Billionaire Buffoonery, Neil Young Film Debuts, Plus Cartoons Thursday!

And Lucy Dacus + Hozier.

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For a fun start, here’s Colbert with a five-minute music video claiming billionaires are “actually good,” tongue deeply in cheek of course (and somehow rhyming “eat the rich” and “delish”):

Slightly down the food chain, headline from Rolling Stone yesterday, more evidence of anti-Canada bias:

Trump Admin ‘Tried Every Trick’ to Scuttle Neil Young’s U.S. Citizenship, Daryl Hannah Says

The actress, who's been married to the musician since 2018, said the first Trump admin tried to "mess him up" during the lengthy interview process

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Well, who will have the last laugh? As I’ve previously noted, the new Daryl Hannah doc about her hubby’s 2023 solo tour opens tonight across the country for one screening at 7 pm, and I’ll be there. In the concert, he does mostly deep cuts, such as the terrific and timely “Throw Your Hatred Down,” from 1995.

Here in the conscious world
We place our theories down
Why man must bring us to our knees
Before he sees the weakness of his sinful plan
The power in his hand
Will never touch a friend

Throw your hatred down
Throw your hatred down

Throw your weapons down
Throw your weapons down

From the film’s soundtrack lp, also out today, acoustic:

And his electric version last year near my home:

In a quieter vein, here’s Lucy Dacus last month with Hozier at the National Gallery of Ireland, “Bullseye,” from her new record:

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Steve Brodner: