www.speedbump.com
Thirteenth (2016 documentary about the 13th Amendment).
Patheos: Jesus Was a Socialist.
Listen, papa: let priests marry.
Buddhist robot priest to dole out advice in Kyoto temple.
Fran Rossi Szpylczyn: I Need Help (First Sunday of Lent).
The best thing to give up this Lent is plastic.
Political Notebook: Stupidity and hope.
The Balloon Pops on His Economic Promises.
Activity At 2nd North Korean Missile Site Indicates Possible Launch Preparations, so the fact that rump and Kim failed to reach a breakthrough in Hanoi may be for the best.
Before We Even Think about Candidates for 2020.
Cartoon: A very Peanuts third-party candidate.
Where is Congress’ Center on Climate Change?
Workism Is Making Americans Miserable.
Jaquandor: On Writing Longhand.
Think you know Abraham Lincoln? New photos reveal the man behind the legend.
The inspiring story of H’Hen Niê, who won Miss Universe Vietnam 2017.
Do Grammar Mistakes Annoy You? You Might Be an Introvert.
Movement And Breathing Breaks Help Students Stay Focused On Learning.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: robocalls and automation and psychics.
How to make “New York style pizza” at home. (n.b.: too much work for me!)
The People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day.
Hate tried to come for Brie Larson. Captain Marvel destroyed them.
Boney – a television drama with the worst casting gimmick ever.
Now I Know: New York City’s Secret (Tiny) Subway and Arresting the Rooster and The Writing Was on the Wall and When a Baseball Team Traded for Runs and Too Much Hare in Your Ear and Bernie Madoff’s Other Swiss Bank Account and The Hole Truth About Ballpoint Pens and Domo Arigato, Mr. Robutto and Darts Darts Bo Barts Bananafana Fo… Uh Oh.
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MUSIC
Understand – Aubrey Logan, Rebecca Jade on background vocals.
The revolution will not be televised – Soul Rebels club mix.
Gustav Holst’s The Planets – Jupiter, scored for five pianos.
Everything Changes – Eytan and The Embassy, also Star Wars parody, plus the identities revealed of the original video.
Coverville: 1253: Tributes for Peter Tork of the Monkees and Mark Hollis of Talk Talk and 1254: Cover Stories for The Who and Townes Van Zandt.
RIP, Hal Blaine of The Wrecking Crew, Hall of Fame drummer.
Andre Previn has died at age 89.
K-Chuck Radio: The “cover band” phase of popular bands and Olivia Newton-John does make you feel mellow.
NPR’s ‘Jazz Profiles’, hosted by Nancy Wilson; Miles Davis: ‘Kind of Blue’ (2001).
When I was staying with my sister Leslie in San Diego in early July, I may have started going a little stir crazy, I think. Keeping track of doctors’ appointments, nurses’ visits, specialists’ phone calls, paperwork for her employer was a tad overwhelming at times.
