December 4th
Fred Armisen, Jeff Bridges, Jay-Z, Led Zeppelin, Marisa Tomei, Frank Zappa
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BORN (ENTER): Adamski, Hannah Arendt, Fred Armisen, Max Baer Jr., Tyra Banks, Skip Bayless, Jeff Bridges, Freddy Cannon, Ferry Corsten, Álex de la Iglesia, Dionne Farris, Bobby Griffin, Dree Hemingway, Chris Hillman, Lauren Humphreys, Jay-Z, Jelly Roll, Gemma Jones, Corinne Marchand, Wink Martindale, Leah Meyerhoff, Mark Robson, Scott Rogowsky, Southside Johnny, Yōjirō Takita, Marisa Tomei, Cassandra Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Reality Winner
DEAD (EXIT): Tommy Bolin, Mark Clark, Claudia Emerson, John Gay, Cliff Green, Robert Hamer, Fred Hampton, Stonewall Jackson, Omar Khayyam, Ivana Kobilca, Bert Lahr, Margaret Landon, Led Zeppelin, Robert Loggia, Rouben Mamoulian, Archie Mayo, Bob McGrath, Norval Morrisseau, Robert Parrish, Hubert Sumlin, Frank Zappa
DEEP THOUGHTS: If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
FOODIE: Cabernet Franc, Cookies - Burger King (12/4/1954), Comet Ping Pong Pizza
HOLIDAY: Wildlife Conservation Day
HOROSCOPE: Decent people everywhere will be shocked and appalled by the treatment you received and the conditions under which you were held, but it’s not like their jobs are any better.
JOKE: What's the difference between alcohol and QAnon? Alcohol kills less brain cells.
THE ONION: American Express Launches Small Sweatshop Saturday
PLAYLIST: The Beatles “Beatles for Sale” (12/4/1964), Jay-Z “Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter” (1999), Led Zeppelin “In Through the Out Door” (1979), The Mothers of Invention “Uncle Meat” (1969), Trenchmouth “Trenchmouth vs. The Light of the Sun” (1994), Frank Zappa “Apostrophe” (1974), Frank Zappa “Hot Rats” (1969)- Nap Eyes “The Neon Gate”
The Rolling Stones “December's Children (And Everybody's)” (12/4/1965)
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PODCAST: One Tough Podcast
READ: “The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Hannah Arendt
SHITASS: Jay-Z, Nancy Mace, Jeremy Thorpe
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: Trump’s plans to remake America in 1 week
SPACED: As the sky is darkening after sunset on Wednesday, Dec. 4, look low in the western sky to see the pretty, waxing crescent moon shining several finger widths below (or several degrees to the celestial south of) the brilliant planet Venus. The pair will share the view in binoculars (orange circle) and will make a pretty photo until they drop into the trees around 6:30 p.m. local time.
STREAM: Brothers (Prime), The Ferpect Crime (Prime), I Believe in Unicorns (Hoopla), Love is Strange (Prime), Kind Hearts and Coronets (Kanopy), Portlandia (AMC), Reality (Max), The Wizard of Oz (Max), Zappa (Hoopla/Hulu/Kanopy) - Saturday Night Live: 1984-1985, 2002-2013 (Peacock)
Robert Hamer - Kind Hearts and Coronets
Mark Robson - Valley of the Dolls
VOX: The South Korean president’s stunning martial law decree, explained
WORD: Brain Rot
WTF!?: Michigan Republican Says Gay Marriage Should Be ‘Illegal Again’
WWW: ACLU, Adbusters, Apple Music, ASPCA, Banned Book Club, The Brigid Alliance, Clown Crack, Cost Plus Drugs, Democracy Now!, Everytown, EXO Film Festival, How to Do Everything, Just Watch, Kanopy, John Lurie, The New York Times, No Mercy/No Malice, Positive Legacy, Reasons to be Cheerful, Right to Music, Starship Casual, The Straight Dope, Strummerville, TeachRock, Trader Joes, Wilco, World Central Kitchen, Zinn Education Project - Blue Sky
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2016 - A North Carolina man was arrested after he walked into a popular pizza restaurant Called Comet Ping Pong in Washington, D.C. carrying an assault rifle and started shooting. The man told police he had come to the restaurant to “self-investigate” a false election-related conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton that spread online during her presidential campaign. It all started in early November, when Clinton campaign manager John Podesta's email was hacked and the messages were published by Wikileaks. One of the emails, according to The New York Times, was between Podesta and James Alefantis, the owner of D.C.'s Comet Ping Pong. The message discussed Alefantis hosting a possible fundraiser for Clinton. Users of the wack-o website 4Chan began speculating about the links between Comet Ping Pong and the Democratic Party with one particularly vile connection burbling to the surface: the pizzeria is the headquarters of a child trafficking ring led by Clinton and Podesta. Yes. The conspiracy theory that prominent members of the Democratic Party are somehow involved in a global child-trafficking ring took root on far-right conservative websites. The conspiracy theory linking this very false theory to Comet kicked around 4Chan until someone posted a long document with "evidence" to an alt-right section of Reddit several days before the U.S. election. 1993 - Joanna married Kenny. 1980 - The rock group Led Zeppelin announced it was disbanding after the death in September of drummer John Bonham. 1978 – Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor. 1977 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers extend losing streak. Tampa Bay's losing streak encompassed the entire 1976 season and was extended to 26 games the following season, a record that still stands in the NFL. 1971 - The Montreux Casino in Switzerland burnt to the ground during a show by Frank Zappa. The incident is immortalized by Deep Purple's 'Smoke On The Water'. In 1967 the Casino became the venue for the Montreux Jazz Festival, which was the brainchild of music promoter Claude Nobs. On the night of the blaze, Nobs saved several young people who, thinking they would be sheltered from the flames, had hidden in the casino from the blaze. A recording of the outbreak and fire announcement can be found on a Frank Zappa Bootleg album titled Swiss Cheese / Fire. 1969 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. 1956 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) got together at Sun Studio for the first and only time. 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
“Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” Omar Khayyam