One of the cartooning professionals I spoke with back in August is Jerry Scott, co-creator of the comic strip Baby Blues.
Jimmy Reed had the baby blues in these eight songs.
Badfinger had ‘Baby Blue’.
Baby Blues
Starry Eyes
At Ringo’s merch table there were autographed art prints of his paintings. His granddaughter is also inclined towards painting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9e8e5geme7eo
The calendar says that Ringo’s son Zak, the off-and-on again Who drummer, was twenty when he made his dad a grandfather.
For Your Jangled Nerves
That’s an album cover worth presenting on its own merits. (Sorry Boys: She’s Engaged)
TCM Remembers Kubrick
Part 2 of Turner Classic Movie’s podcast series on Stanley Kubrick. Produced in conjunction with the Criterion Collection.
Healthy Skepticism
Some years ago, a call on my landline came from someone who sounded like a middle-aged man. He claimed to be fund-raising for a group supporting local law enforcement. I said sure, I’d be happy to donate fifty bucks.
The caller said to leave a check in my mailbox, made out to the alleged organization, and they’d pick it up. I said I would prefer to drop it off at the police station in town. The caller said, “Oh, sh*t” and hung up.
Then there was the time a call came from someone with an Indian accent, claiming to represent the IRS. He said that I owed the government money, and if I didn’t pay it immediately I’d be arrested. To which I said, “Okay, then come and arrest me.” He insisted I was in very serious trouble and I insisted that I wanted to be arrested. After a bit of back-and-forth he gave up.
I no longer bother to answer landline calls. If it’s something valid and important, they can leave a message.
The fact that Donald Trump is once again president is proof there’s a sucker born every minute. So far, I’ve watched only the first story in this Frontline documentary about online scams. Listening to the father’s anguish about his son’s suicide, my immediate thought was, why did he have an unsecured gun in the house?
Been There, Done That
Colleen is having the same funless experience I used to have on the M25 loop outside of London.