Saturday, December 19, 2015
My Collaboration with Ray Davies of the Kinks
In 1978, my brother came
home with Misfits by a group known as the Kinks. I didn’t understand the
retched look rock stars took on at the time to stick it to the man, but
fortunately had no control of the stereo. This because Ray Davies would make a
career of writing songs about me. I simply got to survive.
Immediately struck
by Hayfever and easily able to reel off 12 sneezes
in a row, I decided this disheveled gaggle of toughs deserved closer study. On
the B side, Permanent Waves is the greatest Kinks song you’ve never
heard.
Friday, December 18, 2015
Me, My Dad and David Letterman
Maybe David Letterman is following the comedic party line by deferring all
praise but his farewell only fuels my suspicion that he has no idea how much he
means to us out here. The laughter a given, its delivery amounts to an
incalculable debt that I wish I could pay in full to ease the self-doubt and
diminish the burden he seems to carry.
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