Archive for 2012/01


Originality

So Howard Stern is sitting at home during Christmas vacation and he gets a call saying Paul is on the line. It’s weird that the head of NBC alternative programming responsible for "America’s Got Talent" would ring him, there’s no business pending, but it’s nice so Howard starts waxing rhapsodic, talking about the publicity, thanking […]

Say It Ain’t So Joe

So I’m fooling around with Spotify radio. I’ve got a problem with Pandora, the tune-outs and you can’t fast-forward and Tim Westergren is a Moonie. And whenever I’m given the ability to fast-forward on these services I end up just clicking to see what they play next and not even listening, it’s frustrating. But you […]

Uniqlo

Andy couldn’t stop talking about his down jacket. Just before the season opened he’d gone to Aspen and purchased it. And he didn’t stop wearing it and telling me how cheap it was. But I ignored him. Because I don’t care about fashion. My wardrobe got stuck in the seventies. Only one problem, part of […]

I’m Your Puppet

They’re dropping like flies. That guy who was in Iron Butterfly and moved on to Captain Beyond. One of Dion’s Belmonts. But the death that affected me most was that of Bobby Purify. Actually, I just learned today that there were two Bobbys. But this is the one who sang on "I’m Your Puppet". A […]