Thursday night I was having dinner at good friends’ in the Palisades when their daughter called from her car in Fullerton. She wanted her dad to bring her home. Kind of like an air traffic controller to a jumbo jet, she wanted instruction, security, she’d man the controls, but someone else would do the thinking. […]

“Demi Lovato gets owned by an X Factor candidate” (via Scott Perry) And while I’m cluttering your inbox… Hi Bob, I got a hearty laugh from Clearmountain’s quote. Both of my kids were conceived to Avalon. That album must be aural Viagra! Chris Washkau

I care not a whit about fashion, but “Style” is my favorite section of the Sunday “New York Times.” There’s a ridiculous article in this week’s paper about two women who invented a drumming workout. What they obviously do best is network and get publicity. I know this is true because there’s a mention of […]

I told myself I was going to spend all day reading, but I got hooked on these BBC documentaries, which I recommend. The first is on Roxy Music. Unfortunately, the second half, after the band reforms, is paint by numbers. But the first half, about the formation of the band, the motivation, is educational and […]