The Weekly Town Crier (03/06/20)
All the week’s news that’s fit to cry about (03/07/20).
Read “Pioneering theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson dies at 96” at PBS News Hour.
Read “R.I.P. James Lipton, Host of Inside the Actors Studio Dead at 93” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Churchgoers turn their backs on Bloomberg during service” at CNN.
Read “Three Cheers for Socialism Christian Love & Political Practice” by David Bentley Hart at Commonweal Magazine.
Read “5 Reasons Capitalism is not Christian” at Mike Frost.
Read “A church returns land to American Indians “This is decolonized land,” a young woman said. “This is a liberated zone” at Christian Century.
Read “Confederate Flags, Symbols Officially Banned From All Marine Corps Installations at The Root.
Read “Virginia becomes first Southern state to pass an LGBTQ nondiscrimination law Lawmakers approve Virginia Values Act, sending it to Gov. Ralph Northam for his signature into law” at Metro Weekly.
Read “Trump’s Praise for Modi on India’s ‘Incredible’ Religious Freedom Doesn’t Match Our Research The Evangelical Fellowship of India documents 300-plus cases of Christian persecution by Hindu nationalists each year. Muslims have it even worse” at Christianity Today.
Read “How to talk to your kids about race: This video nails it 'The worst conversation adults can have with kids about race is no conversation at all” at Click Orlando.
Read “Tucson mayor, councilwoman: No Confederate flags at rodeo parade” at AZ Central.
Read “Research Ties Historic Black Names to Longer Life In late 1800s and early 1900s, African-American men with distinctively black names lived longer than their peers, new study finds” at Wall Street Journal.
Read/Listen to “'Whiplash' Of LGBTQ Protections And Rights, From Obama To Trump” at NPR.
Read “Someone is using cat stickers to cover racism in Manchester” at The Manc.
Read “Rush Limbaugh is under fire for claiming the coronavirus is a 'common cold' being 'weaponized' to bring down Trump” at Insider.
Read “Corona Beer Is Losing Millions To Coronavirus To be clear, you cannot get Coronavirus from drinking Mexican beer” at Fatherly.
Read “Chris Matthews Retires From MSNBC” at The Hollywood Reporter.
Read “No, You Do Not Need Face Masks To Prevent Coronavirus—They Might Increase Your Infection Risk” at Forbes.
Read “Born-again Christians immune from Coronavirus says NZ pastor” at Free Thinker.
Read “Nigerian prophet to embark on journey to China to battle coronavirus” at Legit.
Read “Bill and Melinda Gates Pledge $100 Million to Coronavirus Response” at Global Citizen.
Read “America's patchwork, for-profit healthcare system poised to worsen coronavirus outbreak Those with poor insurance have a financial disincentive to seek medical help — which will only worsen the crisis” at Salon.
Read “Bloom: A Touching Animated Short Film about Depression and What It Takes to Recover the Light of Being” at Brain Pickings.
Read “Australian Associated Press: News agency to close after 85 years” at BBC.
Read “Black Engineer Invents Gloves That Turn Sign Language into Audible Speech” at Black Business.
Read “Fox News Analyst Brit Hume Got A Hilarious Lesson On Why You Should Close Your Tabs When Taking A Screenshot Of Your Internet Browser” at Comic Sands.
Read “Should Economy Air Travelers Have The Right To Sit Next To Their Kids?” at WBUR.
Read “Apple to Pay Upwards of $500 Million for Intentionally Slowing Old iPhones Apple might owe you $25” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “School policy forbids kids from saying 'no' when asked to dance One mom is fighting back on behalf of her 11-year-old daughter” at Today.
Read “Pro-Life Democrats Remind Candidates They Exist Ahead of the South Carolina primary, religious voters’ push for a “diversity of opinions” on abortion gets little reception from presidential hopefuls” at Christianity Today.
Read “Sanders can’t lead the Democrats if his campaign treats them like the enemy What Bernie needs to learn from Biden” at Vox.
Consider Jello Biafra’s 2020 Presidential Endorsement(s).
Read “Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum Endorses Bernie Sanders in Rare Public Statement” at Pitchfork.
Read “Kim Gordon’s New Bernie Sanders Ad Is an Absurd Recipe Video “What’s Cooking America?” encourages voters in Super Tuesday states to vote for Sanders” at Pitchfork.
