Hell, there's even a classic 80s music video for the single off CLIMATE.  That one stunned me when I finally saw it.

Being a Jonathan Richman fan for many years, and seeing him live a lot, I was well aware that I was NEVER going to see him do any of the original Modern Lovers songs live.  I think he's do a revised version of "Pablo Picasso" from time to time, but that was it. Certainly not my favorite song of all time, "Roadrunner."…

I knew a man years ago who was drinking buddies with HST, and he once brought a new girlfriend, who REVERED Thompson, to meet The Great Man — sometime in the early 80s, I think.  Thompson spent some time being a drunk, condescending, self-pitying blowhard to this young woman, talking about how he'd seen everything and…

I knew a man years ago who was drinking buddies with HST, and he once brought a new girlfriend, who REVERED Thompson, to meet The Great Man — sometime in the early 80s, I think.  Thompson spent some time being a drunk, condescending, self-pitying blowhard to this young woman, talking about how he'd seen everything and…

Yeah, usually "Hermione-slash-Voldemort" has a MUCH different meaning…