August 21st
Bo Burnham, Don Everly, Kacey Musgraves, Kenny Rogers, Joe Strummer, Mevlin Van Peebles, Peter Weir
Good Morning - Hello! It is Thursday, August 21st. Welcome to ExitEnter, your daily newsletter of the day ahead of you. There is lots of shit happening and ExitEnter wants to help you plan for it. But first, you should probably catch up on all the news this morning and check out your sports scores. Also, see what the weather is going to be like wherever you are. ExitEnter is propaganda about the things I love in hopes of making life a little better. Thanks for reading and/or subscribing.
BORN (HAPPY BIRTHDAY): Count Basie, Usain Bolt, Budgie, Bo Burnham, Kim Cattrall, Jelani Cobb, Alex Cooper, Greg Cromer, Jackie Deshannon, Loretta Devine, Eytan Fox, Kelis, Patty McCormack, Jim McMahon, Carrie-Ann Moss, Kacey Musgraves, Hayden Panettiere, Kenny Rogers, Harry Smith, Steve Smith, Joe Strummer, Serj Tankian, Jon Tester, Mevlin Van Peebles, Peter Weir, Hugh Wilson, Alicia Witt
DEAD (R.I.P.): John Amos, Sid Bernstein, Michael Devine, Nancy Dolman, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Don Everly, Jerry Finn, Connie Hamzy, Barbara Harris, George Jackson, Nanni Loy, Thomas Meehan, Robert Moog, Kurt Neumann, Buford Pusser, Stefan Karl Stefansson, Leon Trotsky, Wesley Willis
DEEP THOUGHTS: What Would Joe Strummer Do?
FOODIE: Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It
HOLIDAY: International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, Senior Citizen Day - Joe Strummer Day
HOROSCOPE: Losing a limb can be a trying and traumatic experience, but you'll be an expert at it by the end of the week.
HOW-TO: Be a Punk
JOKE: How do you get a senior citizen to say fuck!? Yell Bingo!
PLAYLIST: Alice in Chains: Facelift (8/21/1990), Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones: Foreverly (2013), Patsy Cline “Crazy” (8/21/1961), Bill Fay: Life is People (8/21/2012), Janes Addiction: Ritual de lo Habitual (8/21/1990), Midnight Oil: Diesel and Dust (8/21/1987), Oasis: Be Here Now (8/21/1997), Palace Music: Viva Last Blues (8/21/1995), Prince: Graffiti Bridge (8/21/1990), The Psychedelic Furs: Mirror Moves (8/21/1984) - The Clash: Sandinista! (1980), Journey: Departure (1980), Kasey Musgraves: Pageant Material (2015), Siouxsie and the Banshees: The Rapture (1995)
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - The Clash, The Everly Brothers, Kacey Musgraves, Joe Strummer
Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
PODCAST: Call Her Daddy
READ: George Jackson: Soledad Brother (1970) - The Nation, The New York Times: Stop Your Whining, Gen X, John Pavlovitz: Fast Fascism: From Democracy to Dictatorship in Under a Year, Robert Reich: How your kids will make money
RELIGULOUS: Mike Johnson Wants to Usher in the Biblical End Times By Having A Red Heifer Sacrificed in Jerusalem - What is wrong with these people?
SHITASS: Elizabeth Bathory, Amy Fisher, Robert Hansen, Father Lawrence Murphy, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: 88-52 - Texas destroys democracy, you’re state is next.
STREAM: Dirty Dancing (8/21/1987) - Memento (Hoopla/Kanopy/Prime), Peacemaker: Season 2 (HBO Max), Sublet (Kanopy), Witness (Hoopla/Kanopy)
STREAM (CRITERION): Directed by Melvin Van Peebles - Picnic at Hanging Rock, Rude Boy, When Pigs Fly
Melvin Van Peebles Film Festival - The Story of a Three-Day Pass, Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha, Watermelon Man, Don’t Play Us Cheap, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
Peter Weir Film Festival - The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Witness, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Way Back, The Year of Living Dangerously, Fearless, The Last Wave, The Mosquito Coast, Green Card, The Cars That Ate Paris, The Plumber
TRAVEL: Hawaii
TRUMPED: Yesterday in one sentence: A federal judge refused to release the Jeffrey Epstein grand jury transcripts and accused the Trump administration of using the request as a “diversion”; Trump demanded that Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook resign after his housing regulator Bill Pulte accused her of mortgage fraud; Jeanine Pirro – then a Fox News host, now the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia – told RNC chair Ronna McDaniel in a 2020 text that she was working to help Trump and Republicans; more than 750 current and former Health and Human Services employees accused Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of spreading misinformation that led to the Aug. 8 mass shooting at the CDC in Atlanta; Elon Musk backed off plans to launch the “America Party,” telling allies he needed to protect his companies and his relationship with JD Vance; and Trump claimed he’s ended “six wars” – or “seven,” depending on the day – and called himself a “war hero.”
WORD: Rights - Know Your Rights! (All three of them) #1 - The right not to be killed. Murder is a crime! Unless it is done by a policeman, or an aristocrat. #2 - The right to food money, providing of course, you don't mind a little investigation, humiliation, and, if you cross your fingers, rehabilitation. #3 - The right to free speech as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it.
WTF?!: Gavin Newsom has trolled his way to the top of social media - It’s awesome, I love it!
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2015 – Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting. 1992 - An 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest him for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns. 1961 – Motown released what would be its first #1 hit (in America), "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes. 1961 – American country music singer Patsy Cline returned to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy." Rib pain lingering from her near fatal car accident earlier in the year had kept her vocal range stifled the week prior. This time, Cline was successful in the first take. It marked the first and last time her vocals were dubbed to the Decca Records session musicians' previously recorded instrumental track. Prior to this event, Cline had always recorded with live accompaniment. The recording of "Crazy" would become her signature song. 1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. 1923 - In Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner. 1831 – Nat Turner led black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites.
"Take your pleasure seriously." Charles Eames
