Welcome to the Thursday edition; on this day in 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the moon; a few years later, we were all wearing moon boots. 2023 we revisit civility and dinner parties with Brendan, Rico, and their comedic friends. A brief history of film watching the Titanic sink in different movies over the past 100 years, followed by the books songwriters should read. Tunes and hot tools to check out at the end before it's 2 Late!

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A link from a new source, The Valet Magazine, landed us on The DINNER PARTY Download, a site that interviews celebrities and discusses how to be civil. The episode we listened to from 2017 was How to Behave: Comedy Edition. In the episode, Portlandia stars Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen help the hosts answer listener questions. The show's hosts, Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano wrote a book called Brunch is Hell, making a case for less brunch and more dinner parties. The concepts are unique, and the conversation is funny.

The following interview in the episode is with Billy Eichner, the energetic performer Billy on the Street. His answers to listener questions are more in your face, enough to make you laugh with anxiety! The last comedian in the episode is the talented Maria Bamford; she answers questions as herself, her mother, and a few other characters she famously portrays during her sets. 

The concept of having a dinner party to improve civility is interesting. This episode was five years ago, and there is little proof we've improved our ability to be civil, especially with people on the opposite side of whatever. When the dust settles on our disconnects and the anger finally bores us to tears, we can return to dinner parties for thoughtful conversations with interesting people.

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File this under what creators put together; a YouTuber named Captain JZH compiled video clips from Titanic movies over the last 100 years. The aggregated clips are a history of film as much as Titanic's final scene. When James Cameron and his deep-sea company explored the actual Titanic's wreckage, they determined how the Titanic split into two large pieces before it completely sank into the ocean. Only one of the films got that one right 😎

Caleb J. Murphy is a writer and musician and recently wrote an article for Digital Music News recommending books for songwriters. The first recommendation is Rick Ruben's new book, The Creative Act, which we highlighted last week. Murphy follows that up with Song Writers On Song Writing and its follow-up More Song Writers On Song Writing, which have long been songwriters' "go-to" books. Paul Simon's Miracle And Wonder also made a list, and the final entry is a book called It’s All In Your Head by Russ, and this is the book that made it to our reading list based on the Goodreads summary.

Rare and B-Sides.

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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