After my freshman year of high school, until I left for college in Western Massachusetts, I mostly listened to WBCN, the legendary alternative radio station in Boston at 104.1 FM. ‘BCN was where I first heard David Bowie, Ten Years After and Captain Beefheart, along with the comedy troupes Firesign Theatre and Monty Python. Progressive music was well-represented on WBCN, and I remember enjoying this King Crimson record in particular.
Category: Life with Pratts
Walkering Distance
As I have mentioned before, I grew up in Connecticut surrounded by cartoonists. Unfortunately, I didn’t begin to realize that until shortly before my family moved to Massachusetts. What might have been if we hadn’t moved!
Mort Walker passed away a couple of years ago, and his sons continue the family business. Brian Walker’s studio is only two miles from where I lived as a kid.
Reveille – A Family Legacy In Comics from Dave Walker on Vimeo.
A tip o’ the ol’ DogRat toupee to Mark Evanier, who recently featured this video on his NewsFromME blog.
A/C All Clear
The old LG A/C is gone, and the new LG is installed. It’s a lot quieter than the old one, but that seems to be because the maximum fan speed is lower. Which means it will take longer to move enough air to cool things down.
Jumped… or PUSHED??
Seeing that a new LG 12000 BTU A/C (with WiFi!) had been delivered, the old LG 12000 BTU A/C in the living room didn’t want to come out of its metal cage. I kept pulling on the tray, but it refused to budge. After a brief struggle, I realized what the old LG wanted was a Thelma & Louise style ending. So I let it take the honorable way out… right out the window.
BEEP! BEEP!
A couple of times since this blasted lockdown was declared I’ve taken the car out for drive on the highway, just to get out of the house with, like the Chuck Berry song, no particular place to go. But instead of Chuck Berry, here’s Bo Diddley.
A funny and somewhat unsettling observation I’ve made on the road is seeing an identical Camry in Champagne Mica, as Toyota calls the color. The driver is a lady who appears to be in her late 70’s. Move over, honey!
Drink and Dive
My new quarantine activity — drunk dumpster diving!
