Greg Mitchell is the author of more than a dozen books and now writer/director of three award-winning films aired via PBS, including “Atomic Cover-up” and “Memorial Day Massacre.” Now watch trailer for acclaimed 2025 film “The Atomic Bowl” coming to PBS in July. Before all that, he was a longtime editor of the legendary Crawdaddy. You can still subscribe to this newsletter for FREE. Sustain this newsletter by ordering one of his books.
The Alien v. Predator battle continues but the less said about it the better. This will suffice as a scary reminder for now:
So, for some distractions: There’s a new doc out about one of the great forgotten rockers, Garland Jeffreys. I knew him a little night crawling in the West Village in the mid-1970s, just before “Wild in the Streets.” Never broke through after that, sure tried.
Mary Chapin Carpenter has a new comeback album this week, here is one terrific cut:
Couple of guys happened to meet up in little ol’ Liverpool town this week, prompting hopes they will appear on stage together there tonight. Stay tuned. Does a “Sir” outrank a “Boss”? Maybe we’ll find out.
There’s a new John Prine bio about to emerge, you can read about it here and pre-order.
As we mark D Day, I suspect few know that Woody Guthrie as a Merchant Mariner (on his second tour) helped offload 3000 troops on to Omaha Beach one month later, and then his ship hit a mine, he raced below to help save a shipmate (and his guitar), and survived. Then, when he got back home in Brooklyn, he was blacklisted from another tour of duty and so was drafted into the Army.
Woody Approve?
Ann Telnaes:
Great stuff, Greg! I loved the Woody Guthrie trivia and those cartoons, they're spot on! 👍
Would be hilarious if it weren't true.
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