That Thing She Does!

Debbie Daughtry and friend

Last weekend I was on a Watch Party that Debbie Daughtry was hosting, showing Tom Hanks’ delightfully note-perfect movie that I also love, That Thing You Do! There was a technical glitch, but I figured out a workaround and had a lot of fun. Debbie sounds like she’s up to trying another watch party, and the movie I recommended won’t surprise anyone who knows me.

Today the full story has been revealed about Debbie, Boss Radio 66, and how Tom Hanks came into the radio picture.

“Debbie sends me the playlist and I do a dive on the web for salient and fascinating information,” Tom tells PEOPLE of how he prepares for his sets.

https://people.com/movies/tom-hanks-dj-boss-radio-66-brooklyn-oldies-station-debbie-daughtry-exclusive/

Boss Radio 66 is just the first of several collaborations between Tom and Debbie to come, including a country music and American Standards station soon to follow on TuneIn.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/radio-producer-brooklyn-ended-tom-153400227.html

Here are a couple of movie trailers that were put on YouTube by Johnathon Schaech, who plays Jimmy in the movie. Johnathan apologized to Debbie because he wanted to join the watch party, but then was unable to attend.

Look fast for a young Charlize Theron in this one!

Look fast for an old Ortofon SPU phono cartridge in this one!

Mayberry, RFD Medicine

A fairly regular topic here is the crisis in rural healthcare. In the fifteen years I was traveling for my old job, I visited many small, regional hospitals. That part of my working life ended in the mid-90’s, and since then the difficulties in providing medical care in rural America, for both acute and chronic conditions, have gotten much worse. The PBS NewsHour has started a series on the difficulties facing administrators, clinicians, and patients.

DC 94 yr. GIANT, Joe Giella

Joe Giella, June 27, 1928 – March 21, 2023. Photo from Joe’s Facebook page.

What Joe Sinnott was to Marvel, his friend Joe Giella was to DC. Joe passed away yesterday at age 94.

Batman newspaper comic strip panel by Joe Giella
Joe Sinnott visiting with Joe Giella. Photo courtesy of Mark Sinnott.

Mark Evanier has this remembrance.

Joe Giella, R.I.P.

Interest in Banking

Frontline has this timely report called ‘Age of Easy Money’.

My position is that the Fed needs to add a third mandate to its duty of maximizing employment while keeping inflation in check. It’s my contention that to meet those two goals, the “other inflation” — Wall Street — also needs to be kept in check. Otherwise, you end up with what we have now. Neel Kashkari has exactly the opposite opinion, as heard at this point in the documentary.

There’s an implicit threat in what Kashkari says, as if he’s speaking on behalf of investment bankers — Hurt the rich people on Wall Street, in any way at all, and regular people will suffer.