Three new discoveries in a month rock our African origins
THE ARCTIC DOOMSDAY SEED VAULT FLOODED. THANKS, GLOBAL WARMING
Left-lean faith leaders are hungry to break the right’s grip on setting the nation’s moral agenda
Amy Biancolli: I yam what I yam by the grace of God
Time for equal media treatment of ‘political correctness’
American Ex-Pats Explain Why They Quit America
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Brexit II
Dustbury has discovered not everyone he’s likely to meet is prepared to deal with someone who walks only with a bunch of equipment
The Short, Sad Tale of Allyn King of Albany
Arthur is 15 Years a Kiwi citizen
Baby boomers are downsizing — and the kids won’t take the family heirlooms
The Negro Motorist Green Book, which I wrote about here. Check out
the 1949 edition
The art of writing an obituary
An Interview With Author Kelly Sedinger
She returned from Iraq to a broken family. Then writing changed her life
Anne Lamott: 12 truths I learned from life and writing
Anita Pallenberg Passes Away at Age 73
In appreciation of an old-school journalist, the late Dan Lynch
HEATHER FAZIO: I spent two days with Dennis Rodman
Documentary producer Robert Weide interviewed Woody Allen live on Facebook
Bill Messner-Loebs and Jack Kirby to Receive 2017 Bill Finger Award
Night Court was the black sheep of NBC’s sitcom dynasty
Pete and Harry, two rabbits in commercials for Carnation Milk. I DO NOT remember this
Too Many People Still Think Chocolate Milk Comes from Brown Cows
Now I Know: Fighting North Korea in a Flash and The Counterfeit Money Which is Intentionally Worthless and The Green Versus the Eardrums and Why Mattresses Come With Warning Tags and There’s No Place Like 0,0
Adam West, star of the ‘Batman’ TV series, dies at 88. Here’s his Idaho phone listing. Some insights from Mark Evanier and reflections by Chuck Miller, plus Eddie’s elegy and Rob Hoffman calling him one of “most accomplished and revered ‘B’ level actors of all time”
MUSIC
The Absolute Authenticity of REBECCA JADE (niece #1) and CD REVIEW – PETER SPRAGUE & REBECCA JADE: Planet Cole Porter, available here. Recently, Rebecca has sung at least twice with percussionist Sheila E. and singer Lynn Mabry. Lynn, among many other things, sang backup on the Stop Making Sense tour, which I saw at SPAC in 1984
Coverville: Sgt.Pepper 50th anniversary plus Gregg Allman tribute and All 213 Beatles Songs, Ranked From Worst to Bestand The Final Beatles Concert
K-Chuck Radio: The Mystery of Blueberry Hill
Bohemian Rhapsody – Vika Yermolyeva
Pieces about Bobby Vee and Brian Hyland, both apparently inspired by me
Wap Bap, the most hated song on YouTube
Song of the Volga Boatmen sung by the Red Army Chorus
Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens
Billy Joel on Self-Doubt and Finally Becoming Cool
I adore “Wap Bap” and its vaguely “Runaround Sue”-ish cadence. How much so? $12.88 for a copy of the CD single — the second track is the instrumental backing — from some enterprising German fellow who bought up a few and put them on eBay.