April 11th
Carl Franklin, Vincent Gallo, Liz Garbus, Kurt Vonnegut, Jonathan Winters
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BORN (ENTER): Milly Alcock, Jason Baldwin, Richard Berry, Bas Devos, Uli Edel, Jeennifer Esposito, Carl Franklin, Vincent Gallo, Liz Garbus, Jennifer Gibbons, June Gibbons, Anton Glanzelius, Sebastien Grainger, Joel Grey, Bill Irwin, Nelly Kaplan, Louise Lasser, Anton LaVey, Oliver Laxe, Jim Lauderdale, Lights, Sergei Lukyanenko, John Milius, Gyorgy Palfi, James Parkinson, Mason Reese, Peter Riegert, Lisa Stansfield, Neville Staple, Joss Stone, Summer Walker, Zola Jesus
DIED (EXIT): Michael Ballhaus, Sandy Bull, Erskine Caldwell, Roger Caron, John Geils, Primo Levy, Dorothy Mengering, Joseph Merrick, John O’Hara, Polixeni Papapetrou, June Pointer, Proof, Shin Sang-Ok, Mitzi Shore, Kurt Vonnegut, Jesse Winchester, Jonathan Winters, Daunte Wright, Ernst Ziegler
DEEP THOUGHTS: We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
EAT ME: Cheese Fondue - Submarine Sandwiches
HOLIDAY: 8-Track Tape Day, Information Day (411), “Louie Louie” Day, Parkinson’s Day, Pet Day, Submarine Day - Coachella (4/11-4/13/2025), Day of Silence (2025)
HOROSCOPE: If you can't smile and laugh at work occasionally, then you're clearly doing something wrong, Mr. Surgical Oncologist.
HOW-TO: Name a Pet - Flapjack, Count Pupula, Radar, The Big Ragu, Bob Barker, Umami, Perp, Scott McCaughey, Dongle, Chip, Corkscrew, Dud, Geraldine, Ginger Mullet, Hacksaw, Cannoli, Tank, Keith, Gravy, MC Hamster, Hobo, Fletch Fetcher, Pumpkin Pie, Slim Whitman, Vlad, Lil Bit, Tambourine, Dr. Drool, General Barker, Knish, Sissy, Skillet, Banjo, Da Creep, Grand Moff Barkin’, Columbo, Mr. Pib, Glenn, Squiggy, Pizzazz, Shaq, Mr. Pitiful, Horshack, Soupy, Bip, Klaus, Hi-Hat, Chet, Dabbler, His Honor, Tater, Rusty Gooseneck, The Hunch, Milkshake, Special Prosecutor, Crab-Leg, Junior, Voldemort, Sidecar, Gary, Dumpster, Kimchi, Big Dummy, Cheug, Bite-y Biterson, Cecil, Quiche La Poodle, Horseface, Cheech, Josephus, Mr. Peanut, Pudge, Her Majesty, Salami, Floor Tom, Superfly, Canceled, Cheeto, Jeffy, The Coug, Boombox, Mungo, Hash Brown, Scoop, Rory, Metacom, Rollo, Dimebag, Holly Hunter, Whiplash, Toots, Bitcoin, Pastor Paws, Laverne, Bobka, Tamale, Moishe, Einstein, Vax - Rascal, Ringo, Kitty, Gilly, Jerry, Doug, Remi, Stewie, Moose, Makasa, Ziggy Bratwurst, Lucy - Tweedy
JOKE: A man walks into a pet store He tells the attendant that he is chasing something a little different, “everyone has dogs and cats and birds and fish, I want something different” The attendant says “I’ve got just the thing, here, we have a talking centipede” “Perfect says the man, that sounds great ill take one of those” He gets the centipede home and says “Mr. Centipede, would you like to go down the pub and have a couple of beers?” The man gets no response. Maybe he is a little shaken up from the ride home he thinks. I’ll give him 10 mins. and ask again. 10 mins. later the man says “Would you like head down the pub for a beer? Again no response. The man thinks to himself. I’ll give him another 15 mins. and if he doesn’t reply I’m taking him back. 15 mins. later the man says to the centipede “mate, do you want to go down the pub for a beer or not?!” The centipede replies “I’m putting my shoes on, you impatient bastard!”
