I watched Svengoolie's presentation of Duck Soup with my 6 y.o. son and it was one of the best NYEs I've ever had.

I'm only as far as the nude scene in the NYT article but had to take a break to say that I think the reporter must have taken inspiration from Shadow of the Vampire.

What I learned reading this article:

Steve Winwood can play every instrument ever played on a rock song ever.

Every musician-hero I've met has been awesomely gracious in their own way, from Glenn Danzig threatening to beat someone up for us to Ian MacKaye gently putting us in our place to Ian McLagan inviting me to sit and chat.

Betty Davis was completely new to me this year. I don't know how y'all kept her from me for so long.

Betty Davis was completely new to me this year. I don't know how y'all kept her from me for so long.

I just rewatched The Harder They Come for the first time in many years. I feared it wouldn't be as great as I remembered but it was greater. Looks and sounds better now though the subtitles might be a little missed when a couple of the characters speak.

I just rewatched The Harder They Come for the first time in many years. I feared it wouldn't be as great as I remembered but it was greater. Looks and sounds better now though the subtitles might be a little missed when a couple of the characters speak.

tl;dr version is "Charles Durning once bludgeoned a teenager to death with a rock."

tl;dr version is "Charles Durning once bludgeoned a teenager to death with a rock."

Charles Durning once bludgeoned a teenager to death with a rock. True story.

Charles Durning once bludgeoned a teenager to death with a rock. True story.

Yay! That was me! I feel like I won something. Maybe my prize is that people are talking about Madness. But you aren't talking about the new album so it's a hollow victory.

Yay! That was me! I feel like I won something. Maybe my prize is that people are talking about Madness. But you aren't talking about the new album so it's a hollow victory.

I suppose this makes you feel better about something then?

I suppose this makes you feel better about something then?

I was thinking that too but I would have left out the middle part. Like this:

I was thinking that too but I would have left out the middle part. Like this:

I highly recommend finding one of the recordings of Sedaris reading Santaland Diaries. The Holidays on Ice audiobook features his sister Amy and Ann Magnuson on some of the other stories.