Your Mid-Week Experiment
Sorry I missed last weekend’s essay. There’s an idea in my head that didn’t come together in time. Taking extra time, I think, will payoff this weekend. In any case, welcome to your always free, reader-supported mid-week edition of The Experiment where we share great things to read, cook, listen to, and watch. If you’d like to support my work, buy my Alamo book, buy some Experiment merch, drop some coins in the PayPal fountain, or become a paid subscriber. But even if you don’t, this bugga free.
Let’s get right to it:
“So You Want to Hire a Conservative Commentator...” (Jill Lawrence)
Here’s an oral history of Madonna’s infamous appearance on Letterman. (LateNighter)
Makeup companies are targeting Generation Alpha. Cripes. (Elise Hu)
This is a sad song that helped me fall in love with Austin in the ‘90s.
Fact-checking is not censorship! (Poynter)
What would your walk-up song be?
Crispin Glover’s appearance on Letterman is still nuts.
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