Greg Mitchell has authored more than a dozen books and directed four recent PBS films. His latest, “The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero—and Nuclear Peril Today” has been airing over PBS stations and now streaming for free (key links to watch now and more here). A companion book is available, and you can read more or order here. And subscribing to this newsletter is still FREE.
Stephen’s monologue last night:
Jon Stewart on MAGAs comparing Trump to Jesus:
As Sen. Chris Murphy warns:
“We are not living in a functional democracy any longer. It’s not too late to save it, but it is just important to acknowledge that we aren’t on the precipice of losing our democracy. We are losing it every single day. We are not a functional nation with a rule of law any longer, and those toppled walls in the East Wing are a pretty stark reminder of that.”
As a longtime Gram Parsons and Emmylou fan, was happy to find this recent clip of Emmy talking about how he discovered her. As so often in Gram tales, Chris Hillman earns a lot of the credit:
One of only three or four rough clips of them performing together live, before his early demise, from their 1973 tour (I caught one show at Max’s in NYC). Here’s “Streets of Baltimore.”
and “Sin City.”
From Tunes to Toons
Nick Anderson:
Dennis Goris:
Ann Telnaes:
Bill Bramhall:
Two from Steve Brodner:
Asher:
Photo Finish
Continuing my new feature, from my camera to you, always appreciate comments. Today: “Rush Hour, Grand Central Terminal, NYC, October Light.”
Great photo, music, cartoons. Emmylou & Gram! It really helps:) thx
I like your new feature of your own photos. Also I bought and read your short book on Vonnegut as I am going back and rereading / reading him.