singer/songwriter A delightful cover of "I Saw A Tiger," the insane country anthem from "Tiger King" Thom Dunn

Ellen Ellen surprises 'Walmart yodeling kid' with a spot on the Grand Ole Opry stage Rusty Blazenhoff

television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz

north korea Kim Jong-un's not dead, he's at his seaside palace relaxing with his 2,000 sex slaves, say papers Mark Frauenfelder

News He tweeted once at Trump, then got $69 Million from New York for ventilators that were never delivered Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Legendary singer/songwriter, John Prine, has died from COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

music Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy wrote a new song to raise money for the fight against COVID-19 Thom Dunn

obits Kenny Rogers, 1938–2020 Rob Beschizza

Enjoy this Star Trek fan's delightful "Ode to Spock" recorded after the Vulcan's film death in 1982 David Pescovitz

kenya Kenya hit by worst locust plague in 70 years Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan

Funny Willie Nelson becomes a hay bale character, and enjoys it Xeni Jardin

tabloids The Queen’s worst nightmare, Prince Andrew jailed, and Royal cosmetic surgery exposed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids End of the British monarchy, FBI’s Epstein cover-up, and Mary Poppins’ orgy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Nipple clamps, squeezed breasts, and a Royal rude awakening, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

facebook A San Diego Republican operator ran a massive, multimillion-dollar Facebook scam that targeted boomers Cory Doctorow

music Remembering Johnny Cash on the day he died Xeni Jardin

Rochester, Buffalo: My band The Delorean Sisters plays your cities this weekend Clive Thompson

tv New cartoon about Elvis as a government spy David Pescovitz

tabloids Celebrity grave-digging, flesh-eating bacteria and alien abductions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan