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Is Curtis Yarvin smart?? Of course not lol. ALSO: The deadly, juvenile dreams of the right wing. PLUS: Bill Burr rises to the occasion! A song of the week from Wintersleep! Wintersleep - "Amerika": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yik5P7Gcf2c Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com

The President's caddy is inspecting beef. ALSO: Some guy who thinks he's Captain Ahab is building the shiniest building in Tennesee. PLUS: The Crofton Brush Company, and a song of the week from Talk Talk!!! Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G42rmPvbbU Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com

Chris explains why he's not a professional audio engineer. Greg explains what happened in the Zelenskyy meeting. ALSO: Greg explains both-sides journalism. PLUS: A song of the week from Bill Fay!!!! And...LOVE! Thanks for listening. Bill Fay - "Be Not So Fearful": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJfca3ImjKc Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com

Venture capital has replaced culture. Its aesthetic is an urgent care waiting room. Fine art is a fake neon sign that says "Living Your Best Life." ALSO: Chris reads his new column! PLUS: Song of the week from John Conlee! John Conlee - "Rose Colored Glasses": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnhka__ZtQA Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com

The nightmare's here! So what are we gonna do about it? Chris and Greg are sending out a call to the #CBGML street team. ALSO: Bill Burr has his head on straight. PLUS: A topical new song from Loudon Wainwright III.  Loudon Wainwright III - "President's Day 2025": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QTERG7yUvc Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com

Jonathan Richman - "It's You": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai7kk4K8Zmk Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

We're back!!! Summary: A journalist is dragged out of a Blinken press conference - and his "colleagues" don't lift a finger to help him.  Song of the Week - Here We Go Crazy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9WNAhNrmEM Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Try to stay strong, and we will too! Love, Chris and Greg

The Bee Gees - "Country Lanes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-26DNb27QQ Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton THE LAST SUNSET   -for Sam Armstrong I missed it I missed the last sunset I even knew it was gonna be the last one - it was on the news and everything but I was worrying and running around like always and I lost track of time but that’s how they made me, I guess, to miss stuff...

Eric Bachmann - "Belong to You": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbgOPVdCN84 Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton “SHOCK AND AWE” HITS AMERICA and we get the PG-13 version but with the same aim: frighten everyone maim the poorest and while we’re tending to the wounded steal all the money

Tom T. Hall - "I Couldn't Live in Southern California": :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3HvfSy0f7M Good Morning Patreon:  Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

Elliot Smith - "L.A.": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLn44KhFrc Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

Pozo Seco Singers - "Time": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YYQEdcMDAg Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

Warren Zevon - "The French Inhaler": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzZQdzx-xI Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

Silver Apples - "You and I": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBlQAqILK0 Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Richard Foreman Interview (2009): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lne3qGLXlQ

VST & Company - "Ikaw ang Aking Mahal": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wxELWC90Ps Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton POEM TOPICS PLEASE!!!!

ABBA - "Happy New Year": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uo0JAUWijM Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Dan Fogelberg - "Same Old Lang Syne": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsvZ8P1QNk Good morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton JIMMY CARTER I grew up in a Republican home so I was told he was a "disgrace" and a "weakling" I was 10 years old and had food on my table and a backyard to play in so I believed it. Now I know that anybody a Republican thinks is a disgrace is probably a goddamn saint

The Wedding Present - "Step Into Christmas": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0xcHISktAA Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Billy Squier - "Christmas is a Time to Say I Love You" (MTV video,1981): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn9uBDUOcU Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton LEFTOVER AMBROSIA SALAD   -for Alicia Scott ohhh leftover ambrosia salad. you don’t say! how much is left? or wait, don’t answer that. let me guess! is it…ALL OF IT?!!! the whole 55 gallon drum? that drum on the loading dock marked DANG...

The Tragically Hip - "Fireworks": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9wW9ENBPlQ Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton “The Importance of Getting a Physical When You’re Like 35”  -for Tim DeClerck yeah, get a physical at age 35 but treat the doctor as an adversary  don’t admit how much you drink don’t admit how much you smoke  say stuff like “How much do YOU smoke, asshole?” return home self...

The Tragically Hip - "Ahead By a Century": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fbGFO1EaAE Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton CAFFEINE-FREE (poetry window 2020) a car with no  engine  a boat with no sail  a poet without access to the crazy words

Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDP8OoTlrIk Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton GARGOYLE PRACTICE   -for Mariah Jensen look at us  crouched on the ramparts of our own lives  making faces, shouting profanities strutting self-consciously on our filthy little ledges  reducing mysterious miracles to investments, and returns  and our one shot at grace  to...

Barry Manilow: "Mandy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvGpvQbkccE Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton CONSENSUS REALITY -for Ian Pope still-living stragglers  from past generations insisting that their reality’s not dead the last few living corporatists  grasping at all the things they treasured:  racism, the Cold War, The Eagles  but the good news is  we don’t need a consensus for re...

RFK Jr. is a Kardashian. ALSO: Adult jungle gyms, and late-capitalism's horrible aesthetic. PLUS: Chris hates chicken fingers, a new Can Do Cold Brew ad - and a song of the week from Tom Waits!!! Tom Waits - "Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MegTgHW6sg Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com Can Do Cold Brew: CanDo...

Leo Sayer - "More Than I Can Say": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HhYHLq7V2M Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton A FAINTLY FAMILIAR SONG    -for Sam Armstrong I can’t let anything remain faintly familiar I have to track it down no help! don’t tell me! I’m pretty sure this  dogged pursuit of musical memories negatively affects my annual income  but… IT’S "IT'S MORE THAN I CAN SAY" BY L...