Except for Tacos, Tuesdays get a no-labels type wrap. Mondays are the beginning, Wednesdays are hump day or the middle, and Fridays are the typical work week's end, but Tuesdays have nothing. Even Thursday is close enough to Friday to have a little "Friday Eve" benefit to them. To get you through a no-label Tuesday, we bring you inspiration from community efforts from the States and abroad. We spotlight a new newsletter that could be inspired by Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential and try to figure out what the McDonald’s Grimace is. New music from old music and a new line from the creators of an old movie to finish off the day.

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Two stories hit us today that remind us that overall we believe in things bigger than ourselves and, by nature, would rather help than hurt others. The world will settle down as soon as we figure out how to boost our positive messaging instead of digital rubber-necking at every negative story. Both stories came to us from Nice News, a newsletter designed to find and highlight positive news stories.

Nice News highlighted an AP story about a community-based Free Fridge concept in Europe to reduce food waste and help those who may not have the resources and access to certain foods. Contributors to the program must make a commitment that the food they donate to the program is safe. Food waste is measured by the ton and program organizers said one of the communities free-go fridges helped save over 3 tons of food in one year.

In the same newsletter, another person was highlighted for posting a pic of a community pantry available in her apartment complex. Some of these concepts grew out of the pandemic, and all of them show us how caring for one another is the reality, and often, the news and headlines are more noise than substance.

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A new newsletter from the creators of Punch and Eater called Pre Shift hit our radar this weekend. Punch is our favorite bar and cocktail culture publication, and they've been working on a newsletter that shows some of the behind-the-scenes on "how the sauce is made," so to speak. It sounds like Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential meets new trends and technology in the Food and Drink business. 

In a story, we had to share based on how often our friends on After School Radio talks about McDonald's and the characters developed by McDonald's, Food & Wine did an origin story on Grimace. In the early 70s, Grimace was part of the Hamburgalars gang and played a role in commercials and within the McDonald's Playland experience. Over the years, a few makeovers have occurred, and Grimace becomes a good guy – or, more to his/her shape, a good goo.

According to the article, a Canadian McDonald's manager named Brian Bates told a reporter that Grimace is an enormous taste bud. We don't know if this has ever been corroborated by an official McDonald's representative, but we had never heard of this one. Did anyone else know the surprising shake of the summer of 2023 was a big fat taste bud shake?

It's not Closing Time just yet. Semisonic, who hasn't released a new full-length album since 2001, is getting ready to release a new album called Little Bit Of Sun. Semisonic was formed in the 90s after the breakup of Trip Shakespeare, who started in 1986 in Minneapolis. 

He Gets Me High - Dum Dum Girls.

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!

With A Shout newsletter is written by Johnny Christian with the support of a thousand idea bits and the help of many people.

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