Texas Capitol Austin has become a music and media mecca in recent years. Its SXSW fest draws celebs from far and wide. This year Democrat candidates are invading the landscape. Beto’s documentary stealing the show. Buttigieg, Gabbard, Delaney having town halls there on CNN tonight. Warren and Klobuchar giving talks and attacking big business. Bernie, Castro & Kamala holding court, too. Where’s Joe?
Les Bon Temps
Laissez les bon temps roulez! Hillary isn’t running. Yay. Nor Mike Bloomberg. Boo. Maybe Biden. Won’t matter. Left has taken over the Party. And. Nadler overreach to impeach could still play into the witch hunt narrative to derail the Dems.
Since Tiger’s out for Arnie’s tourney. Go for a POPĀ of quirky fun. Besides the delightful Schitt’s Creek. Check out Flack. Anna Paquin plays an off-kilter mix of Liev’s Ray Donovan and Dockery in Good Behavior.
Boroughs Boys
A fight for the working class has emerged with dueling barn-burners yesterday. Trump v. Bernie. Queens v. Brooklyn. FOX v. MSNBC & CNN. Both targeting class rather than party affiliation. This will be the most clear cut battle in the 2020 campaign. On the same rural lawn.
– Hatfield, Massachusetts 2016
Meanwhile best SNL in a long time. Hader with the see-through white Jim Jordan shirt spot on. Stiller as Cohen New York perfection. John Mulaney funny and smart. Well done fun.
Cluttered Cluster
Stop investigating Trump. Find ONE candidate who can beat him.
Beto-Biden-Bloomberg-Booker-Brown-Buttigieg-Kamala-Castro-Amy-Tulsi-Gilli-Bernie-Hillary-Lizzie-Timmy-Inslee-Delaney-Hickenlooper
Keep looking.
Queens Rule
Queens ruled at the Oscars of 2019. Bohemian Rhapsody. Rami Malek walked like an Egyptian. Olivia Coleman in The Favourite. Adam Lambert my favorite of all Queens. Mad World. Lady Gaga reigned supreme.
Angela Bassett wins best everything in her stunning pink gown. Stupidest dress Kacey Musgraves’ pink mess. So yes. Another year. Another show.
Mischief or Menace
Theme of the week. Bad behavior. Naughty or criminal?
Jussie Smollett the latter, rendering real victims’ voices silent. As with #metoo overreach, backlash will be longterm. Billionaires out of control. Bezos’ fling has taken his focus away from bizness. Super Bowl owner Bob Kraft has enough money to hire the classiest call girls in the world, yet goes to a strip mall for creepy massages with sex-trafficked enslaved girls. Miranda Lambert marries a cheating New York cop. Klobuchar really is mean it seems. And. Don’t even talk about R. Kelly.
A few of the week’s similarly untoward headlines. On to the Oscars. Meh.
The Last Journalists
Jill Abramson, former Executive Editor of the New York Times,Ā has squandered her opportunity to tell the truth about the lack of objectivity in the current news business. The fact that she is charged with plagarism takes her valid insights off the track.
However, Lara Logan who still has a lot to lose, had the courage to speak out about modern reporting. Bias. Agendas. Scripted narratives. Editing stories to fit the prejudice and slant. It matters not to her whether it’s to the right or the left. It is rare to find anyone in so-called journalism circles brave enough to risk their careers.
Geo Diversity
Elizabeth Warren braved the wind and cold in Lawrence, Massachusetts to declare her run for President. Then. Amy Klobuchar stood in a frigid Minnesota blizzard to announce her candidacy.
In California Phippy survived a coating of hail to win at Pebble Beach’s annual pro-am. And JLo, Diana, Gaga, & Dolly headlined a diverse Grammys Show well-hosted by Alicia Keys with a Michelle cameo.
While mAdBen rides camels on Mars. Or at least the Jordan desert sure looks like it.Ā 
Hit Pieces
Who is out to get Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar? Right before she announces her Presidential run. Snow flake staff say she was too tough on them. But. Who leaked the report to HuffPost? Let the games begin.
#MeToo? No. #TrumpToo. Presidential harassment. That’s what we’ll hear. For the next 2 years.
Recently had brunch atĀ CafĆ©Ā Luxembourg. A noisy crowded UWS staple. Kate Walsh said she used to waitress there and it was so bad during brunch she got fired for rolling her eyes. Don’t blame her.
Velvet Buzzsaw. Goofy gory spoof of the corrupt Art World. Jake Gyllenhaal zany as you’ve never seen him before.
David Pecker outing Jeff Bezos’.
Tara Westover’s family hit piece, Educated.
WaPo SuperBowl Ad
The Super Bowl was kinda defense-driven and dull. But. Just before the 2 minute warning, Washington Post’s Ad gained grand acclaim. From Tim Cook to Jason Rezaian. Journalism is the light. Well done mAdBen!
Side Trek . NYC 