IIRC, the head of programming for ABC at the time explained its cancellation by saying it made viewers work too hard, what with so many jokes and all. Now I’m heading to one of those all-night wicker places.

@merriam-webster.com ran a list of words added to the official Scrabble dictionary in 2018, along with an example of usage. This was in the entry for “frowny”:

I had become the Norma Rae of frowny faces.
— Addam Schwartz, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 22 May 2018

Made daily with food.

I saw Pat DiNizio (RIP) of the Smithereens after a Who tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. He was so chill and so damn normal. He spoiled me for other alt-rock heroes.

I got the same spiel last month. (Go Birds.)

Great piece. Thanks for sharing it. This passage jumped out at me:

Schulz … seemed to view cartoonists as analogous to the Peanuts character Schroeder — dogged practitioners who, at their best, managed to play expressive music on toy pianos that lacked pedals and black keys.

Go Birds

Murphy is always happy to help.

“To me, Syd Barrett made a Holy Trinity with Bob Dylan and Captain Beefheart.”

Love this.