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A few people “complained” that yesterday’s post lacked cartoons! Despite the great, comic, Tom Lehrer content. Anyway, a few new toons below in a rare night time posting!
Also, Stephen’s monologue last night.
Another 98 or 100 degree day here just north of NYC, so one of thge century’s classics: Louis Armstrong and his “hot” band playing and singing “Hotter Than That.” Early scatting—even maybe the first ever “be-bop”—and Lonnie Johnson on guitar, another rarity at the time. Then again, Louis basically invented 20th century singing and playing, so:
Over the weekend, Margo Price with actor John C. Reilly at Newport marked Dylan going electric there exactly 60 years earlier, with “Maggie’s Farm”
Saw this terrific film earlier this week, from actress/director Embeth Davidtz with phenomenal 8-year-old girl’s performance, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs, Tonight,” Zimbabwe during civil war around 1980, and more.
Today’s Cartoons
Ann Telnaes:
Lynn Hsu:
“One day, son, this farmland will be yours to sell to a tech company building a data center.”
You can please all the people some of the time....etc....etc.
Sorry about the comment in missing the cartoons yesterday. It’s just that in these horrible times I look forward to those wonderful cartoons. Didn’t mean to diminish yesterday‘s Substack because I did enjoy that.