Random Notes from a Crank

The past month or so I've been watching Game Show Network on a fairly regular basis. It's astounding to me how stupid the average person is. 

Watching these shows in which people give dumb answers reminds me of the statement by George Carlin: "Think of how stupid an average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that."  

Since I've been a kid, I've had the uncanny ability to stub my little toe on either of my feet about once a week if I'm lucky. The nails on my little toes are bashed to ugliness. 

I've discovered the HBO show/podcast Talking Sopranos that I'm enjoying a lot. I'm revisiting that great series. 

A while back I rewatched all of Boardwalk Empire. I had forgotten what a great TV series that one is. 

I bought a book recently that is likely to be banned by some idiotic parents in school districts because the non-fiction book talks about racism, sexism, and antisemitism, among other issues. It's titled Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater. 

I don't normally read books that are typically labeled "young adult," but this book looked interesting.

Music Friday: "Look on Down from the Bridge"

Since there are no new episodes of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert happening because of the long writers' strike, I've been watching various streaming services. 

I discovered the HBO podcast/show Talking Sopranos that has the actors who played Christopher (Michael Imperioli) and Bobby (Steve Schirripa) in the series talk and reminisce about the episode after they had watched it again, I assume (it looks like Zoom), during the Covid lockdown. 

They often talk about how the writers and producers selected certain songs for certain specific reasons. 

At the end of "The Meadowlands" episode Imperioli points out what a great song ends the episode, and this one is it. 

I never bought the Mazzy Star album that gets a lot of critical attention, but I like their stuff. 

Here's the tune.