I’ve been sick as a dog. You see I was hanging with Roland Orzabal, who told me his son was in an outdoor play in Bristol, and it’d been raining all summer, and his boy had gotten sick, and the illness had spread itself throughout the family, they’d just all been to the doctor. Didn’t […]

She won the gold last night. In case you were oblivious to the hype, last night, in a counterprogramming move against the Olympics, Comedy Central premiered its roast of Roseanne. And Amy Schumer stole the show. Who is Amy Schumer? Damned if I know. Well, I know a little. I heard her on Stern. She […]

I missed “Waterloo Sunset.” What kind of wonderful world do we live in where an iconoclastic, irascible rock star who’s alienated almost all the people surrounding him can be featured in the finale of the world’s greatest sporting event? Long as I gaze on, Waterloo Sunset, I am in paradise. I was gonna watch the […]

I just heard “Nice, Nice, Very Nice” on the satellite. It’s turning to fall. The light’s just a bit different. We’re sliding down to the end of the year, we become more serious, more introspectful as autumn approaches. And just as I was ascending Benedict to Mulholland, Vin Scelsa started talking about a song utilizing […]