There’s a point in this movie where Annette Bening stumbles upon Joni Mitchell’s "Blue" in Mark Ruffalo’s record collection. This is something we’ve lost in the MP3 era.  Not only the ability to scan through a person’s record collection and make a judgment as to their taste and whether or not you’ll connect, but the […]

I can let the passing of the chief writer of "Howdy Doody" go by without comment, but I can’t be quiet about the death of Penny. I always wondered what it was like growing up without TV.  My parents told me about the great radio shows, but I couldn’t help feeling they were deprived, unable […]

My Kindle broke. I was searching on a word and I noticed the 5-way switch felt funny, turned out it was broken…  But I’d already finished my book, Steve Martin’s "Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life". Although not the best-written book, and despite his self-deprecation, Steve was seemingly shtupping every desirable woman extant, the insight […]

Can I recommend an unreadable book? Let’s say I gave you the keys to a recording studio, and despite having no previous knowledge I told you to emerge in two weeks with a hit record, would you be able to do it? Even better, would you be willing to take the risk? No one wants […]