1. I used to always be early, but now I’m afraid of being late. Being early is a curse in a world where everybody is late. Not only do you waste time waiting for people, you end up being the greeting committee, making small talk, introducing people. Almost no one is on time in L.A., […]

Friday is taco night! Oslo is just like America, just a little bit different. There’s a safety net. And it’s cold, there were flurries just now. And they read the “New York Times” and watch Netflix. Huh? That’s what Helle said. She checked the “Times” on a regular basis. With all the scuttlebutt that newspapers […]

TATTLER Start here. Because you know this one, most probably in its Linda Ronstadt incarnation from “Hasten Down The Wind,” the album with the Karla Bonoff covers. Ry and his producer Russ Titelman take credit for writing it…along with Washington Phillips, whose version I’ve also included, it’s quite the blueprint. Anyway, the soul of the […]

I haven’t watched in a long, long time. But there was a time when I couldn’t miss it. It was the SNL of its day. It was our program. With our sensibilities and irreverence. Yes, once upon a time the baby boomers were the younger generation, champing at the bit to replace our parents. But […]