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Album of the Day: Monday July 7, 2025

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"Rust in Peace strikes with the precision of a cavalry charge and the fury of a storm, yet beneath its sonic assault lies an order—discipline forged in chaos. Its themes of war, power, and human folly echo the very conflicts I once marched through, now told with steel strings and unrelenting fire.” - Henry Ossian Flipper first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and American engineer*

*Quotes by living, dead, or fictional people have been generated through the use of A.I.

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Feature Presentation: Monday July 7, 2025

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004

When his partner is eaten to death by a shark that isn’t even considered real, ever-fading legend in the twilight of his credibility oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) makes it his mission to capture the elusive perpetrator on film and prove its existence. Steve wagers what remains of his reputation on his mythical  “Jaguar Shark”: not so much an expedition as it is a slow-motion shipwreck; a budget-less revenge tour aboard a rusting death trap with his motley crew, manned by unpaid interns, a heavily armed German, and a dolphin crew that never follows basic commands. Steve brings along a boy who may or may not be his son - he isn’t sure - and a journalist who slowly realizes she is embedded in a personal breakdown. While Steve attempts to realize his dream and outmaneuver pirates, unpaid debts, his ex-wife and longtime nemesis Captain Alistair Hennessey (Jeff Goldblum), we wonder if his expedition will succeed, or if it’s just another fish story.

Directed by Wes Anderson

Written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach

Staring

Bill Murray as Steve Zissou

Owen Wilson as Ned Plimpton

Anjelica Huston as Eleanor Zissou

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Drink me: Thursty Thursday July 3, 2025

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The Thing’s Clobbering Time Punch Bowl

This is a drink that punches back.

pineapple rum, passion fruit liquer, dry curacoa, and tropical flavore

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Alchemy: Saturday July 5, 2025

Lum’s Chili Dogs

You’re going to love these chili dogs more than Jimmy Hoffa loved ice cream. It’s messy. It’s heavy. And it don’t pretend to be somethin’ it’s not. It’s meat, cheese, chili—done right. The secret? Left over dogs and burgers from the cookout the night before. The dogs revitalized and steamed with beer. The chili? Raised from the dead with spices and a day old burger patty, maybe it had cheese on it, it doesn’t matter. The tanginess of the cream cheese and parmesan mustard spread cuts through all that fat with sweet red pepper jelly to bring it all together in balance. It ain’t good for you, but that’s not the point. You don’t eat one of these because you’re watching your health—you eat it because sometimes, after everything, you need somethin’ warm and sloppy in your hands that reminds you you’re still here.

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Book of the Month: July 2025

Superman: The Red Son

by Mark Millar (Author) , Dave Johnson (Illustrator) , Kilian Plunkett (Contributor)

The Daily Planet, April 30, 2003 — Special Edition

"SUPERMAN: SOVIET SON?"
Global Icon Revealed to Be Champion of the U.S.S.R.

By Lois Lane, Senior Correspondent

Metropolis - The world was stunned today by the revelation that Superman, long thought to be a neutral force for good and protector of Earth, was revealed to be in fact a citizen of the Soviet Union and loyal defender of its regime.

The Man of Steel -previously a symbol of hope for all nations - first appeared publicly under the Soviet banner in Moscow, rescuing civilians from a nuclear mishap and receiving commendations from Premier Joseph Stalin himself. Dressed in a red-and-black iconic uniform, adorned with the hammer and sickle…

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