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Good morning! For @nytimes.com, I had the immense pleasure of talking to Baz Luhrmann and his collaborator Jonathan Redmond about how they combed through boxes of long-forgotten Elvis footage from a salt mine in Kansas to create their marvelous new documentary "EPiC." Gift link:

Paul and Paul (Mescal) in London this evening.

'The girl who is filming all those bottoms' - Yoko Ono profiled in London Look magazine, March 1967. Happy birthday Yoko!

NEWS: C20 has supported listing Eduardo Paolozzi's polychromatic Pop Art murals (1983) at Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch, described as the 'Ravenna of the New Towns' by historian Owen Hatherley. The 12 mosaic panels depict the towns industrial heritage. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/support...

See The Beatles in their feature film debut, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT! Presented as a mock-documentary, the film follows a day in the life of John, Paul, George, and Ringo as fame takes them by storm. Catch it on our biggest screen on Tuesday 24th February! 🎟️ buff.ly/0amenDC

Testify! The Musical World of Hanna-Barbera - Live Thursday 3PM ET on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio - wfmu.org/drummer #radio #freeform @wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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Happy 84th to Glyn Johns! 🎂

👀 #Beatles

Released in March. Changing My Scene – Art Music and The Beatles: from Stockhausen to The Goons. A 3CD set exploring the artistic and cultural influences behind The Beatles’ move from live performance to studio experimentation 👉 www.cherryred.co.uk/various-arti...

Good to know.

Three Dog Night created a modern-day madrigal out of It's For You, and made it their own. One of the best Lennon-McCartney covers. #ChuckNegron youtu.be/SCq4zH6ONWU?...

Catherine O’Hara died today, at 71. In an interview from 2019, the actor talked about her early days in comedy, why dating Eugene Levy didn't work out, and her approach to improv (“when in doubt, play insane”). Revisit their conversation: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/L9Xdws

Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is finally revealed. [kottke.org]

Power to the People!

Lower East Side snow day 1972

Mark Tully, long-time BBC correspondent in India, has died.

Sorry to hear about the death of Mark Tully. Anyone who worked in India for the BBC instantly became the beneficiary of his wisdom, kindness, humour and, above all, reputation. In India Mark Tully was the BBC. An absolute giant.

Very sad to have confirmation that the great Martin Carthy is ailing and has likely played his last gig. It was a privilege to write the notes for this live album. His final quote here seems fitting: 'I have nothing to hide. I just think, You did it, for heaven's sake, to the best of your ability.'

Oh what a night #totp

The Rutlettes #totp

A message from Eliza Carthy about her dad, #MartinCarthy

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

Aviators were always cool.

me (bursting open my apartment window like ebenezer scrooge): you there, boy! did it happen? boy (gloomily): no sir

Reposting because Searle.

The Beach Boys writing “Kokomo”:

Blessed to have seen Billy play live. This film looks great.

The fab filmmaker Richard Lester was born on this day in 1932. Craig J. Clark on his underappreciated '70s work, complicated contemplations of heroism, masculinity, and morality: crookedmarquee.com/mock-heroics...

Bruce Springsteen: “ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Cosgrove Hall Films Archive exhibition at Sale Library is open to the public! Here's a story we posted earlier: downthetubes.net/forever-home...

Book Announcement: On March 3rd, Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane will be out in the world. Pre-order at your local bookstore, directly from Hachette, or that other website that sells books: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...

#BobWeir #PaulMcCartney

Jon Dekel tells the great story of how a Vancouver record-shop owner chose not to profit on his discovery of the Beatles' long-lost Decca audition tape - and gained an unforgettable experience instead. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...

The exhibition Rutherford Chang: Hundreds and Thousands opens this month at UCCA Beijing—a year after the artist’s death at the age of 45. buff.ly/6mNgpJn

Claudette Colvin, who at 15 refused to give her seat on the bus to a white woman in Alabama, has died at 86.

Iconic 1960s ‘It Girl’ Jane Birkin Finally Gets Some Respect Biographer Marisa Meltzer accentuates the inner depth of her talented subject in her new book, It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin. READ: tinyurl.com/BirkinItGirl

Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78. Weir’s death was announced Saturday in a statement on his Instagram page.

Bob Dylan writing about Bob Weir in The Philosophy of Modern Song

TMZ reporting the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir has died. Oh man. www.tmz.com/2026/01/10/g...

Midnight, UK night owls ✨️

Roger McGough: ‘How often do I have sex? Hang on, I’ll find out … Alexa, how often do I have …’

Excited to receive my copy of the Dick Gaughan boxset, R/Evolution 1969/83. Kudos to Colin Harper for overseeing a truly significant addition to the catalogue of a great artist. It contains hours of fabulous music - with more to come. I was honoured to contribute a 10,000 word essay/sleevenotes.