September 16th
Marc Bolan, Maria Callas, Amy Poehler, Robert Redford, Mickey Rourke, Molly Shannon, Mary Travers
Good Morning - Hello! It is Tuesday, September 16th (Day 259). 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): Damian Abraham, Jay Anderson, Marc Anthony, Lauren Bacall, Jules Bass, Ed Begley Jr., Ron Blair, Alexis Bledel, Bilinda Butcher, Lenny Clarke, Rossy De Palma, Peter Falk, Justine Frischmann, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Joji, Nick Jonas, Kenney Jones, B.B. King, Earl Klugh, John Knowles, Alexander Korda, Doug Martsch, Richard Marx, Jim McBride, Metro Boomin, Mike Mignola, Max Minghella, Musiq Soulchild, Colin Newman, Amy Poehler, Amy Rozajewski, Mickey Rourke, Bela Salazer, Shinsuke Sato, Molly Shannon, Rodrigo Sorogiyen, Jennifer Tilly, Kurt Voss, Roger Ross Williams, Robin Yount, Craig Zobel
DEAD (EXIT): Edward Albee, Mahsa Amini, Marc Bolan, Maria Callas, Jerry Corbetta, Stanley Crouch, Mac Curtis, Peg Entwistle, Farinelli, Gordon Gould, W.P. Kinsella, Roman Kroitor, J.R. Monterose, Gene Nelson, Louis Reard, Steven Stayner, Mary Travers, Uncle Dick, Tom Wilson, Sheb Wooley
DEEP THOUGHTS: Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don’t know about. Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers’.
EAT ME: Cinnamon-Raisin Bread, Guacamole
FOODIE: 3 avocados - peeled, pitted, and mashed. 1 lime, juiced. 1 teaspoon salt. ½ cup diced red onion. 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro. 2 roma tomatoes diced. 1 teaspoon minced garlic. 1 pinch ground cayenne pepper. In a medium bowl, mash together the avocados, lime juice, and salt. Mix in onion, cilantro, tomatoes, and garlic. Stir in cayenne pepper. Refrigerate 1 hour for best flavor, or serve immediately.
HOLIDAY: Barber Day, World Ozone Day
HOROSCOPE: They say a fool and his money are soon parted, but you still have that 10 bucks you found on the sidewalk the other day.
HOW-TO: Cut Hair, Protect the Ozone Layer, Ripen Avocados
JOKE: Barack Obama and Donald Trump somehow ended up at the same barber shop. As they sat there, each being worked on by a different barber, not a word was spoken. The barbers were both afraid to start a conversation, for fear that it would turn nasty. As the barbers finished their shaves in silence, the one who had Trump in his chair reached for the aftershave. But Donald was quick to stop him, jokingly saying, "No thanks. My wife, Melania, will smell that and think I've been in a brothel." The second barber turned to Barack and said, "How about you, Mr. Obama?" Barack replied, "Go right ahead, my wife Michelle doesn't know what the inside of a brothel smells like."
PLAYLIST: Against Me!: Shape Shift with Me (9/16/2016), Allah-Las: Worship the Sun (9/16/2014), The Beach Boys: Surfer Girl (9/16/1963), David Bowie: Reality (9/16/2003), Broncho: Just Enough Hip to Be Woman (9/16/2014), Buena Vista Social Club: Buena Vista Social Club (9/16/1997), Kate Bush: Hounds of Love (9/16/1985), Lloyd Cole: Don’t Get Weird on Me Babe (9/16/1991), Marshall Crenshaw: Downtown (9/16/1985), DJ Shadow: Endtroducing..... (9/16/1996), Gary Numan: Warriors (9/16/1983), The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (9/16/1979), Talk Talk: Laughing Stock (9/16/1991), Talk Talk: Spirit of Eden (9/16/1988), Talking Heads: 77 (9/16/1977), The Waterboys: This is the Sea (9/16/1985) - Built to Spill: Untethered Moon (2015), Elastica: Elastica (1995), T. Rex: Bolan’s Zip Gun (1975) - Jens Lekman: Songs for Other People’s Weddings
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - Built to Spill, My Bloody Valentine, Peter, Paul and Mary, T. Rex, Wire
Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
PODCAST: Good Hang with Amy Poehler
READ: Nick Hornby: High Fidelity (9/16/1995) - Common Dreams, Thom Hartmann: The Power to Destroy Isn’t Hypothetical: It’s the State’s Ultimate Weapon, Chris Hedges, Independent Ink
New Book Releases: David McCullough: History Matters, Reality Winner: I Am Not Your Enemy
RELIGULOUS: A Brief History of Christian Nationalism
SCIENCE!: The oldest mummies in the world may hail from southeastern Asia and date back 12,000 years
SHAMELESS PLUG: Books, Records, Films
SHITASS: David Copperfield, Richard Pearle
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: Congress has 14 days to pass a funding measure to prevent a government shutdown; and the 2026 midterms are in 413 days (Ha!).
STREAM: AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, Farinelli: Il Castrato, Maria (Netflix) - The Beasts (Mubi), Z for Zachariah (Kanopy/Prime) - The Daily Show
STREAM (CRITERION): Border Radio, Marius, The Thief of Bagdad
New Blu-Ray Releases: Born in Flames (Criterion Collection), Secret Mall Apartment, Souleyman’s Story, This is Spinal Tap (Criterion Collection), Vulcanizadora
TRAVEL: The Japanese landscapes that inspired Studio Ghibli films
TRUMPED: Yesterday in one sentence: Utah authorities booked Tyler Robinson on suspicion of aggravated murder in the killing of Charlie Kirk; Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, providing no concrete evidence, said Robinson held a “leftist ideology” and had been “radicalized” online; the FBI said Robinson had an “obsession” with Kirk based on his digital footprint; investigators said Robinson’s partner has become a key witness in the Kirk case, turning over texts and other communications to the FBI after being “aghast” at the killing; the Trump administration asked Congress for $58 million to boost security after Kirk’s assassination; Trump and his aides, providing no evidence, continue to blame the “radical left” for Charlie Kirk’s killing and threatened to investigate liberal groups; Trump said the U.S. military carried out a second strike on a Venezuelan boat in international waters, killing three people; the U.S. and China agreed to a “framework” deal on TikTok; two House Republicans said they’ll oppose Speaker Mike Johnson’s short-term funding bill, putting Republicans’ plan to avoid a Sept. 30 shutdown at risk; and Fox host Brian Kilmeade apologized after saying on air that mentally ill homeless people should face “involuntary lethal injection” and “Just kill ’em.”
WELLNESS: Guacamole - seriously.
WORD: Debunk
WTF?!: Fox News host apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be killed
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2022 - Iranian police killed a 22-year-old Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini. 2019 - European Vacation: Home. Fuck! 2008 - The Republican led federal government announced an emergency $85 billion loan to rescue AIG, the world's largest insurance company. What a political party of welfare givers. 2007 - A deadly shooting in Baghdad involving the U.S. security firm Blackwater USA left 17 Iraqi civilians dead. 1982 - A massacre of between 1,200 and 1,400 Palestinian men, women and children at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange militia began in west Beirut's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. 1977 - Marc Bolan of T. Rex died in a car accident at the age of 29. 1974 - President Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders. 1920 - A bomb explodes on Wall Street killing 38 people. The Wall Street Bombing, as the incident is known, was the deadliest such act on American soil to that date. It is still not known who was responsible for the bombing. 1810 - Mexico began a successful revolt against Spanish rule. 1630 - Shawmut, Massachusetts changed its name to Boston. 1620 – Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.
“The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.” Henry Louis Gates Jr.
