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As I mentioned in my previous post, I got a book for my birthday. It was I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon. Just finished it... so here's my review:
Excellent. In the three years following Zevon's death, his ex-wife (and life-long friend) conducted nearly 90 interviews with folks important in his life. She then organized the anecdotes in chronological order inter-splicing them with her own narrative and entries from Warren's journal. Extremely well done, with pictures throughout, corresponding to the time being discussed. (I hate when biographies stick a zillion plates in the middle of the book.) It was Warren's wish that she write his story. She did one hell of a job.
Like a lot of folks my age, my introduction to Warren's music was in Junior High when Werewolves of London appeared in The Color of Money. I went out and got his album Sentimental Hygiene and really dug it. He'd always been on my short list of acts I'd love to see in concert, but it never happened. A fact that I'm constantly reminded of by my Evil Little Brother who saw him sit in with Paul Schaffer's band at a Letterman taping.
Speaking of my ELB. He was here this week and took me out to pick out a birthday present, so I grabbed two more CDs:
Warren Zevon-- another replacement for a worn out cassette.
Mutineer-- this one was new to me (though I had Bob Dylan covering the title track.)
ELB also got me a couple of books... which I'll review as I finish them.
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Mrs. T got two tickets to Go, Diego, Go! from her office. Box seats at the Majestic!
It was the Acolyte's first theatrical experience and he had a blast. He sat focussed through the whole thing-- to my great shock and delight. For being so good, he walked away with his first concert T-shirt.
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The Acolyte is absolutely addicted to Guru Guru Dokkaan! He dances to it daily.... I think he has a crush on Koto-chan (the girl in red.) He'll start running and screaming toward the TV from across the house when he hears her voice. Guru Guru is a regular sequence on the baby TV show Inai Inai Baa! (Peek-a-Boo!)
Haha, that Guru Guru Dokkaan video is adorable! How do you see it at home? Do you subscribe to a Japanese channel?
Posted by: S. Reed | July 30, 2007 at 10:37 AM
Yeah, we subscribe to TV Japan. Can't get the kid to watch American kid's stuff hardly ever, but the Japanese stuff he's there in a heartbeat. Weird.
Posted by: Rowdy Theologian | July 30, 2007 at 12:47 PM
I saw Warren Zevon and you didn't...na-na. The sad part is that you will never get the opportunity. So, so sad.
The pictures are cute!
Posted by: Evil Little Brother | July 31, 2007 at 11:39 AM
This has got to be the cutest thing I have ever seen.
Posted by: Sheri | August 01, 2007 at 02:24 PM