October 4th
Graham Chapman, Dakota Johnson, Janis Joplin, Loretta Lynn, Susan Sarandon, Liev Schreiber, Christoph Waltz
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BORN (ENTER): Armand Assante, Dan Bejar, Roy Blount Jr., H. Rap Brown, Rachel Leigh Cook, Bill Fagerbakke, Dennis Gansel, Stephen Gyllenhaal, Charlton Heston, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Mick Jackson, Dakota Johnson, Tchéky Karyo, Buster Keaton, Barbara Kooyman, Vicky Krieps, Tony La Russa, Chris Lowe, John Melendez, Ilhan Omar, Willy Porter, Anne Rice, Duke Robillard, Derrick Rose, Susan Sarandon, Jon Secada, Liev Schreiber, Alcia Silverstone, Russell Simmons, Morgan Spector, Jody Stephens, Pablo Trapero, Leroy Van Dyke, Andreas Vollenweider, Christoph Waltz, Matthew Ward, Micky Ward, Robert Wilson, Tim Wise
DEAD (EXIT): The Amazing Criswell, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Jean Béraud, Michel Blanc, Lizzie Bravo, Diahann Carroll, Graham Chapman, Rocky Dennis, Art Farmer, Takumi Furukawa, Danny Gatton, Mike Gibbons, Glenn Gould, Janis Joplin, Masaki Kobayashi, Philips Koninck, Loretta Lynn, Barney Oldfield, Rembrandt, Secretariat, Anne Sexton, Al Smith, Mercedes Sosa, Audrey Wells - Soo Catwoman (9/30/2025)
DEEP THOUGHTS: The rich and powerful piss on us and the media tell us it’s raining.
EAT ME: Cinnamon Rolls, Tacos, Vodka - Hooters (10/4/1983)
FOODIE: Never underestimate how much assistance, how much satisfaction, how much comfort, how much soul and transcendence there might be in a well-made taco and a cold bottle of beer.
HOLIDAY: Animal Day, Space Week (10/4-10/10) - Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (2025), Learn to Roller Skate Day (2025)
HOROSCOPE: People say you’re a control freak, but if you had your way, they’d say it a little slower and maybe even a touch louder.
HOW-TO: Drink Vodka, Go to Space - Roller Skate
JOKE: What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash? You get what you fucking deserve.
PLAYLIST: Leon Bridges: Leon (10/4/2024), Coldplay: Moon Music (10/4/2024), Hall and Oates: H2O (10/4/1982), My Morning Jacket: Z (10/4/2005), Angel Olsen: All Mirrors (10/4/2019), The Smile: Cutouts (10/4/2024), Ultramagnetic MCs: Critical Beatdown (10/4/1988), Wilco: Ode to Joy (10/4/2019), Frank Zappa: 200 Motels (10/4/1971) - Destroyer: Dan’s Boogie (2025), The New Pornographers: Mass Romantic (2000), M. Ward: Transistor (2005)
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - Def Jam, Destroyer, Art Farmer, Glenn Gould, Janis Joplin, Loretta Lynn, Pet Shop Boys, Mercedes Sosa, M. Ward - Roller-Skating Jams
Check out the October Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
PODCAST: Cocaine and Rhinestones: The Pill: Why Was Loretta Lynn Banned?
READ: Tim Wise: Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America (2015) - McSweeney’s: We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You, The Onion: Report: 83% Of Americans Just Want To Put On Sunglasses And Say ‘Let’s Do This’
RELIGULOUS: Trump’s NSPM-7 memo casts critics of Christianity as enemies of the state - That’s religulous!
SCIENCE!: International Observe the Moon Night 2025: 4 things to see on the lunar surface today.
SHITASS: Linda McMahon, Russell Simmons
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: Just so we’re clear. Trump can spend $6 billion dollars on Netanyahu and $20 Billion on Argentina and $5.9 billion on Musk’s Space X and $649 million on National Guard deployment and $85 million on golf outings - but he won’t spend a penny on protecting healthcare access or undoing Medicaid cuts for regular Americans.
STREAM: Joker (10/4/2019), Night of the Living Dead (10/4/1968), A Trip to the Moon (10/4/1902) - Dead Man Walking (Hoopla/Kanopy), Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (Hoopla/Kanopy), Materialists (PPV), Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Kanopy/Peacock/Prime), Saturday Night Live: Season 51 (NBC), Seven Chances (Criterion/Kanopy)
TRAVEL: The Orient Express, Space
TRUMP AGAINST AMERICA: Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
WORD: Zip Coding
WTF?!: Sean “Diddy” Combs Sentenced to More Than Four Years for Prostitution Charges - his lawyer calls 4 years in prison ‘un-American’
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HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2022 - Loretta Lynn died at the age of 90. 2021 - Facebook and Instagram went down for hours, disrupting the digital lives of billions. People were lost and scared. They felt alone in the world until it came back. 2021 - Lizzie Bravo died. Bravo was a dedicated Beatles fan who frequently visited the entrance to EMI’s Abbey Road Studios from 1967 to 1968, hoping to catch a glimpse of her idols. On one memorable occasion, she was invited to the studio to participate in the recording of John Lennon’s “Across The Universe”. 2006 – WikiLeaks was launched. I have very mixed feelings. 1997 – The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million stolen cash. 1970 - Rock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead of an accidental heroin overdose while staying at the Landmark Motor Hotel in Hollywood. 1963 - Haile Selassie’s address to the United Nations. 1957 - The Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. 1883 – The first run of the Orient Express.
“The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americana’s to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.” Tim Wise
