I’m not sure what consequences flowed from our silent movie featured image but I dig it. It beats the hell outta our soggy weather in New Orleans, which has caused sporadic street flooding. The upside is that we haven’t any highs over 90 degrees yet. That won’t last long.

There are efforts in the Gret Stet Of Louisiana to recall Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill. The petitions must be signed in person so I haven’t affixed my John Hancock to one yet but I plan to do so after the threat of flooding rain recedes. I don’t expect either petition to garner enough signatures to be placed on a ballot but anything that rattles The Clownfish and his mini-me is okay with me.

We have a theme song doubleheader this week.

David Nagler, Bonnie Hayes, and Kevin Hayes wrote Consequences in 1990. It was first recorded by Robert Cray on his album, Midnight Stroll.

Our second consequential theme song was composed and recorded by John Coltrane in 1966.

We begin our second act with some TV talk.

HBO True Crime Time: Because of my past life as a criminal lawyer, I have a weakness for true crime documentaries. I don’t, however, like trashy true crime tales. That’s why HBO is one of my top true crime destinations.

The Yogurt Shop Murders is about the 1991 strip mall murder of 4 young women. It’s a crime that shook Austin, Texas to its core. The case went cold several times because of police incompetence. The case wasn’t solved until last year after the first four episodes of this docuseries aired on HBO. It was recently updated:

Grading Time: I give The Yogurt Shop Murders  3 1/2 stars and an Adrastos grade of B+. It’s as good as the genre gets.

Murder In Glitterball City: Did you know that the disco ball was invented in Louisville, Kentucky? Me neither, not until I watched this 2-part documentary. It involves a gay couple one of whom seems to be a normie and the other a weirdo. That’s not how it turns out in the end.

You say glitterball, I say disco ball. Let’s get on with the grading.

Grading Time: I give Murder In Glitterball City 3 stars and an Adrastos grade of B.

I’m Not A Monster: The Lois Riess Murders tells a twisted tale of mental illness and murder most foul. A seemingly nice Minnesota grandmother pled guilty to two murders, then sat for her first and likely last interview.

Grading Time: I give I’m Not A Monster: The Lois Riess Murders 3 stars and an Adrastos grade of B.

The last word of our second act goes to Cheap Trick:

We begin our third act with our favorite stolen feature.

Separated At Birth Casting Edition: Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is back in the headlines in the UK. He’s offered the Labour Party some unsolicited advice. It has not gone down well. I’ll have more about TB’s malakatude next week.

Michael Sheen played Blair in 3 movies: The Deal, The Queen, and The Special Relationship.

My countryman George Michael took a shot at Blair and his pal W during the runup to the Iraq war:

Your Basic Basie: I still have mothers on my mind after concocting the Mother Song Dozen. Billy Eckstine wrote this boss basic Basie tune in 1959.

Have I told you lately how much I love Count Basie? That goes for the elegant Mr. Eckstine as well.

The Best Of Dick Cavett: Orson Welles sits on Cavett’s couch and describes his close encounter with Hitler.

Yeah, I know Orson was in a chair, not on a couch but you know how much I love alliteration. My work is literally littered with it. At least it wasn’t a rocking chair:

Saturday GIF Horse: There was a running joke about rocking chairs in Christmas In Connecticut. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a GIF of one. These GIFs of Dennis Morgan on his life raft will just have to do:

There’s not a raft of raft songs but this one goes with that fantasy raft image:

Meme Street: Presented without comment.

Toon Time: This week’s toon by the Guardian’s Jason White combines my interest in British politics with the carousel scene at the end of Strangers On A Train. The UK has been burning through PMs like nobody’s business.

White also shows two wannabe PMs: Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham. They hope to unhorse Keir Starmer.

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

Saturday Closer: I still have rocking chairs on my mind as did Hoagy Carmichael when he wrote this song.

That’s all for this week. I’ve been having issues with the wrong featured images showing up on my social media shares. Word Press blames the socials and they blame WP. On Saturdays, my closing bat meme has been showing up instead of the real featured image. I’m trying an experiment by skipping it altogether. Does that mean that I just got the last word? Discuss amongst yourselves.

PS: The experiment failed. Oh well, what the hell.