Historic Cancellation

A funny message from Louis CK…

Dear friend,

Hi. It’s Louis CK here to make sure everyone knows that my show show tomorrow at Madison Square Garden has been canceled. All ticket holders will automatically get a refund. I am really sorry about this and I am surprised to learn as I write this that there is only one L in the word canceled. I’ll have to take my phone’s word for it. But it doesn’t look right to me.

In any case, there seems to be a massive storm approaching New York City. They are calling this storm “historic” which…. Well I didn’t know you could call a thing historic if it hasn’t happened yet. But I’m not one to defy future historic events. And I have to be respectful of the responsibility I have to the 15,000 people who are holding tickets to the show and could be stranded somewhere historically trying to get to or from my show. I think it’s clearly better that I alter history in the name of safety and cancel. Besides, if you’ve ever tried to get your deposit back when you rent a banquet hall for a wedding that gets snowed out, you don’t want to even know what the deposit is on Madison Square Jesus Christing Garden is.

So. No show. I will be on Letterman tonight, though. So you can yell boo right at my stupid and very handsome face on your tv screen or on your paper towel or your watch or whatever you view Letterman on.

Also I will be contacting you very soon about my new standup special which will be historically available only on my website louisck.net very soon.

I really want to thank everyone who came to the shows at MSG. It was an incredible experience. The audiences were great. And the crew at MSG is classy and professional.

Okay. That’s it. I have to do some laundry now.

Take care of yourself and don’t be a jerk to people.

Louis CK.

… and as I write this the storm is approaching here.

Ferry Cross the Gerry

As I blogged a while ago, Denro and I will be at Andrew Sandoval’s British Invasion show at the Wilbur Theater in Boston on February 26. Something that I am enjoying more than pretty much everything else these days is Sandoval’s “Come to the Sunshine” podcast. Here is his latest edition, featuring Gerry and the Pacemakers in the second half of the show. Unfortunately, Gerry Marsden can’t join the British Invasion tour, but he’s there in spirit.

Once and Future soon to be Past

Paul Ready, Brian Sibley, David Warner
Paul Ready, Brian Sibley, David Warner

Yikes! There are only a few days left to catch Brian “Friend of the Blog” Sibley’s six-part BBC Radio adaptation of T.H. White’s “The Once and Future King”. The King is, of course, King Arthur, and his wizard is the great and grand Merlyn [sic]. “The Sword in the Stone” is part two. Click here to listen.

A Walt Disney Adventure in Art

It’s my opinion that Walt Disney is, so far and by far, the greatest CEO of all time. He wasn’t perfect and, yes, I know about the strike and his testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities and, no, I don’t believe the exaggerated “dark side of Disney” allegations. The breadth of Disney’s accomplishments remains unmatched, and I feel that no other entrepreneur before or since has achieved his level independence, originality, and creativity.

Disney was supposedly uncomfortable being the host of his own TV series, but you wouldn’t know it from watching him explain how artists need to each develop their own style in order to be proficient at collaborating on creating art the Disney way. It’s interesting that Marc Davis’ rendering of the tree is the most conventional of the four paintings. Davis was primarily an animator, not a background artist.

They report, I decide

I now have 115 miles on my new 2015 Honda CR-V EX, and with that mileage I suppose it’s redundant to say that the car is new. Here’s what Consumer Reports has to say about it.

They’re right about the on-screen audio console. It really sucks. Not only that, the MP3/WMA player has a buggy file manager, and there’s no pause control. It would be nice if Honda comes up with a software update to fix the screen controls. On the plus side, with ear-level tweeters on the front doors the sound quality is outstanding.

I can’t say if the ride isn’t as good as it was over the past several model years, but I know that on our 2011 CR-V the ride improved greatly after replacing the original equipment Bridgestone tires with Michelins. Something that I miss compared to the 2011 is the tray under the passenger seat. There’s now a center console, but it isn’t very useful for storage.

Of greater concern is a possible weakness in the operation of the all-wheel drive feature on the 2014 CR-V, as demonstrated in a Swedish magazine review. Watch the video, and if you’d like to read about the controversy it’s at this link. Who knows if the 2015 AWD models behave the same way? Obviously this didn’t stop me from buying the car, but I’ll sure be watching for any problems driving uphill in snow.