The royalties are ridiculous.

The royalties are ridiculous.

Duly corrected.

Duly corrected.

Another weekend of thrift-store and book-sale shopping. On the CD front, I indulged my soft-rock leanings and plunked down a buck to score a copy of Pablo Cruise's Worlds Away - which I'm listening to as I type this - and also walked away with Pink Floyd's 2-disc best-of, Echoes, Teena Marie's Starchild, The Best of M…

Another weekend of thrift-store and book-sale shopping. On the CD front, I indulged my soft-rock leanings and plunked down a buck to score a copy of Pablo Cruise's Worlds Away - which I'm listening to as I type this - and also walked away with Pink Floyd's 2-disc best-of, Echoes, Teena Marie's Starchild, The Best of M…

Further proof of Ms. Tomlin's awesomeness: her recollections of Tom Waits on Short Cuts came via email. After I'd transcribed both parts of the interview (we started in person in July and finished on the phone in September), I dropped her personal assistant a line and said, "It's not worth getting her back on the…

Further proof of Ms. Tomlin's awesomeness: her recollections of Tom Waits on Short Cuts came via email. After I'd transcribed both parts of the interview (we started in person in July and finished on the phone in September), I dropped her personal assistant a line and said, "It's not worth getting her back on the…

Let me go ahead and break your heart now: no Quicksilver content. But I did at least get another anecdote to further Bill Murray's reputation as one of the coolest guys of all time, thanks to his guest spot with Ms. Gertz on Square Pegs. (It doesn't compare to the Kelly Lynch Road House story, of course, but what…

Let me go ahead and break your heart now: no Quicksilver content. But I did at least get another anecdote to further Bill Murray's reputation as one of the coolest guys of all time, thanks to his guest spot with Ms. Gertz on Square Pegs. (It doesn't compare to the Kelly Lynch Road House story, of course, but what…

Thanks!

Thanks!

Fuck it, I'll just say it: I'm excited about the prospect of a Star Wars movie on which George Lucas is only a creative consultant. There's plenty of ways that Disney could totally fuck it up, but there are also a hell of a lot of talented motherfuckers out there who know that universe inside and out and could do way…

Fuck it, I'll just say it: I'm excited about the prospect of a Star Wars movie on which George Lucas is only a creative consultant. There's plenty of ways that Disney could totally fuck it up, but there are also a hell of a lot of talented motherfuckers out there who know that universe inside and out and could do way…

I like to think that the above photo was taken right after I asked Jami Gertz about Solarbabies during our Random Roles interview. Please don't ruin it for me.

I like to think that the above photo was taken right after I asked Jami Gertz about Solarbabies during our Random Roles interview. Please don't ruin it for me.

My seven-year-old daughter loves The Neighbors, much as I loved Mork & Mindy when I was about the same age. It's easily the least of ABC's four Wednesday night sitcoms, but I've been amused by it. Now that they've scored the full-season pickup, though, I'm hopeful that they'll start shifting the premise a bit and have…

My seven-year-old daughter loves The Neighbors, much as I loved Mork & Mindy when I was about the same age. It's easily the least of ABC's four Wednesday night sitcoms, but I've been amused by it. Now that they've scored the full-season pickup, though, I'm hopeful that they'll start shifting the premise a bit and have…

I was sold after I interviewed them just before Season 1 began, when I suggested that the first episode reminded me at least a little bit of Mr. Show, and both guys instantly started offering up specific sketches that you could argue that they'd drawn influence from. Key said that the bit "where the two guys are…

I was sold after I interviewed them just before Season 1 began, when I suggested that the first episode reminded me at least a little bit of Mr. Show, and both guys instantly started offering up specific sketches that you could argue that they'd drawn influence from. Key said that the bit "where the two guys are…