A Capitol Fourth
Recommended
Distract yourself from the nonstop barrage of store-bought explosives being set off by dipshit pyromaniacs on your block, scaring the hell out of your pets and generally making life miserable at 98db (and likely doing so for the next three weeks), by turning on this PBS tradition, enjoying its 40th year, where the fireworks will generally be better in every way, and performers like Vanessa Williams, Patti LaBelle, John Fogerty, The Temptations, and John Stamos will be lending their talents to the proceedings.