November 4th
Michael Crichton, Chris Difford, Kathy Griffin, Matthew McConaughey, Fred “Sonic” Smith, Jacques Tati
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BORN (ENTER): Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Chris Difford, Frederick Elmes, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Charles Frazier, Ritwik Ghatak, Kathy Griffin, KAWS, Peter Lord, Ralph Macchio, Robert Mapplethorpe, Delbert McClinton, Matthew McConaughey, Efrim Menuck, Dror Moreh, Jane Pollard, Gregory Porter, Jeff Probst, Joe Pytka, Will Rogers, Drew Starkey, Loretta Swit, Coralie Trinh Thi, Taylor Tomlinson, Cosey Fanni Tutti
DEAD (EXIT): Sparky Anderson, Buddy Bolden, Charles Causley, John Jay Chapman, Michael Crichton, Father Michael Doyle, Dominique Dunne, Eddie Egan, Sam Francis, Ernestine Gilbreth-Carey, Bernie Glassman, Ken Hensley, Byron Lee, Felix Mendelssohn, Yitzhak Rabin, Andy Rooney, Fred “Sonic” Smith, Jacques Tati, Peter Viertel, Sarah Watt, Cy Young - Diane Ladd (11/3/2025)
DEEP THOUGHTS: There’s no future in living in the past.
EAT ME: Candy Day
FOODIE: Trump tariffs on pasta could soon top 100 percent: ‘Double the price’
HOLIDAY: Election Day (2025)
HOROSCOPE: It turns out that whomever you have to sleep with to get a drink around here, it’s not the bartenders, the owner, the waitresses, or the bouncer.
HOW TO DO EVERYTHING: How to Monitor the Election Monitors
JOKE: Voting is a lot like driving. To go backwards, choose “R”. To go forward, choose “D”.
PLAYLIST: The Allman Brothers Band: The Allman Brothers Band (11/4/1969), Black Sabbath: Mob Rules (11/4/1981), David Bowie: The Man Who Sold the World (11/4/1970), The Clash: Cut the Crap (11/4/1985), Jim James: Eternally Even (11/4/2016), Little Joy: Little Joy (11/4/2008), My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (11/4/1991), Sinéad O’Connor: The Lion and the Cobra (11/4/1987), Phoenix: Alpha Zulu (11/4/2022), Ramones: Rocket to Russia (11/4/1977), Sade: Promise (11/4/1985), Paul Simon: Hearts and Bones (11/4/1983), Rod Stewart: Footloose and Fancy Free (11/4/1977), They Might Be Giants: They Might Be Giants (11/4/1986) - At the Drive-In: Relationship of Command (2000), Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (2015), MC5: Back in the USA (1970), Squeeze: Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (1985)
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - Godspeed You! Black Emperor, MC5, Mendelssohn, Squeeze
Check out the November Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
READ: Common Dreams: Let Them Eat Marble and Big Beautiful Ballroom, Thom Hartmann: Will the 2028 Election Even Happen? Is There a Plot to Use the Insurrection Act to End Democracy?, Chris Hedges: Trump’s Greatest Ally is The Democratic Party, Independent Ink: Mr. Fish’s TED Talk at the University of Pennsylvania
New Book Releases: Margaret Atwood: Book of Lives, Laura K. Field: Furious Minds, Scott Galloway: Notes on Being a Man, Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis: Injustice, Salman Rushdie: The Eleventh Hour, Bee Wilson: The Heart-Shaped Tin, Tim Wu: The Age of Extraction
REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL: Jon Stewart Renews at ‘Daily Show’ for Another Year
RELIGULOUS: Trump’s Raids Terrorize Catholics — Pope Leo’s Top Cardinal Calls It an ‘Assault on Millions’
SCIENCE!: Today’s Moon Phase
SHAMELESS PLUG: Zohran Mamdani!
SHITASS: Laura Bush, Sean Combs, Jho Low
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: America’s top 10 richest saw their wealth grow by $700 billion combined under Trump - How’s your wealth growing?
SPORT: NFL Week 9 Recap
STREAM: The Banshees of Inisherin (11/4/2022) - Look Both Ways (Kanopy) - The Daily Show
New Blu-Ray Releases: The Breakfast Club (Criterion Collection)
STREAM CRITERION: Ritwik Ghatak, Jacques Tati - The Cloud-Capped Star
Jacques Tati Film Festival - Play Time, Mon Oncle, Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Jour de fête, School for Postmen, Traffic, Forza Bastia, Parade
TRAVEL: Valley of the Kings
T.Y.R.A.N.N.Y. IN THE U.S.A. (DAY 1749): The Trump administration will restart SNAP payments but only at half the usual amount; the government shutdown entered its 34th day and is on track to become the longest in U.S. history as Trump refused to negotiate with Democrats over extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; CBS News heavily edited Trump’s “60 Minutes” interview – the same standard editorial practice that led him to sue the network last year over its editing of a Kamala Harris segment; a federal judge permanently blocked Trump’s order requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration; for the third time a federal judge blocked Trump from deploying the National Guard to Portland, saying there was “no credible evidence” protests had grown out of control before his order; the Justice Department told lawmakers the Trump administration doesn’t need congressional approval to keep striking alleged drug-smuggling boats because the War Powers Resolution doesn’t apply; 52% of voters blamed Trump and congressional Republicans for the ongoing government shutdown; 67% of Democrats said they’re frustrated with their party; Trump’s approval rating fell to 37%, his lowest of his second term; two-thirds of voters said Trump has not lived up to their expectations on the economy and cost of living; 49% of Americans say the nation’s best times are behind it; and 55% of Americans say political violence will increase.
THE WALL: Erika Kirk: How Usha Vance Knows Why Erika Kirk Grabbed Her Husband So Intimately, JD Vance: Usha Chilukuri Vance is Dangerous
WELLNESS: Nick Offerman Thinks That Swinging a Hammer Might Change Your Life
WORD: Foster
WTF?!: Here’s the reason why some humans grow horns - Wait, What?
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HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2008 - Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States. 2001 - Luis Gonzalez’s walk-off hit lifts Diamondbacks to World Series title. Gonzalez’s single off New York Yankees’ Mariano Rivera gave the Diamondbacks their first World Series title in franchise history. 1995 – Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by an extremist Israeli. 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: A mob of Iranians, mostly students, overran the US embassy in Tehran and took 90 hostages (53 of whom are American). 1973 – The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters. Awesome. 1967 - Pink Floyd play their first U.S. show at the Fillmore in San Francisco. 1963 - The Beatles topped the bill at The Royal Variety Show at The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London. With the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in the audience, this was the night when John Lennon made his famous remark ‘In the cheaper seats you clap your hands. The rest of you, just rattle your jewelry’. 1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” Michael Crichton
“I was raised right. I talk about people behind their backs. It’s called manners.” Kathy Griffin
“We act insane, because if we didn’t, we would most surely become insane.” Richard Hooker
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people that they don’t like.” Will Rogers
“Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.” Mort Sahl
