From: Lincoln Myerson Subject: Re: Re-Willie Nile Hey Bob- I’m late to your post on Willie. (I blame the international timeline despite being a day ahead of you here in New Zealand but I digress) I thought I’d share my anecdote nonetheless.  You might enjoy it. I brought Willie to McCabe’s for the first time […]

A reality TV star who’s bad at business? That sounds like a perfect candidate to be mayor of Los Angeles. Never mind that Los Angeles is essentially an ungovernable city where the mayor has little power, as evidenced in this article by Steve Lopez in the “Los Angeles Times: “Spencer Pratt, please call me. You […]

BLONDIE CHAPLIN “Lonely Traveler” I’m still waiting for another solo album from Blondie. He’s sent me new music, but…he’s kind of elliptical when it comes to communication. Anyway, I read about the Flame and then there he was singing “Sail On Sailor” on “Holland”! As for this solo album… I bought it from the promo […]

This is one of the two best-reviewed books of the year. As for the other, “Transcription”…forget about it. Now “London Falling” is nonfiction whereas “Transcription” is fiction, and I vastly prefer fiction, but… There was an interesting article in the “Wall Street Journal”… “Dad Books Are a Dying Breed – Sales have been sliding for […]