The horror, the horror!

O, the humanity …

We went deep, man ... from Cynthia's sublime head twirl to the Shawn Andrews/Milla debacle and the boldness of Richard Linklater, who told his cast, "If it doesn’t feel right, change it."

I had a great time talking with @TheDanaBuckler about "The Plus-One." I never tire of telling "the Led Zeppelin story." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

“The Plus-One is hysterical and poignant and everyone should read it — and not just because David is my cousin. He may have been my plus-one at the door, but by the end of the night, I ended up being his.” Winona Ryder, actress, David’s cousin amazon.com/dp/B0DKKZCHHM?ref…

"I think of the two times I have eaten with Eno. Both times, he ordered risotto, and both times he decided that the rice was undercooked. And he complained. I think of Eno as being on a quest to discover the perfect risotto., one way or another."--Paul Morley, London, July 1993

Just crankin’ a little Horslips. What of it?

Just crankin’ Donnie Iris - and you?

And I miss you … like the deserts miss Lorraine

"My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music." -- Vladimir Nabokov

Even as love and fatherhood have remade my life, I’m not immune to falling into a bit of a rut. But in early-aughts New York, you never know when a chance conversation with @ladygaga will set a course for the future. iamthefly.org/episodes/seaso…

Online dating, man. In three weeks I've had a couple of no-shows, a visibly disappointed manic pixie dream-girl, and some fast action on my living room couch. But maybe Alice … Something with an H ... will be the one to turn the tide. iamthefly.org/episodes/seaso…

A body man known as Walt Nauta Is in a bind he can’t get outta Now he’s knee-deep in the chowder For serving as a box re-router

If Eno, Ono, Bono, and Cee-Lo went on tour together, it would have to begin at London’s O2, but where would it end?

Is there a more dependably solid baseball name than Willie? I’m convinced there isn’t.

"I Am the Fly," S2, E11: "Society for Modern Myths" iamthefly.org/.../season-02-…... It's 1998 and thanks to @jivamuktiyoga I discover there's a happier healthier me lurking just below the surface. It's just ... Have I just joined a cult?

One thing I learned from the first episode of Apple TV’s documentary on the year 1971, “We Are the World” is a better song than “Bangla Desh”

Super proud of this dude who is my son

I'm with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Stephen (son of Norman) Mailer at my best friend's wedding in Rio -- and they're all sober. Hedonism is getting harder and harder to find. iamthefly.org/episodes/seaso…