Robert Daniels on Black Horror Films

Lately, when people have thought about Black horror they’ve thought about it in one way, through one lens. But I’m back @vulture to give you 11 off-the-beaten-path Black horror films that you should seek out immediately.https://t.co/e67Wro4syX
— Robert Daniels (@812filmreviews) July 28, 2022

Baseball Trade Values website

This site was very active on Twitter in the last two days with the flurry of trades.

Both armchair and real MLB GMs utilize John Bitzer's website to get a sense of what returns their teams can expect in potential deals.
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) July 27, 2022

Arhoolie Foundation documentary “Everything But The Squeak”

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Virtual histories from AIA Baltimore and Baltimore Architectural Foundation

Media “both sides” takes

They are afraid of Republicans calling them biased.

It is hard to find a more consensus figure in American journalism than Marvin Kalb, formerly of CBS and NBC News.

He is now telling the American press that its lust to show how it can be critical of Biden is distorting the news and hurting the country. https://t.co/XgRqgoJv4g
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) July 25, 2022

The @nytimes just CANNOT bring itself to blame Republicans for something that Republicans and only Republicans are doing. This is about “politicization,” so why not explain the politics?

The word “Republican” appears just once—followed by the word “Democrats,” for balance. https://t.co/jpVadrWqrF
— James Gleick (@JamesGleick) July 31, 2022

The "both sides" charge has been badly overused, but here's a case where the media is treating a completely false Republican claim as valid https://t.co/FmK4ULJBgn
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) August 1, 2022

Republicans who won’t accept primary losses are a preview of the future

Trump will never accept his 2020 loss. This has inspired other Republicans in primaries and will carry over to general elections. They are also refusing to count votes, another tactic they could use to sabotage fair elections.

So if the contest for control of the House is close, and if several individual seats are close, and if we won't know results for some of those (e.g. in CA) for days–don't we need to be preparing for widespread GOP election denial and fraud claims and refusal to accept results?
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 15, 2022

Mark Finchem, a full-throated MAGA warrior, is a leading contender to be Arizona’s next secretary of state. He has said that he won’t concede if he loses. https://t.co/T7XeXsKLqP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 1, 2022

This is how Republicans are planning to steal elections in the future. By refusing to count lawful votes and then certifying incomplete and inaccurate results, Republicans hope to create a veneer of legitimacy around an illegitimate outcome. https://t.co/GTFM01tWXy
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 31, 2022

Many Republican running for positions of control over elections are quite literally campaigning on a vow to break their oaths of office, by treating future losses as non-binding.

This insurrectionist drift has become something akin to a social movement:https://t.co/WkFX6OAmmH pic.twitter.com/5Qcs3tqPgz
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 1, 2022

Covers: Flamingos Fly

“Flamingos Fly” by Van Morrison was released on his 1977 album A Period of Transition. The album took a beating critically because people expected more after Morrison hadn’t released a new album in several years but it’s not bad. One of the best songs is “Flamingos Fly” which Morrison actually wrote in 1973. There were several versions recorded before his was released including his own slower one.

MTV began on 8/1/81

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Happy 41st Birthday @MTV. They really did change the way we watch and listed to music. These are the first 35 videos played just after midnight on 8/1/81. #MTV #videos #musicvideo #80s #80sMusic @the_60s_at_60 pic.twitter.com/iAiBa8yqjQ
— VintageMusicCharts (@VintageCharts) August 1, 2022

The entire MTV ‘120 Minutes’ catalog featuring over 2,500 videos. 📺 https://t.co/MovtqPqwxo pic.twitter.com/xm0zcY6TPv
— Jake (the 80s & 90s never ended in my world) Rudh (@JakeRudh) August 6, 2022

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Early Jess Franco films

Jess Franco is known for making erotic horror films but his earliest films are more conventional. I watched four and liked them all. They’re all in black and white and on Blu-ray discs.

The Awful Dr., Orlof (1961) is a horror film about a doctor who wants to if his daughter’s damaged face.

Franco Noir has two films – Rififi in the City (1963) and Death Whistles the Blues (1964). They’re both film noirs.

The Diabolical Dr. Z (1965) is another mad doctor film

I ordered bialys online

I remember Bialys from my childhood. I hadn’t had them in about 40-50 years. They’re about the size of a bagel but taste more like pizza crust. I ordered a dozen online from Kossar’s in New York through Goldbelly and they were delivered the next day. I got three each of four different kinds – sesame, onion, tomato, and garlic. When I was young, we only had onion ones.

The bialys were excellent.