commercials Snap, Crackle, Beat! – Rice Krispies commercial by Rolling Stones (1964) Mark Frauenfelder

Comics Friday: the new digital-first, pay-what-you-want Lovecraftian YA detective comic from Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente Thom Dunn

science fiction 400 pages of Judge Dredd available for free Gareth Branwyn

politics Trump: 'Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA' Xeni Jardin

deaths Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame, dead at 77 Rob Beschizza

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

90210 I binge watched the BH90210 reboot and it is wonderful Jason Weisberger

music Watch Nico cover a Gordon Lightfoot tune in 1965 David Pescovitz

music Joel Gion, the psychedelic tambourine man from the Brian Jonestown Massacre, is writing a memoir David Pescovitz

music Trailer for new documentary about the 60s-70s Laurel Canyon music scene featuring Tom Petty, Cat Power, Jackson Browne, Norah Jones David Pescovitz

happy mutants 2019 Hugo Award finalists announced Cory Doctorow

News Alex Jones finally banned from Twitter after posting video of abusive exchange with CNN reporter Xeni Jardin

mistakes Twitter was going to ban conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Then Jack Dorsey intervened to save his account. Rob Beschizza

music Watch the Rolling Stones age with their music David Pescovitz

music Striking similarity between David Bowie and cartoon man on Devo album cover David Pescovitz

picks Fox News dumps Bill O'Reilly. He is officially out. Xeni Jardin

happy mutants It’s about Time: Reading Steampunk’s Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

art Los Angeles: Freaky "Boogeyman"-themed occult art show (opens Saturday!) David Pescovitz

humor The American Bystander – new magazine created by old National Lampoon folks Mark Frauenfelder

beverly hills 90210 Official cast released for The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story Mark Frauenfelder