Dave Harrison

Hello, Fiona!

I sometimes listen to The John & Gordy Show on @civicmedia.us. Talk radio, where twice now I've heard 'em play a snippet of Goose Step Mama.

#TheRutles @ericidle.bsky.social

Don't you hate it when you give someone that nod of recognition only to suddenly realize it's not the person you thought it was?

A hawk swooped down from above and all the little birds at the feeder scattered. Two cardinals hit the window. The female didn't make it, but the male came to and eventually flew away. I feel it was mourning the loss of its mate.

Discovery, my guess.

No, really. Do any of you mess with the percentage setting on a microwave oven? Don't you all, like me, just "guess it" at full power?

Easy for you to say.

Could I just take a moment to say Monkeys?

#SOTD “All For Love” - the song of the day - my tribute to George Harrison. Catch our 83rd birthday celebration at Cafe Wha? in NYC on Friday, February 27th. 🕉️☯️

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Checked in a woman for her flight yesterday, last name Starr. "I've got one of those Beatle names, too." I said.

But she grew up in Green Bay. Instead of Ringo they would ask if she was related to Bart.

I was having lunch at Legal Seafoods in Boston years ago when my girlfriend jokingly points to the table behind me and says "Is that Elvis Costello?"

I turn to look and say, "Are you serious?"

"Well, he KINDA looks like him."

"That IS Elvis Costello!"

We let him enjoy his clam chowder.

YouTube video by igorgoiaba Elvis Costello - Veronica

I heard this one both yesterday and today, oddly, over the airport sound system. Always loved this Costello/McCartney collaboration. Such odd timing as I just found out an old family friend passed away from Alzheimer's. I have the single, but have never seen this sad video.

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So sad we've lost both Catherine O'Hara and Rob Reiner. My sympathies to those who really knew them. Friends and work acquaintances. Such as yourself. And Christopher Guest, particularly.

No, this one was Jeff Beck. Oddly enough, it was playing over the airport sound system where I work. Heart Full Of Soul. I remember it from the American release 'Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds'. It was a pleasant distraction from the usual chaos.

I'm sorry, I was having a rave up with The Yardbirds.

I'm sorry for your loss, Eric. I loved Catherine O'Hara on SCTV, the Christopher Guest films, Schitt's Creek. Her and Eugene Levy had such a beautiful natural chemistry together.

And then there was her performance as Astro Glide in The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch.

#TheRutles #CatherineOHara

Sausage

Well I may shake your hand
But I won't know your name
The joke in your language
Don't come out the same
There's times when I'm down and
There's nothing to blame

Tom Petty, "Big Weekend"

Oh, really? I'll look her up!

No, this wasn't his television show. This was like one of his movies where you see him walk by, or just standing there in the background.

Some days I can't find my reading glasses, other days (today) I find myself with three pairs.

How does that happen?

While rebooking the endless line of customers today due to flight cancellations, I look up and, for a split second, swear I see Alfred Hitchcock. Looked an awful lot like him. I wondered if I was living in one of his creepy films and he was just making his obligatory cameo.

Rare Books LA and @bookclubofca.bsky.social present… Monty Python’s @ericidle.bsky.social Join the legendary actor, comedian, songwriter, and bibliophile on February 20 in Pasadena for a discussion of his latest book The Spamalot Diaries: tinyurl.com/3e5f52ps

Create myself down South
Impress all the women
Pretend I'm Samuel Clemens
Wear seersucker and white linens

— Tom Petty, "Down South"

I do need a laugh right now. Hey, if you're considering returning to "the scene of the crime" (sorry, a little 'historian reference' there) in Chicago, please let me know!

Monty Python's Spamalot, World Premiere, Shubert Theatre, 2004.

#iwasthere!

Obama didn't get his second-hand.

YouTube video by POLITICO Trump: Elon Musk knows 'those vote counting computers'

Personally, I think there was a certain amount of rigging in that election. I hate to echo what he's been whining about since he lost to Joe Biden, but c'mon. He even thanked Elon.

And Kamala Harris had so much energy behind her.

youtu.be/F9gCyRkpPe8?...

YouTube video by RHINO The B-52's - Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland (Official Music Video)

No, @whitehouse-47.bsky.social. Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland. Not you.

youtu.be/jpKEzFZYqBg?...

Rain. Nature's carwash.

The Caribbean. Not quite as far south as Venezuela, but still. Americans (United States of) have always been viewed as arrogant or rude or belligerent. I've witnessed it myself. I don't think we're loved everywhere with the current administration.