Watch This Movie, Please!
New Amy Goodman doc, plus Tom Waits for everyone, our usual cartoons and music by new honorees Patti Smith, The Band, The Doors with Bruce.
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President Trump wrote on Truth Social this morning that if Iran doesn’t “take the DEAL,” the U.S. will “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. ... NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!”
Saw the excellent new doc on Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! yesterday, “Steal This Story, Please” (a kind of Abbie Hoffman reference, no less). I posted the trailer last week but here is a bit of it as part of an MSNBC interview.
Her role is so important when you consider a new poll ranking popularity of other media figures.
Meanwhile, a California man was charged with grand theft in a scheme to replace pieces of Lego with pasta.
Music Picks
Old pal Tom Waits’ first new song in 15 years just out, with Massive Attack, highly topical, ‘Boots on the Ground.’
The Springsteen Center in Monmouth, NJ (which will open its new building in June) held its annual American Music Awards last night for a range of honorees. Amazingly Bruce and his band took a break from a grueling tour out West to fly in for it, with Bruce introducing some honorees and playing. Below he joins Patti Smith as she sings “Because the Night” and more.
Here’s a surprising “Light my Fire” after introducing The Doors’ drummer John Densmore.
And a tribute to The Band with Steve Earle, Amy Helm, and Darlene Love joining Bruce on “The Weight.”
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That poll is beyond frightening and explains the mess we’re in. Appreciate the reminder of the Amy Goodman documentary.
Thanks for the link to the Amy Goodman interview. Good music and good cartoons.