Author: DOuG pRATt

Debasement

A couple of years ago I started getting water in the basement during heavy rain. The problem has been getting worse, and during yesterday’s storm I rigged up something temporarily that seemed to help.

The house was built fifty years ago, and as best as I can determine there was supposed to be a basement walk-out entrance, but it was never completed. So that will be my next construction project, assuming I can find the right contractor. Someone who can also successfully tackle the water drainage problem.

The DJ Who Played VJ

Dick Biondi’s family has announced that he died last week, on June 26, at age 90. On February 23, 1963, Biondi was the first American DJ to play a Beatles record, a full year before they came here. Biondi was on WLS in Chicago, home of VJ, the only record label that wanted the Beatles.

https://www.beatle.net/biondi-announcing-please-please-me/

Biondi’s passing will make Sunday’s showing of a new documentary about his life bittersweet.

https://www.dickbiondifilm.com/

Asteroid Memories

I’ve been busy managing legal and financial matters requiring my attention. Not fun, but necessary.

Despite that, I went to a Regal Cinema to see Asteroid City, and I think I’ve finally stopped confusing Wes Anderson with Paul Thomas Anderson. I will borrow my pal Samjay’s catchall movie review and say, “I liked it.”

Watching Asteroid City, the premise of people gathering for an event, the mannered acting, and the alien visitation combined to remind me of Stardust Memories.