My award-winning film “The Atomic Bowl” started streaming on PBS.org and PBS apps last week and via Vimeo (you can easily watch it via links here), plus it is airing over many PBS stations. In addition, my previous film, “Atomic Cover-up,” is receiving free PBS showing here in its “short” (28 minutes) version. You can still subscribe to this newsletter for FREE. And there is now a companion e-book for “The Atomic Bowl” with the same title, read more here or order.
John Oliver last night on MAHA, RFK Jr. and the gang.
Then there’s this:
Ronnie Rondell, Stuntman Set on Fire for Pink Floyd Cover, Dies at 88
And this:
Spike Lee’s Colin Kaepernick docuseries no longer coming to ESPN, citing “creative differences”
Trailer for upcoming doc, “Bodyguard of Lies,” on how Americans were misled on “progress” in Afghanistan war.
59 years ago this weekend, young unknown Joni Mitchell was film for a TV special, singing “Circle Game” as horses and cows thundered behind her, presumably in her native Canada.
Couple week ago I posted the Everly Brothers big comeback hit in 1984, “On the Wings of a Nightingale,” written for him by longtime fan Paul McCartney. Now here is Paul’s original demo for them, with Linda as a faint Phil and Paul striking some signature Don guitar chords.
Doc Pomus was one of the great rock ‘n roll era songwriters—from “Lonely Afternoon” and “Viva Las Vegas” to “Save the Last Dance for Me” and “This Magic Moment”—and now there’s a collection of his demos. Here his frequent co-writer Mort Shuman sings demo for one of my favorite Elvis tunes, “(Marie’s the Name of) His Latest Flame.”
And finally, it’s a hotly debated issue in classical circles, but here is a fun short video asserting that Beethoven indeed did invent “boogie-woogie.” This is from his final, epic, piano sonata, one of the greatest works of art in the history of humans.
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Thanks for sharing all the goodness over the years, your work, humor and perspective has helped keep me sane over the last few years.
Huge fan, keep up the great work, wish I was in a better position to help sponsor.
Peace,
HMK
From John Oliver’s well-researched MAHA, to sweet Joni Mitchell, to tender Paul McCartney, to Doc Pomus (whose “Marie” could have been for my dad and mom!), and the best reveal of raucus Beethoven boogie-woogie, plus the A-plus, hard-hitting cartoons, you made a prize Monday package! Thank you!