Read “Cedric Bixler-Zavala Denounces Former Bandmate Beto O’Rourke for Endorsing Joe Biden Former The Mars Volta and Foss member instead announced his support for Bernie Sanders” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Pete Buttigieg To Suspend Presidential Campaign” at NPR.
Read “Klobuchar is ending her presidential bid, will endorse Biden” at PBS News Hour.
Read “Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Drops Out of Presidential Race” at New York Times.
Read/Listen/Consider “Are Women Candidates Held To A Different Standard Than Men?” at WBUR.
Read “Rep. John Lewis: “We Must…Vote Like We Never, Ever Voted Before” at News and Guts.
Read “Trump suggests his supporters vote in another Democratic primary, this time in South Carolina” at CNN.
Read “Arizona House passes bill that would allow police at polling stations” at KTAR. Welcome to the Police State you never wanted.
Read “How Voters Psych Themselves Out and Choose the Wrong Candidate” at Psych Central.
Read “Texas Has Closed Hundreds of Polling Stations—Most of Them in Places Where Black and Latinx Populations Are Growing” at The Root.
Read “How Going To A Dead & Company Concert With A Stranger Helped Me Heal After Losing My Son “I hate crowds and loud rock music, but I was being offered a gift: the chance to learn more about my son all these years after he was taken from me” at Huff Post.
Wonder “Why So Many Medieval Manuscripts Depict Violent Rabbits?” at Sad and Useless.
Read “Public Enemy Part Ways With Flavor Flav Flavor Flav recently issued a cease and desist over Public Enemy performing at a Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles” at Pitchfork.
Read “Public Enemy “did not part ways w/ Flavor Flav over his political views,” they say” at Brooklyn Vegan.
Read “Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” Remains Private Property, Court Rules” at Pitchfork.
Read “Going Deep With Damien Jurado” at Aquarium Drunkard.
Read “Thom Yorke Announces Rare Solo Acoustic Performance Massive Attack invited him to open at All Points East” at Pitchfork.
Read “Skate or die! How skate-punk took over the world” at Louder Sound.
Read “Elkhorn” by Scott Elingburg at Analogue.
Read “Garcia Peoples and live taping in New York” at Wired.
Read/Listen to “Zia Records Turns 40: How The Phoenix Record Store Has Survived Revolutionary Music Industry Changes” at KJZZ.
Read “A Radical Act: Canadian Musicians in Conversation About Being Sober in an Industry Built on Booze” at Exclaim.
Watch “Bob Weir And Wolf Bros: Tiny Desk Concert” at NPR.
Read “The Archive Of Contemporary Music — And Its 3 Million Recordings — Is Leaving NY” at NPR.
Read “Genesis Set to Reunite For Arena Tour: Report Phil Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford are getting back together for the first time in 13 years” at Consequence of Sound.
Mine the rich depths of “sweetblahg 2019 year in review”.
Read “It's hopeful and generous': Thurston Moore's experimental record shop” at The Guardian.
Read “MELVINS' BUZZ OSBORNE: 10 ALBUMS THAT MADE ME From David Bowie to Redd Kross, sludge-grunge stalwart shares stories behind records that shaped his life” at Revolver.
Read “Genesis Reunite for Tour The classic '80s lineup gets back together for several UK dates” at Pitchfork.
Read “Schitt’s Creek Cast to Take Final Bow with Farewell Tour The beloved series is currently in its sixth and final season” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Garth Brooks elicits wrath of Trump supporters after wearing Barry Sanders jersey Unfortunately for Brooks, Barry Sanders shares a last name with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Hillary Clinton to start a podcast” at CNN.
Read “Post Malone Says He Gets Face Tattoos Because He’s Insecure About His Looks "I'm a ugly-ass motherf*cker," the rapper admitted” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “I Read My Way Out: My Year Of Reading Copiously and Therapeutically.”
See “Smithsonian Places 2.8 Million Historic Images Into the Public Domain” at My Modern.net.
Read “The most massive explosion since the Big Bang was just spotted in deep space” at BGR.
Read “The Exiled Prince Behind Los Angeles’s Only Fresh-Pasta Food Truck Bend the macaro-knee” at Gastro Obscura.
Read “Sorry, Texas and New Mexico. Arizona loves Mexican food the most, website says” at AZ Central.
Read “Brits, Beers, and Blokes: An Oral History of George & Dragon English Pub” at Phoenix New Times.
Read/Listen to “'Not One Drop Of Blood': Cattle Mysteriously Mutilated In Oregon” at NPR.
