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Okay, we’ll open with Colbert’s monologue last night. Good to see him get to the seizing of Columbia U activist Khalil and warning of more arrests/detentions to come.
Meanwhile, Miami Beach mayor “retaliates” against recent Oscar winner, the great doc “No Other Land.”
The mayor of Miami Beach is proposing to terminate a lease agreement and discontinue thousands of dollars in financial support for an independent film theater after it screened an Oscar-winning documentary about the ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank. In a newsletter sent to residents Tuesday night, Mayor Steven Meiner explained his objections over the documentary “No Other Land,” which has had several showings at O Cinema, an art house film cinema in South Beach, despite pressure from Meiner to cancel the screenings. He called the film, which won an Academy Award last week but has faced criticism from supporters of Israel, “a false one-sided propaganda attack on the Jewish people that is not consistent with the values of our City and residents.”
Now a little music. If you missed the CBS special on Ringo at the Ryman this week here is a highlight (though shot off screen) of Jack White doing “Don’t Pass Me By.”
And another Ringo hit from the ‘70s, the great “Photograph,” co-written by George Harrison, who is featured in this video:
Now a break for some classical music, the well-known "Gymnopedie No.1" by French composer Erik Satie—but here featuring Bob Dylan at the Big Apple Circus, which I missed when it aired…
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From Steve Brodner:
I loved today’s post, even more than I usually do, and that’s saying a lot!
I have a small request: I (stupidly!) failed to record the “Ringo & Friends at the Ryman” broadcast the other evening. If anyone learns that a soundtrack of the broadcast is issued, please let me know. Thank you!
Thank you for your articles. I was moved by the stunning editorial image at the very bottom of this newsletter and wondered who the Artist is.