but literally feared for his life given Foreman’s formidable record of taking people out. It took a while to understand the room-a-dope strategy, what a brilliant adaptation. I wrote a piece about it you might get a kick out of: https://robertmherzog.medium.com/seeing-federer-in-amazement-once-again-a7dc34362ae3. It’s an excerpt from my book, Views from the Side Mirror: Essaying America which you might also enjoy. Seems like we are the same generation.
Amazingly, I was also at MSG the night of the Ali-Frazier fight. We loved Ali, but literally feared for his life given Foreman’s formidable record of taking people out. It took a while to understand the room-a-dope strategy, what a brilliant adaptation. I wrote a piece about it you might get a kick out of: https://robertmherzog.medium.com/seeing-federer-in-amazement-once-again-a7dc34362ae3. It’s an excerpt from my book, Views from the Side Mirror: Essaying America which you might also enjoy. Seems like we are the same generation.
Greg - have you heard "Man Without a Soul" by Lucinda? Sounds like an anti-Trump song to me. You should share that one! Love the newsletter!