LaKeishia Esene

Staging my own assassination attempt in order to convince my wife to let me put a wet bar in the basement

Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady A musical smile built ‘round the warmest of chords. Hopelessly romantic, with a gentle Latin-jazz rhythm, and that kind of pure, radiant joy only Stevie can generate. 1973.

Some Republicans are rallying behind laws that would mandate posting the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms and common areas, but doing so would be both unconstitutional and counterproductive, @ebruenig argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…

🎙 Sade - King of Sorrow

40 Years.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

“In pursuing Israel’s interests at the expense of American Jews, Netanyahu has put the largest Diaspora Jewish community in the world in a terrible bind,” @speechboy71 argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…

Bruce Campbell in Maniac Cop II. (1990)

“If a presidential motorcade is attacked, there are contingency plans to have it split, leaving behind the junior staff and traveling press. The priority is clear: Get the president to safety” theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

John Coltrane, Central Park West [1960] John Coltrane — soprano sax McCoy Tyner — piano  Steve Davis — bass Elvin Jones — drums

Breaking news: The Trump administration provided a lower level of security for the White House correspondents’ dinner than it has for other gatherings of high-ranking officials, according to officials familiar with the plan. wapo.st/4eb1pRg

MARTIN SCORSESE directing Michael Jackson's BAD music video.

Remembering the great Ella Fitzgerald who was born on this day in 1917. Sometimes referred to as the “First Lady of Song” and “Queen of Jazz”, she was known for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. As a child, Fitzgerald wanted to be a dancer, but when she panicked at an amateur contest in 1934 at New York City’s Apollo Theatre and sang in a style influenced by the jazz vocalist Connee Boswell instead, she won first prize. During her long career Fitzgerald recorded more than 100 albums of several kinds of music. In addition to winning many Grammy awards for her recordings, Fitzgerald was honored with lifetime achievement awards by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Here, she is performing “Them There Eyes” with Tommy Flanagan on piano and Roy Eldridge on trumpet live in France, 1964.

Emma Stone is Amazing in POOR THINGS

Breathe, breathe in the air Don't be afraid to care Leave, but don't leave me Look around, choose your own ground Long you live and high you fly Smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be Run, rabbit, run Dig that hole, forget the sun When, at last, the work is done Don't sit down, it's time to dig another one Long you live and high you fly But only if you ride the tide Balanced on the biggest wave You race towards an early grave

At a tense Capitol Hill hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed on a growing measles crisis—and his response said it all. More than 1,700 cases have already been confirmed in 2026, with lawmakers citing a 675% increase. The hardest-hit communities are those already facing barriers to healthcare. RFK Jr. dismissed the surge as a “global outbreak” and called the criticism partisan. But for families affected, this isn’t politics. It’s real.

Being single is absolutely amazing. This is disgraceful on his part.

APOCALYPSE NOW is a Masterpiece

Se cumplen 72 años del estreno de Los Siete Samuráis (1954) Háganse un favor y veanla. Kurosawa nunca decepciona. No se puede explicar con palabras la grandeza de esta película y lo influyente que ha sido.

Song Sung Blue (2025)