If DOGE Runs Free, Plus a New Brandi & Elton Single

And a Top 10 film pick just now streaming.

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Okay a mix of things today, before we get to the usual cartoons for the Trump era with a scent of Musk.

First, we have noted that a Brandi Carlile album with her main hero/influence Elton John, is coming this spring. The first cut was released yesterday with classic Elton piano stylings and mainly Brandi vocal. Can’t say it’s as great as Brandi’s own “Madman Across the Water” (also below) but we’ll see how the entire album works out.

“Madman” live

Next, we did not get to the much acclaimed “September 5” movie (now up for an Oscar) in the theaters but it just dropped on Amazon Prime this week and we watched right away. Unlike so many movies in past year, especially American, which proved largely disappointing, this was one flick that exceeded expectations, with an up-close (and by the end a morally and ethically complex) look at the famous ABC broadcast coverage of the 1972 Munich hostage tragedy. Loved the German actress from the great “Teacher’s Lounge” in a key role. Here is the trailer:

Cartooning Fork

Ann Telnaes:

Trump this morning, if you have missed it: