I’m getting whiplash from the April weather in New Orleans. One day it’s chilly and dry, the next it’s warm and muggy. We’re in the midst of a minor drought in the month that’s supposed to provide rain for the flowers that bloom in May. Is the venerable proverb wrong? Beats the hell outta me.

The featured image is a late work by Max Ernst. My featured image motto for this, uh, feature is: When in doubt post an Ernst image. The world is a surreal place right now, after all.

Speaking of surreal, an old post of mine has received a wave of hits this year. It’s odd because it’s a pre-10th Katrinaversary post. Why didn’t it happen last year? I haven’t the foggiest. I do know that it has one of the longest titles I’ve ever conceived, Katrinaversary Blues: Of Resilience Tours, Carpetbloggers & Disaster Tourists.

This week’s theme song was written by Neil Finn for Crowded House’s eponymous 1986 debut album. It poses the eternal question, “Do you climb into space to the world where you live?”

We have 2 versions of World Where You Live for your listening pleasure: The OG promo video followed by the Crowdies live in 1988:

Let’s play a pair of worldly tunes before moving on to our second act:

It’s no secret that two of my interests are old movies and crime, especially cold cases. This week’s second act reflects those interests. We begin in Texas.

Texas Cold Case Heats Up: The investigation into a 1991 murder in Arlington, Texas went cold long ago. The victim was Cynthia Renee Gonzalez. Her occupation may have had something to do with the case going cold. She was a stripper, which shouldn’t make any difference but it did.

The case was revived by a UT Arlington professor and her class. To their surprise, the police welcome their help. The case was finally solved by these academic amateur detectives.

Wes Ferguson has the details at Slate.

We’ll let The Highwaymen play us out of this segment with a murder song set in the Lone Star state:

Audrey Hepburn: There’s a swell interview in The Guardian with the star’s son, Sean Ferrer. He’s written a memoir of life with his famous mother that’s not remotely like Mommie Dearest. Then again, the only thing Audrey Hepburn and Joan Crawford had in common was stardom.

While we’re at it, here are my Top Ten Favorite Audrey Hepburn Movies:

1. Sabrina
2. Roman Holiday
3. Charade
4. Love In The Afternoon
5. My Fair Lady
6. Breakfast At Tiffany’s
7. Wait Until Dark
8. Two For The Road
9. Funny Face
10.  Robin and Marian

The last word of our second act goes to Maisie Peters:

We begin our third act with our favorite stolen feature.

Separated At Birth Casting Edition: 

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I would have rated Breakfast At Tiffany’s higher except for Mickey Rooney’s egregiously racist performance.

Presumably, this upcoming movie will address that. In a word: Ugh.

Your Basic Basie: This week, an early 78 recording from our main man, Bill Basie. It’s so early that it was released in two parts. How mad is that?

Have I told you lately how much I love Count Basie?

Classic Movie Trailer: Ready for more Audrey Hepburn content? You have no choice.

Grading Time: I’m a fanatical Billy Wilder fan so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that I give Sabrina 4 stars and an Adrastos Grade of A. It’s a stone cold classic that came in at #5 on the Billy Wilder Dozen.

Saturday GIF Horse: I can’t let go of Pam Bondi’s sheer awfulness. Here she is with one of her binders full of bullshit:

Toon Time: I couldn’t have said it better myself:

— Mike Luckovich (@mluckovich.bsky.social) 2026-03-26T23:15:11.148Z

Let’s close down this virtual honky tonk with some more music.

Saturday Classic: A final worldly song complete with cheesy lip syncing.

It would have looked more realistic if they’d plugged in their instruments. It’s a helluva song regardless.

That’s all for this week. The last word goes to William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, and Billy Wilder on the set of Sabrina.