June 20th
Mike Birbiglia, Jim Ellison, Stephen Frears, John Goodman, Nicole Kidman, Lionel Richie, Robert Rodriguez, Donald Sutherland, Brian Wilson
Good Morning - Hello! It is Friday, June 20th. Welcome to Exit/Enter, your daily newsletter of the day ahead of you. There is lots of shit happening and Exit/Enter 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. Thanks for reading and/or subscribing. To see the complete updated Exit/Enter for today and yesterdays - visit the website. Be awesome today and try not to be a shitass.
BORN (HAPPY BIRTHDAY): Danny Aiello, Michael Anthony, Mike Birbiglia, Candy Clark, Patrice Cullors, Olympia Dukakis, Errol Flynn, Stephen Frears, Jon Glaser, John Goodman, Jerry Keller, Nicole Kidman, Kimber Lanning, Amos Lee, John Mahoney, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chino Moreno, Anne Murray, Jemina Pearl, Caroline Polachek, Grace Potter, Lionel Richie, Robert Rodriguez, Sage the Gemini, John Taylor, Bob Vila, Robert B. Weide, Brian Wilson
DEAD (R.I.P.): Neda Agha-Soltan, Ryan Dunn, Jim Ellison, Wilbur Hardee, Howard Johnson, Leroy Neiman, Prodigy, Mark Robson, Bugsy Siegel, Donald Sutherland, Bill Stewart, Eric Swenson, George Loane Tucker
DEEP THOUGHTS: Two Drink David enjoys dancing and knows a magic trick. Whereas, No Drink David enjoys biographies, and has serious opinions on wildlife. And Five Drink David… dances with wildlife.
EAT ME: Ice Cream Soda, Kouign Amann, Vanilla Milkshakes (Martin and Lewis)
FOODIE: Eat Seasonably (Summer) - Apples, Avocados, Basil, Bell Peppers, Berries, Carrots, Cherries, Cilantro, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Green Beans, Mangoes, Melons, Nectarines, Peaches, Peppers, Squash, Tomatoes
HOLIDAY: Cancer, Refugee Day - First Day of Summer (2025)
Cancer (6/20-7/21) - Very sensitive. Seeks comfort. Forgives but never forgets. Only has one boundary, but it is very firm. Takes on other people’s problems. - Element: Water - Modality: Cardinal - Ruling Planet: The Moon - Symbol: The Crab
HOROSCOPE: You will experience debilitating pain, unspeakable agony, and the loss of all of your hair when a voodoo doll bearing your likeness falls into the hands of a 5-year-old girl.
HOW-TO: Help People in Need, Stop Being Racist
JOKE: Two refugees are waiting in line to get into the US, one says "screw this line, I'm going to shoot Trump". He leaves for a while and then comes back to resume his place in line. The other guy says "so, did you do it?" He says "no, the line there was even longer than this one." - What do my jokes and refugees have in common? They are not always received well.
PLAYLIST (ALBUMS OF THE DAY): The Beach Boys: Beach Boys’ Party/Summer Days (and Summer Nights)/Today! (1965), Amos Lee: Amos Lee (1995), Mobb Deep: The Infamous (1995), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “Refugee” (1980), Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (2010), The Rolling Stones: Emotional Rescue (6/20/1980), Van Halen: Women and Children First (1980), The White Stripes: De Stijl (6/20/2000), Neil Young: Tonight’s the Night (6/20/1975)
The Beatles: Yesterday and Today (6/20/1966), David Bowie “Space Oddity” (6/20/1969), The Detroit Cobras: The Original Recordings (6/20/2008), Foreigner: Double Vision (6/20/1978), Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa (6/20/1969), Don Henley: The End of the Innocence (6/20/1989), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “Refugee” (1980), Iggy Pop: Instinct (6/20/1988)
New Music Releases: Benson Boone: American Heart, S.G. Goodman: Planted by the Signs, Haim: I Quit, Hotline TNT: Raspberry Moon, James McMurtry: The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy, Lukas Nelson: American Romance, U.S. Girls: Scratch It
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - The Beach Boys, The Commodores, Material Issue, Anne Murray, Caroline Polachek, Lionel Richie, Van Halen
Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
QUESTION: Are you ready for the summer? Are you ready for a good time?
READ: Jeff Tiedrich: Insane Clown Threatens Iran, Abby Zimet: Lame: Pissed Soldiers, Squeaky Tanks, Fake Deals 'R Us
RELIGULOUS: A Former Pastor's Lament Over MAGA Christianity
SCIENCE!: On Friday, June 20 at 10:42 p.m. EDT or 7:42 p.m. PDT (which converts to Saturday at 0242 GMT), the sun will reach its northernmost declination for the year, delivering the maximum daylight hours of the year for the Northern Hemisphere and the minimum daylight hours of the year for the Southern Hemisphere. The June solstice marks the beginning of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
SHAMELESS PLUG: Local First
SHITASS: Jean-Marie Le Pen, Bugsy Siegel
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: We've become a failed nation-state in 150 days
SPORT: ICE tries to go to a Dodgers game - Nope.
STREAM (STREAMS OF THE DAY): Chinatown (6/20/1974), Jaws (6/20/1975), Moonstruck (1987) (Hoopla/Kanopy) - Babygirl (HBO Max), 18½ (Hoopla/Kanopy/Prime), Grenfell: Uncovered (Netflix), High Fidelity (Hulu), Holland (Prime), Jackass (Paramount), Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life (Netflix), My Beautiful Launderette (Kanopy/Prime), Ordinary People (Hoopla/Kanopy), Sin City (Hoopla/Paramount)
Note: Actors Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis and John Mahoney were all born on this day and they also star together in the film Moonstruck. Today would be a good day to enjoy that film.
New Film Releases: Bride Hard, Elio, Everything’s Going to Be Great, Familiar Touch, Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos, KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix), Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, The Queen of My Dreams, Shanghai Blues, 28 Years Later
Stephen Frears Film Festival - High Fidelity, The Grifters, Dangerous Liaisons, Philomena, The Queen, Dirty Pretty Things, Prick Up Your Ears, The Hit, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Liam, The Snapper, Florence Foster Jenkins, My Beautiful Launderette, Victoria and Abdul, The Lost King, The Van, Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, The Program, Hero, Gumshoe, Tamara Drewe, The Hi-Lo Country, Mary Reilly - Quiz
Robert Rodriguez Film Festival - Sin City, Grindhouse: Planet Terror, From Dusk Till Dawn, Desperado, El Mariachi, Four Rooms: The Misbehavers, The Faculty, Machete, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids
TRAVEL: West Virginia - Ew
WE ARE FUCKED: Two Weeks
WELLNESS: Sunscreen
WORD: Refugee - a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked them around some. Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away, and held for ransom. Honey, it don't really matter to me. Baby everybody's had to fight to be free. You don't have to live like a refugee... Word.
WTF?!: Southwest Passenger Attacks Woman in Violent Mid-Flight Meltdown - That bitch is crazy!
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2001 – Andrea Yates, in an attempt to save her young children from Satan, drowned all five of them in a bathtub in Texas. 1975 – The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters". 1972 – Watergate scandal: A 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex. 1967 - Boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. The conviction was later overturned by the Supreme Court. 1943 – The Detroit race riot breaks out and continued for three more days. 1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother. 1863 - West Virginia became the 35th state.
“Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you’ll suck forever.” Brian Wilson
