Llewelyn Davis has dropped out of the 250th Birthday Celebration Concert.

www.wsj.com/personal-fin... Trump on whether the financial situation of Americans was a motive to end the Iran war: “not even a little bit.”

Thanks! Happy Weekend!

Talarico is now in the center of everything the MAGAs think they're fighting against. Funny, he is the one Christian amongst them who ain't fake.

youtu.be/oNyAeU0JUA0?... Al Kooper and Stephen Stills pay homage to Donovan's Season of the Witch. Harvey Brooks and Barry Goldberg (Electric Flag) play bass and piano on the tracks. Mike Bloomfield is featured on the album's first side. This album inspired future supergroup collaborations.

youtu.be/nkQ0LhcTNsY?... Start your Friday with this Stones classic. It starts with a classic Keith Richards riff and ends with Bobby Keys (sax) and Mick Taylor jamming together. Charlie Watts keeps the groove humming along.

i was friends wi' eddie money. he would ring me up, we'd go hang at the beverly garland hotel on lankershim in north hollywood, and try to drink ourselves sober. one time i was explaining what a "wanker" is and we concluded "jerk off" was basically the same. then he said: "...like ted nugent."

Donald Trump is using the United States Department of Justice to go after a woman he raped. I feel levels of anger beyond comprehension.

60 Minutes soon to be rebranded: Five Minutes

www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/... Good for Travis! Is his brother Jason going to join him as a minority owner?

Legacy Media is dead - part 852 "Saturation coverage of Trump's fictional Iran 'deal' ruined my weekend" What did top journalists do? Did they warn readers that Trump has zero credibility on this? Nope-they regurgitated every word he lied open.substack.com/pub/critical... #IranWarFiasco

youtu.be/Q99oEvb8ZBs?... The definitive live version of Midnight Rambler. Mick J on the harp and Mick T with the smoking lead guitar in the second half of the song.

youtu.be/vE_tWjNMsPw?... Flea sharing his jazz roots live.

youtu.be/YsH2In5r2sM?... One of the Stones' most beautiful songs. It includes a hypnotic Mick Taylor solo (influenced by Carlos Santana). Piano by the legendary Nicky Hopkins.

www.vatican.va/content/leo-... Full text.

variety.com/2026/biz/glo... “Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together...”

Canadians are folding on Vegas. Democrats see a royal flush. Rep. Susie Lee and other Democrats are focusing on the dropoff of Canadian tourists heading into the midterms.

www.mensjournal.com/entertainmen... The Whole Bloody Affair is now playing on Peacock. "This might just be Tarantino's masterpiece."

youtu.be/qVYhPHdzDo4?... The late, legendary Jeff Healey with Phillip Sayce with the first fiery lead guitar solo.

news.meaww.com/fact-check-d... Check out the full list of NFL QBs. The majority of the QBs are in complete political alignment with their billionaire owners. Remember that when you drop a couple of C notes on a jersey.

youtu.be/UYHOfd-wP3Y?... Oh, what a voice... Rest in Power Raul Malo

www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb.... Dart is the poster child for tone-deaf QBs who can't read the room. Leader? NOT.

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/u... Cruelty is the hallmark of the Trump administration.

Released in 1992. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson from a script by Walter Parkes and Lawrence Lasker (War Games). The plot revolves around stealing a black box that can hack into major infrastructure and financial records websites. We are living in this technological nightmare now.

youtu.be/QtXby3twMmI?... Holiday weekend dance party. "And if we've only got this life, in this adventure, oh, then I want to share it with you, with you, with you..."

www.latimes.com/california/s... Man of the people.

The foundation of the distrust of our government.

youtu.be/X3mRasO5bvo?... Gonna keep on tryin...

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b... It's happening here too.

May 20th in Rory history: 1968 London GB Cook Ferry Inn 1971 Cheltenham GB Town Hall 1972 Cambridge GB Corn Exchange 1973 Aurora USA Lottery Club 1974 Paris FR RTL Studio (🎥) 1985 Tucson AZ USA The Roxy 1986 Lyon FR Bourse du Travail youtu.be/eK_X2BZJ55Q?...

www.newser.com/story/389361.... youtu.be/u7OSxQ3uKU0?... The Killer's Ode to Schlitz

youtu.be/hRu7Pt42x6Y?... Peter Green casting his spell.

Still bleary-eyed from Monday night hoops, I ask the question @thenation.com: "Is Victor Wembenyama The Most Interesting Person In The Sports World?" www.thenation.com/article/cult...

www.wsj.com/finance/regu... WSJ reporters do the heavy lifting on White House/DC corruption.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/film-t... A Billy Joel biopic for people who hate Billy Joel music.

NEW: The judge has weighed in on the $1.7 slush fund. I promised an update when she did. Please share widely.

youtu.be/BqLCXLpMMmQ?... The only royalty our country needs. Riding With The King

I wonder if John Densmore will ever work with Chuck D.🤔 I don't need to wonder about it, anymore. Love this track! 💙⚖️🎸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdM2...

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b... The kicker to the story: "Incredibly, but also fittingly, an investor in the deposed president’s new company reaches out to Baker, offering the deposer funding for any start-up he might aspire to build."

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

NEW: An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help.

youtu.be/PzHLPnGuVSQ?... We need more of this energy going into the midterms.

He does not want this to go viral We know what to do...

youtu.be/U5TqIdff_DQ?... Thanks, Besty!

No one in this regime will face federal criminal accountability unless we reform the Supreme Court first. That's what folks should be running on. That should be the lesson of the Jack Smith prosecutions: it doesn't matter who the AG is.

youtu.be/8al5cSQNmME?... Happy 74th to David Byrne! Get those steps in today!!

Thanks to Kurt Vonnegut for helping us all keep things in perspective, especially with all that is going on around us.

youtu.be/1M02bAWDFkI?... Tick Tick Boom...A song we can all play and jump to when the Orange Fat Guy drops...