October 11th
Jean Cocteau, Joan Cusack, Angela Lansbury, Daryl Hall, Diane Keaton, Elmore Leonard, Todd Snider
Good Morning - Hello! It is Saturday, October 11th (Day 284). 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. Thanks for reading and/or subscribing.
BORN (ENTER): Hany Abu-Assad, Cardi B, Alan Berliner, Matt Bomer, Cece, Joan Cusack, Emily Deschanel, Nat Faxon, Sean Patrick Flanery, Dawn French, Amos Gitai, Mark Goodman, Petra Haden, Rachel Haden, Tanya Haden, Daryl Hall, Jane Krakowski, Artie Lang, Jon Langford, Elmore Leonard, Justin Lin, MC Lyte, Jon Miller, Brett Morgan, David Morse, Patty Murray, Constantin Mutu, George Ratliff, Charles Shyer, Todd Snider, Alexander Sowinski, U-God, Nicholas Van Orten, Gene Watson, Dottie West, Steve Young, Tom Zé
DEAD (EXIT): Victor J. Bergeron, Jean Cocteau, Jean Henri Fabre, Wayland Flowers, Robert Forester, Redd Foxx, Harold Garde, John Giorno, David Hand, Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Rudolf Isley, Frank Kameny, Diane Keaton, Mackinlay Kantor, Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Dorothea Lange, Angela Lansbury, Alexi Leonov, Meriwether Lewis, Chico Marx, Casimir Pulaski, Steele Rudd
DEEP THOUGHTS: Repeat after me. I would like to feed your fingertips to the wolverines.
EAT ME: Dulce Le Leche, Sausage Pizza - Kegger Weekend (2025), Pinotage Day (2025)
FOODIE: International Pinotage Day is celebrated annually on the second Saturday of October. This day honors Pinotage, South Africa’s signature red wine grape, a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault. Known for its bold and unique flavors of dark fruit, coffee, chocolate, and smoky notes, Pinotage is a versatile wine that pairs beautifully with barbecue, game meats, and hearty stews.
GAMER: Chess
HOLIDAY: Coming Out Day - National Chess Day (2025), Migratory Bird Day (2025)
HOROSCOPE: Speed-dating may not have worked for you in the past, but this time, try it without so much methamphetamine in your system.
HOW-TO: Bird Watch, Come Out - Play Chess, Tap a Keg
JOKE: Why did the farmer start a punk band? He was tired of haulin’ oats.
PLAYLIST: ABBA: Arrival (10/11/1976), Adam Ant: Friend or Foe (10/11/1982), Belle and Sebastian: Write About Love (10/11/2010), Big Thief: Two Hands (10/11/2019), Lloyd Cole: Bad Vibes (10/11/1993), Kansas: Point of No Return (10/11/1977), Korn: Korn (10/11/1993), The Linda Lindas: No Obligation (10/11/2024), Love and Rockets: Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (10/11/1985), Ministry: The Land of Rape and Honey (10/11/1988), Pearl Jam: Lightning Bolt (10/11/2013), Lionel Richie: Can’t Slow Down (10/11/1983), Simply Red: Picture Book (10/11/1985) - Cardi B: Am I the Drama? (2025), Hall and Oates: Daryl Hall and John Oates (1975), That Dog: Totally Crushed Out! (1995)
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - Hall and Oates, Todd Snider
Check out the October Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
READ: MacKinlay Kantor: Andersonville (1955) - McSweeney’s: It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers, The Onion: Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile, Alexander Verbeek: The Nobel Committee’s Brilliant Answer to Donald Trump
RELIGULOUS: Local Woman Devotes Life To Doing God’s Busy Work
SCIENCE!: Today’s Moon Phase
SHAMELESS PLUG: Human Rights Watch - They declined donations from comedians who performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival. Awesome.
SHITASS: Craig Price, Erich Priebke, Peter Thiel
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: Trump announces 100 percent tariff on China
SPORT: NFL refs disproportionately ruled in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs in recent years
STEPHEN MILLER IS A FASCIST PIG: Stephen Miller is the US President
STREAM: My Dinner with Andre (10/11/1981), Saturday Night Live (10/11/1975) (The Wolverines) (Peacock), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (10/11/1974) - Kippur (Hoopla/Kanopy), A Night at the Opera (Kanopy), Paradise Now (Kanopy), The Picture of Dorian Gray (HBO Max), Rabin: The Last Day (Kanopy)
Jean Cocteau Film Festival - Beauty and the Beast (Criterion), Orpheus (Criterion), Testament of Orpheus (Criterion), The Blood of a Poet (Criterion), La Villa Santo-Sospir (Criterion)
TRAVEL: 30 Rock
WELLNESS: The Paperclip Resistance - Join
WORD: Psychopaths - people who know the differences between right and wrong, but don’t give a shit.
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HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2025 - Peter Thiel turns 58 years old today. It would be great if today he chocked on a dick and died. That would be awesome. 2021 - Jon Gruden resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails surfaced in which he made homophobic and misogynistic remarks. 2018 - Kanye West visited the White House. Crazy met Crazier. 2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection. 1991 - Apple Computers settled a lawsuit launched by The Beatles record company, Apple Corporation, over name and logo rights. The computer company reportedly paid $29 million to settle the suit. 1991 - Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, law professor Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her; Thomas re-appeared before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a “high-tech lynching.” Anita Hill kept her cool and Thomas acted like an entitled little bitch - sound familiar? 1990 - Dave Grohl joined Nirvana. 1987 – The Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C.. Its success, size, scope, and historical importance have led to it being called, “The Great March”. It marked the first national coverage of ACT UP, with AIDS activists prominent in the main march, as well as making headlines the next day during mass civil disobedience actions at the United States Supreme Court Building. The day is celebrated every year called Coming Out Day. 1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuted with George Carlin as host. 1972 – A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam. We could barely fight the vietnamese because we were fighting ourselves.
“When you see the handwriting on the wall, you’re in the toilet.” Redd Foxx
