The Weekly Town Crier (09/06/19)
All the News that’s fit to cry about. 09/06/19 edition.
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 or download a mix that I’ve been listening to in the car during Summer 2019.
Read “Study Shows Increasing Political Divide Between Younger and Older White Evangelicals” at Sojourners.
Watch a tour of a “paranormal bookstore at the Jersey Shore.”
Read PopMatters piece: “Bananarama Turn Up the 'Stereo' for Their First Album in 10 Years.”
Hear “5 Hours of Edgar Allan Poe Stories Read by Vincent Price & Basil Rathbone" at Open Culture.
Read “An Oral History Of The Fender Telecaster” at Guitar.com.
Read Relevant’s report: “Earlier this week, Justin Bieber led worship at a Churchome service in Beverly Hills.”
Read Rolling Stone’s report that “Ariana Grande Sues Forever 21 for $10 Million.”
Read Live For Live Music’s report that “Miles Davis’ Customized ‘Moon And Stars’ Trumpet To Be Sold At Auction.”
Read “Hang on the Box: The Illustrated Story of China’s Female Punk Pioneers” at radiichina.com.
Read CNN’s report: “Walmart ends all handgun ammunition sales and asks customers not to carry guns into stores.”
Read CNBC’s report: “Kroger joins Walmart in asking shoppers not to openly carry guns in stores.”
Read Walgreens’ statement: “We are joining other retailers in asking our customers to no longer openly carry firearms into our stores other than authorized law enforcement officials.”
Read NBC News’ report: “Walgreens, CVS and Wegmans join Walmart and Kroger in asking customers to no longer openly carry guns in their stores.”
Read PopSugar’s profile: “Skateboarding Legend Peggy Oki on the Olympics and 40 Years of Smashing Gender Expectations.”
Read Washington Posts’s piece: “It’s a brave new world. Why is our protest music stuck in the past?”
See a newly discovered “Shimmery blue tarantula.”
Read Atlas Obscura’s piece: “The World’s First Piranha Ramen Is No Joke.”
Read about “The Spectacular Failure of the World's Only Hard Rock Theme Park” at Vice.
Read Newsweek’s report that a “Teenager Went Blind After Only Eating Fries, Chips, White Bread, Sausages and Ham Since Elementary School.”
Consider “Bob Dylan’s Overlooked Christian Music” at Sojourners.
Read as Washington Post profiles The Hold Steady.
Stream a new Iggy Pop song at Spin.
Listen as “Animal Collective covered the Silver Jews' "Ballad of Reverend War Character."
Read NPR’s piece: “The Voice That Shattered Glass How Ella Fitzgerald's cassette campaign fueled a late-career renaissance.”
Learn “How peacock spiders use optical illusions to woo females” at National Geographic.
Read: “John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter of Advice to His Lovesick Teenage Son” at Brain Pickings.
Read CNN’s report: “Judge rules White House must give Playboy columnist Brian Karem his press pass back.”
Read about the Banksy artwork stolen in Paris.
See Relevant’s report: “The Thomas Kinkade/Godzilla Mashup You Knew Was Coming Is Finally Here.”
Read AV Club’s piece: “The Art Bell Vault is unlocked, and it's filled with aliens, time travelers, and Bigfoots.”
Read about Atlas Obscura’s piece: “Found in a Record Store: Kurt Cobain’s Royalty Check.”
Read Fatherly’s report that “Netflix Is Ditching the Binge, Will Start Releasing Episodes Weekly.”
Read about the Nashville school banning Harry Potter books, claiming that the books present the "risk conjuring evil spirits".
Free on September 18 and in Phoenix? Celebrate National Bourbon Month w/ Free Whiskey Tasting at the Little Woody.
Browse the piece: “Guinea Pig Halloween Costumes Exist, and Yup, That Is Definitely a Pineapple Suit” at
Read Music Radar’s interview with Peter Hook: Peter Hook: “I’ve never liked to be hidden, and I don’t like to be patronised. I don’t buy into the idea that the bass player is the quiet one”
“Hear Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s New Song ‘Milky Way’ at Rolling Stone.PopSugar.
Read/Listen to NPR’s report: “Charlottesville Victims Use Post-Slavery KKK Law To Go After Hate Groups.”
Read as Gen.Medium suggests: “Public Libraries Aren’t Going Extinct — They’re Evolving.”
Read about the TN man suing “Popeyes for running out of chicken sandwiches.”
Watch/Read: “Expert predicts 25% of colleges will "fail" in the next 20 years” at CBS News.
Read/Listen to NPR’s report “Houses Of Worship Find New Life After Congregations Downsize.”
R.I.P. Valerie Harper.
Browse as Book Riot profiles “11 Nonfiction Science Comics For Adults.”
Read National Post’s report: “Secret John Coltrane album was 'hidden in plain sight' as soundtrack for 1964 French-Canadian film.”
Join Rolling Stone in wondering: What is a VSCO Girl?
Read KQED’s report: “San Francisco Officials Designate NRA a Domestic Terrorist Organization.”
Browse Rolling Stone’s list of “15 Legendary Unreleased Albums.”
My friend’s son Andy Whiten says: “I updated my site with some recent photo work, film, & more! I’d love to take on additional photo projects when time allows, so if you have any photography needs, you can view my work and contact me here!” Visit andywhiten.com.
Watch a new video from The Messthetics; “Touch Earth Touch Sky”, at Stereogum.
Read as Aquarium Drunkard interviews Tinariwen.
Read as the New York Times profiles Stephen King.