PLAYLIST (ALBUMS OF THE DAY): The J. Geils Band: Hotline (1975), Hum: You’d Prefer an Astronaut (4/11/1995), Pavement: Wowee Zowee (4/11/1995), Marvin Pontiac: The Legendary Marvin Pontiac (4/11/2000), Proof: Searching for Jerry Garcia (2005), The Specials: More Specials (1980)
New Music Releases: Bon Iver: SABLE fABLE, Jeff Bridges: Slow Magic: 1977-1978, Ken Carson: More Chaos, Kali Malone: The Sacrificial Code, Mamalarky: Hex Key, The Mars Volta: Lucro Sucio - Los Ojos del Vacío, OK Go: And The Adjacent Possible, Röyksopp: True Electric, Set Dressing: I Can’t Be Alone Tonite, Nell Smith: Anxious
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QUESTION: What is your porn name? First name: the name of the first pet you ever had. Surname: the name of the street you grew up on.
READ: Kurt Vonnegut: A Man Without a Country (2005) - Timothy Snyder: Trump's Psychological Vulnerability, Joyce Vance: The Supreme Court Finally Rules, Vanity Fair
RELIGULOUS: Navigating the Bizarro World of the Christian Left, Pt. 2
SCIENCE!: During early April, the planets Venus, Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn will all be gathered above the eastern horizon before sunrise. Neptune is far too faint to compete against the morning twilight, but the other three planets will be visible, especially from tropical latitudes where the ecliptic (green line) will be closer to vertical. On the mornings surrounding Friday, April 11, find brilliant Venus and then search a bit more than a binoculars' field of view below it (orange circle) for the side-by-side pair of Mercury and Saturn. Mercury will be the slightly brighter planet to Saturn's left. On the prior few days, Saturn will be lower than Mercury. Then it will climb while Mercury descends.
SHITASS: Louise Peete
China raises retaliatory tariffs on US imports to 125%
STREAM (FILMS OF THE DAY): Fox and His Friends (Criterion/Max), Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (Netflix), Here (Criterion), Lost Girls (Netflix), Pets (Disney), Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (Prime), Tótem (Criterion), What’s New Pussycat? (Prime), Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple)
New Film Releases: The Amateur, Drop, G20 (Prime), Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound, One to One: John and Yoko, Pets (Disney), Sacramento, The Teacher, The Uninvited, Warfare
Carl Franklin Film Festival - One False Move, One True Thing, Devil in a Blue Dress, Out of Time, Bless Me Ultima
TRUMPLAND: Yesterday in one sentence: The House passed a Republican bill requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, despite noncitizen voting already being illegal and extremely rare; Trump ordered federal investigations into two former officials who contradicted his false claims about the 2020 election; a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion by airing false 2020 election claims; the House passed the Republican budget plan following a conservative standoff that fell apart under pressure from Trump; Trump acknowledged his tariff policies could cause “transition problems” as markets reversed course and recession fears deepened; and two Democratic senators called for a federal investigation into possible insider trading after Trump urged investors to “buy” hours before announcing a major tariff rollback that sent markets soaring.
WTF!?: UK Mother Finds Her 1-Year-Old Eating His Grandfather's Ashes
WWW: ACLU, Adbusters, Apple Music, Banned Book Club, The Brigid Alliance, Clown Crack, Democracy Now!, Everytown, EXO Film Festival, How to Do Everything, Just Watch, Kanopy, John Lurie, McSweeney’s, The New York Times, No Mercy/No Malice, NPR, The Onion, PETA, Positive Legacy, Reasons to be Cheerful, Right to Music, Southern Poverty Law Center, Starship Casual, The Straight Dope, Strummerville, Substack, TeachRock, Trader Joes, Wilco, World Central Kitchen, Zinn Education Project - Exit/Enter on Blue Sky
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2021 - A police officer in Minnesota, killed Daunte Wright during an attempted arrest following a traffic stop when the officer mistakes her own gun for her taser. 1993 – Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs. 1992 - Korean pop group Seo Taiji and Boys debuted on a Korean talent show. This was the beginning of K-Pop. 1981 - The Keddie Murders is an unsolved American quadruple homicide that occurred in Keddie, a rural resort town in the Sierra Nevada of northern California. The murders took place in Cabin 28 of the Keddie Resort during the late evening or early the following morning. 1979 – Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed. 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. 1900 - The Holland VI became the Navy's first modern submarine. 1856 – Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
“Those who believe in Telekinesis, raise my hand.” Kurt Vonnegut
“Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.” Jonathan Winters
