Must-See TV
Army Of Darkness
ElRey
5 p.m.
A discount-store employee is time-warped to a medieval castle, where he is the foretold savior who can dispel the evil there. Unfortunately, he screws up and releases an army of skeletons. (tvguide.com)
TrackNotes: Dastardly Derby Drama
"I know it's a cliche, but times like these open the curtain on who or what people really are," our man on the rail Tom Chambers writes.
ICYMI: The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #297: The Opening Day That Wasn't A visit to Ernie Banks' grave instead. Plus: Curly Neal Made Life Better; Tokyo Drift; The McCaskeys Absolutely Did Not 'Step Up;' Ryan Pace's Pathetic Record Just Got Worse; Bears Re-Sign Tyler Bray!; Biggs Time; Cubs, White Sox Minor Transactions; and UIC Screws Steve McClain.
Elton John / "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (2019)
Not a particularly good version - I don't like the uptempo and it's decidedly unimaginative with the band doing next to nothing - but it was just posted to YouTube. (I love the original, btw.)
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BeachBook
Nature vs. Nurture? Add Noise To The Debate.
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Tech Boom, MLB Programs Helping Women Find Jobs In Baseball.
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TweetWood A sampling of the delight and disgust you can find @BeachwoodReport.
Trump has told people he wants his signature to appear on the direct payment checks that will go out to many Americans. Normally, a civil servant--the disbursing officer for the payment center--would sign federal checks. @AndrewRestuccia scoop: https://t.co/7ZE1n8rceB
This is one of those things where you'd really like to see it written about the way it would be if it were happening elsewhere--"Ahead of elections, the regime is channeling aid and medical supplies to loyalists and withholding it from regions controlled by the opposition," etc https://t.co/w7D820jVzz