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"Preston’s life was full of such moments: the gifted outsider who could transform a room simply by sitting at a keyboard. Yet the film also understands the deeper contradiction at the heart of his story...." www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/bill...

Billy Preston, That’s The Way God Planned It reviewed: child prodigy, ‘fifth Beatle’, restless soul - UNCUTJoyous, bittersweet portrait of the conflicted prodigy and sideman whose keyboards lifted The Beatles, Stones and gospel music alikewww.uncut.co.uk

On the recent, new wave of power pop daily.bandcamp.com/features/pow...

Why Power Pop is the Sound of NowA new wave of bands are reaching for the ringing of six strings, the thwack of real drums, and a melody sung straight from the heart.daily.bandcamp.com

Why is everything so dumb? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

State department to offer Trump-branded US passports nationwidePassports with the president’s portrait, previously only available in DC, will be offered at 27 agencies nationwidewww.theguardian.com

There was an early-19th cen newspaper in Philadelphia called The Tickler. Creepy.

Oklahoma Presbyterians in 1916 on their big concerns: “Some plans must be devised in the Presbyteries to meet the religious needs of the rural communities. Country Sunday Schools in some parts of Oklahoma Synod are very scarce. Children are growing up and are being fed on Socialism and infidelity.”

“The trick, Strom, is to have a lot of movement without really going anywhere.” Bill Sanders on Nixon’s southern strategy, August 1970.

“Let me make two things clear. First: the country is in fine shape. And second: Congress is to blame for the mess we're in.” Herblock on Nixon’s blame game, August 1970.

Paul Conrad depicts Nixon as judge, jury, and prosecutor, making claims of fairness, August 1970.

Hang in there

“The expanded editions offer fans unprecedented access to the making of Rubber Soul, bringing together 24 early session recordings, including 20 previously unreleased takes and three previously unreleased home demos.”

The Beatles announce expanded Rubber Soul reissue featuring unreleased John Lennon demo - UNCUTThe Beatles announce expanded Rubber Soul reissue featuring unreleased John Lennon demo and new stereo mixeswww.uncut.co.uk

WH Press Release: Well, in many cultures you honor the dead by also pretending like you are dead. 

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As every comedian knows, a good joke should immediately be followed by a tedious, awkward explanation of that joke. youtube.com/shorts/grFbL...

Trump: "This whole fricking stupid speech they wrote"YouTube video by C-SPANyoutube.com

In Norwegian, skunk is “stink animal.”

Is RFK jr America’s most important “influenzer”? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

RFK Jr says cyclospora outbreak is ‘under control’ after FDA recall reversalHealth secretary says source has been identified despite experts warning infections are likely to keep risingwww.theguardian.com

“A war declared won. There is a world of difference between declaring victory in a war and actually winning a war. In this case, the war is not even over, nor is it clear how it will end, so premature, at best, to call a winner.“ www.npr.org/2026/07/25/n...

Week in Politics: Iran War; Trump attends solemn ritual; nuclear deal with Saudi ArabiaThe Trump administration is seeking tens of billions of dollars in supplemental appropriations for the Iran War, a war which the president and allies have repeatedly claimed is already won.www.npr.org

Dennis Renault on the new Black power movement and changes in historical consciousness, February 1972. Four years earlier San Francisco State University hired sociologist Nathan Hare to launch the first Black Studies program.

Paul Conrad on the Nixon administration's demagoguery and attacks on the opposition as "traitors," February 1972.

Some new books picked up in Kansas City and Lawrence.

“Trump is our first postliterate president. It is difficult to imagine him being elected leader of a country where information is primarily spread through text. Ahead of the 2024 election, an NBC News poll of 1,000 voters found that Joe Biden had a 49-pt lead among respondents who read newspapers.”

The End of Reading Is HereOptimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.www.theatlantic.com