Kimmel last night, not exactly running scared.
If you didn’t see this flap yesterday: It started with the super popular Zach Bryan posting the opening minute or so of a new song in progress. It led, to cite one, to this Rolling Stone story and headline:
Zach Bryan Has a New Song Bashing ICE. Republicans Are Big Mad
The start of the song, “Bad News,” does seem pretty great:
But Bryan quickly responded not by doubling down but backing off:
The New York Times, over an opinion piece by Jamelle Boule:
The Second Trump Administration Is a Museum of America’s Worst Moments
Then there is this: Trump called this morning for the jailing of Chicago’s Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker. This comes hours after he federalized Texas national guard to go into Illinois against Johnson and Pritzker’s will.
Taylor Swift’s new “Ophelia” song getting a lot of attention and analysis, but we will go back instead to The Band’s “Ophelia,” here from “The Last Waltz”:
…and to Natalie Merchant’s “Ophelia,” complete with role and costume changes:
From Tunes to Toons
Steve Brodner with a great one:
One from the archives by the great Tom Toles.
Headline in The Guardian today: “Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead”
Photo Finish
Continuing a new daily feature, from my camera to you, Venice in the Rain from Rialto Bridge
Thanks for both and complete sides of the latest music meltdown.
Thanks for that clip from The Last Walz - a big favorite! Why do the best things always disappear?