by John Walters
“A girl turns 19….” Medium Happy birthday to Maisie Williams, alias Arya Stark….
Starting Five
Only one of these candidates can correctly use the word “schmear” in a sentence
1 Kvetch Me If You Can
A Democratic debate was staged in Brooklyn last night and we don’t care what state Hillary purported to represent as a U.S. Senator, Bernie had home-court advantage.
It was a very outer-borough affair, as two people raised their voices to one another before finally throwing their hands up in the air and exclaiming, “Fuggedaboutit!” At one point CNN’s Wolf Blitzer chided, “”If you are both screaming at each other, the viewers won’t be able to hear either of you.”
Still the best debate to take place in Brooklyn….
It’s as if he’s never even been to Brooklyn….
2. Minnesota Tloses*
Even with Joe Mauer in the lineup and hitting .387, the Twins have scored an MLB-low 14 runs in nine games
Minnesota is 0-9. So are the Barves. The 1991 World Series is not walking through that door this year. If you visit the Twins home page on ESPN, the top story reads, “The Twins are Bad, But the Braves are Depressing.”
- See, cuz they’re not the Twins
3. Stewie Joins Sue in Seattle
From ‘A Knighting to Remember’ to “A Night to Remember’ in just 9 days
The WNBA draft was held last night (I’m assuming they did not stage it the night before out of respect for Kobe?) at the Mohegan Sun casino in southeast Connecticut and the first three players chosen were UConn Huskies: Breanna Stewart to the Seattle Storm, Moriah Jefferson to the San Antonio Silver Starts and Morgan Tuck is staying right there with the Connecticut Sun.
It is believed to be the first time any pro sport has staged a draft in which the first three players taken were all from the same team. I was really hoping someone would select Thon Maker just to stir up some sh*t.
4. Why Not The Go-Go’s?
So Rolling Stone, whose founder Jann Wenner is basically the gatekeeper of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, concedes that maybe Steve Miller had a point that more females need to be in the Hall. And so it puts out a list/slideshow of 15 women who should be considered, among them Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton, Yoko Ono (!) and Janet Jackson. Problem, and sorry but Gene Simmons had a point, none of them are rock and roll.
You know who didn’t make RS’s list of 15? The Go-Go’s. Who were definitely female and who were definitely kick ass rock and roll. Damn, but did Belinda and the girls make high school fun… (maybe Jann is angry at Belinda for “Heaven Is a Place on Earth”?)
5. Where In The World?
Hint: probably not very safe to travel here now….
To refresh: Last week’s site was The Witchery, a restaurant located in Edinburgh, Scotland.*
*You haven’t been to Scotland yet? What are you waiting for, it’s incredible!
Music 101
Life on Mars
In the wake of David Bowie‘s death, this song has only grown in stature, and far more relatively than any of his other hits. Last month it was featured in Vinyl and recently Jimmy Fallon and Chris Martin paired up to pay tribute to Bowie with this version. Written in 1971 by Bowie and inspired by Paul Anka’s/Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” it has been described as “a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvado Dali painting.” Bowie filmed the video below in 1973, six years before MTV was introduced. He was always way ahead of his time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v–IqqusnNQ
Remote Patrol
Vinyl
Sunday 9 p.m. HBO
Lester and Jamie throwing shade at the Nasty Bits. Same look impossible-to-please TV critics give the show.
For the first time in at least five weekends, there are no compelling sports on TV (shush, hockey fans!). May I recommend catching up on the first season of HBO’s Vinyl so that you can be ready for Sunday’s season finale. It’s slightly uneven, but Bobby Cannavale is fantastic as Richie Finestra and I love Ato Essandoh as Lester, Richie’s long-time frenemy. This scene featuring Lester is one of the highlights of Season One.