Is a news conference full of lies really better than no conference at all?
Trump lies about Harris’s big crowds
Jealous Donald can’t stand the fact that her crowds are bigger so he lies and says the pictures of them are AI.
My Old School is my favorite Steely Dan song
Steely Dan released “My Old School” in 1973. I saw them perform it in 1974 – no backup singers or horn section but still excellent.
I saw Ray Charles perform at the first Artscape in Baltimore (1982)
Baltimore’s first Artscape festival was held in June 1982. Usually, concerts have been held outside but the Ray Charles concert was inside the Fifth Regiment Armory. It’s been a long time since then but I think it was indoors because it was raining.
Charles was great but his show seemed like it was out of a time capsule. He had a big band and the Rayletts. Charles, whose style was innovative in the 1950s and 1960s now seemed like he was performing in an old format.
Crime is down
Republicans lie and say it’s up
Trump’s campaign was hacked – should the stolen documents be published?
This is a tough call. The media was wrong to publish the Hillary Clinton documents in 2016 and would be wrong to publish these. Still, it would be a terrible double standard if they didn’t print them – they would help Trump both in 2016 and 2024. I vote for publishing them now out of fairness and not in any future similar situations. That was proposed in one of the tweets below.
Trump’s latest unauthorized use of music
He has done this on many occasions. The Hollywood Reporter article cites past examples.
Tweet on Michael Mann’s favorite films
The media helps Trump
Cowards.
They don’t do nearly enough to counter his lies. They minimize his bigotry and incoherence,
Articles on the sad fights over the estates of Frank Zappa and Robbie Robertson
They were both great musicians. These are extremely sad stories.
Sad! 