For the second time in my life, I have just burst into hysterical laughter at a movie trailer.

The first was Zoolander, 2001, watching the trailer in the cinema (and feeling like an idiot for laughing so much at a trailer – which only made me laugh more). And now, the second is I Swear.

Can't wait to see this 😂

On an unexpected David Byrne binge after strumbling across the very cool DB Radio.

Man, he has some awesome songs on his new album:

She Explains Things To Me — cracks me up; watched several times in a row.

Everybody Laughs – classic, wonderful Talking Heads style.

Byrne is such a great artist. I like to think of him as David Bowie's lighthearted doppleganger.

Also love how he gave every song its own video, like a quirky visual equaliser.

"Inevitably, whenever you talk to someone about Texas and you ask them what their favourite city is, it's always Austin. How come?"

"Austin's one of the few places that's still not completely money. It's got hills, it's got lakes, it's got people. Granted it's got a little patent place going on, but doesn't every place? Austin's still not commercialised to the point where it's just all fashion, you know? It's not all J.R. [Ewing, fictionalised oil tycoon]. It's still a place to live, where there's people that treat each other like that."

— Stevie Ray Vaughan, 1985

2020s: here come the tech bros and podcast kingpins.

The CCP creating dystopias of suppression, control, surveillance, and attempted corruption of culture in Tibet. Much like Hong Kong. It’s just what they do. Good read, and on-the-ground report.

Because, Mr Barnett says, Beijing "wants to turn the lion of Tibetan culture into a poodle".

"It wants to remove things it perceives as risky and replace them with things it believes Tibetans ought to be thinking about; patriotism, loyalty, fealty. They like the singing and dancing – the Disney version of Tibetan culture."
"We don't know how much will survive," Mr Barnett concludes.

The eagle flies on Friday! 🦅