Matt Varosky

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Listen to Fiona Apple’s New Cover of Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” She recorded the song for Cinema Music Group and Killphonic Records’ new album Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 1

Today's goodness.

Paul Revere's ride was this day, 1775.

Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

Here’s a hint. There IS a law on that. More than one, actually. And they are really easy to find. Say, in any high school civics textbook.

"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth"

Breakfast at Denny’s. There is a $.50 surcharge on each egg but we have a robot waiter.

Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92 (Gift Article) He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”

One of my all-time favorite authors. Luminous, irreverent writing with a respect for the glorious, goofy majesty all around us. Do yourself a favor and give him a read.

“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

Don Draper proposing Seal the Seal in a Mountain Dew ad.

Trump's chaos is horrifyingly fascinating, and the legal challenges to his EOs are important, but increasingly that feels like a smoke screen (not that he'd know it) for the truly crazy capture of the US state by Musk that's currently going on.

Great, essential, read.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

Maple syrup sold out at my corner store. Some smarties here.

YouTube video by RemasterKingdom4.0 P!nk | Full Performance | FireAid Benefit Concert 2025

Pink at Fire Aid. So good, and for my money the best performance in a night full of them.

Did not predict a Nirvana reunion fronted by St. Vincent at Fire Aid, but that was awesome. I will also have to dig up the Pink cover of Led Zeppelin to watch again later.