The Weekly Town Crier (01/24/20)
All the week’s news that’s fit to cry about (01/24/20).
Browse all the Weekly Town Crier posts so far.
Listen to all 52 episodes of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow.
Listen to a mix of artists who have performed Habañero Collective house shows.
Browse the Musical Worldview posts.
Stream/download an introductory mix of Sacred Steel music.
Browse all my favorite music of 2019.
Listen to Volume 01 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist
Listen to Volume 02 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist
Listen to Volume 03 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist
Listen to Volume 04 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist
Read “Singer-songwriter David Olney dies on stage at age 71” at CNN.
Read “Jazz Saxophone Legend Jimmy Heath Has Died” at NPR.
Read “Terry Jones, Monty Python Co-Founder and Comedy Polymath, Dead at 77” at Rolling Stone.
Read “Jim Lehrer, journalist who co-founded PBS' nightly newscast, dead at 85” at NBC.
Read “When Your Theology of Pain Is Painfully Bad” at Mockingbird.
Read “The Heresy of Christian Nationalism” at John Pavlovitz.
Read “Kindness, kinship, and the boundaries of justice The virtue of kindness depends on who we see as kin” at Christian Century.
Read “70% of people in local jails are not convicted of any crime” at Prison Policy.
Read “Depressive realism We keep chasing happiness, but true clarity comes from depression and existential angst. Admit that life is hell, and be free” at Aeon. “What if depression is the collapse of the illusions that help us cope with a truly depressing reality?”
Read “Indiana's Oldest State Worker Is Retiring At 102: 'I've Been A Pretty Lucky Guy'" at NPR.
Read “The Mysterious “Order of the Odd Fellows” that frankly, belongs in a Wes Anderson Movie” at Messyness Chic. “A secret society that outnumbered the Freemasons at one point. But had you ever heard of them??”
Read “Patagonia’s CEO is donating company’s entire $10M Trump tax cut to fight climate change.” at Upworthy.
Read “If the National Archives Blurs Anti-Trump Speech From Its Exhibits, Is It Really an Archive?” at The Root.
Read “The National Archives Has Apologized For Altering A Photo To Remove Criticisms Of Trump” at Buzzfeed.
Read “Italy passes law to send unsold food to charities instead of dumpsters Italy joins growing list of countries looking to end food-waste” at Global Citizen.
Read “Richmond Gun Rally: Thousands Of Gun Owners Converge On Virginia Capitol On MLK Day” at NPR.
Read “Football and Brain Trauma – Recommended Books” at Englewood Review of Books.
Read “Why Do You Think They Cross the Border?” by John Pavlovitz.
Read “High School Transforms Hallways Into Iconic Book Covers” at For Reading Addicts.
Read “Trump Administration to Roll Back Obama School Lunch Rules” at News and Guts.
Read “Pelosi impeachment manager is calling for McConnell’s recusal from Trump Senate trial” at Miami Herald.
Read/watch “Lev Parnas remarks on role of Devin Nunes in Trump Ukraine Scheme” at MSNBC.
Read “NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals” at NPR.
Read “Trump’s Plan to Reduce Trade Deficit Falters as It Hits an All-Time High Instead” at Fortune.
Read “In a break with convention, the editorial board has chosen to endorse two separate Democratic candidates for president” at New York Times.
Read “Wiggles member Greg Page goes into cardiac arrest during reunion concert” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “M.I.A. receives M.B.E. from Prince William” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Without Small Venues, the UK Doesn't Have a Music Industry How many more have to be railroaded by rent hikes and property developers before we lose our grassroots scenes completely?” at Vice.
Read “Nick Cave says Kanye West is currently “our greatest artist” "There is no musician on Earth that is as committed to their own derangement as Kanye" at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Radiohead Add Rarities to Streaming Services in Online Archive Launch The Radiohead Public Library corrals band trivia, visuals, HD performances, rare songs and merchandise, and more” at PItchfork.
Read “The Wall of Sound The untold story of the Grateful Dead's short-lived mega PA, arguably the largest, most technologically innovative sound system ever built” at Vice.
Read “Why We Need MTV Now More Than Ever The struggle to find music in a world with too many options and not enough community” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Aerosmith Drummer Sues Band for Excluding Him Ahead of Grammys” at Rolling Stone.
Read “Josh Klinghoffer on Red Hot Chili Peppers Exit: ‘Complete Shock But Not a Surprise’” at Rolling Stone.
Read “‘Punky Brewster’ Is Coming Back to Traumatize a Whole New Generation” at Rolling Stone.
Read “Quentin Tarantino plans to write and direct Bounty Law series He also teases his tenth movie may have a connection to his first” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Joe Pera Talks With You’ Is the Best Thing Adult Swim Has Ever Done The comedian plays a gentle, Mr. Rogers-like figure who navigates our anxiety-ridden world with unfailing kindness” at Vice.
Read “Ozzy Osbourne Reveals Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis” at Rolling Stone.
Read “A vending machine for books” at Bookish Buzz.
Read: The Secrets of The ‘80’s New York Art Scene - As Told By John Lurie.”
Read “Hoverboarding dentist found guilty of 'unlawful dental acts' at NBC.
Read “In 1930s New York, the Mayor Took on the Mafia by Banning Artichokes” at Atlas Obscura.
Read “Ranking says Phoenix is a top 50 city in the world, top 20 large city in the US” at KTAR.