Here We Are Now, Entertain Us

Making up words, loving Los Angeles, old school restaurants, a possible Columbo episode, a made up movie, this small unknown band named Nirvana, some Kurt Cobain stories, my dearly departed grandmother, some more River Phoenix and Elliott Smith, being a rock star can be hazardous to your health, playing an arena rock concert in my living room, don't mess with Billie Holiday, a moment of sincerity, and George Carlin. Stuff mentioned: Frank Sinatra "L.A. Is My Lady" (1984), Frank Sinatra L.A. Is My Lady (1984), Julian Lennon "Valotte" (1984), Columbo (1968-2003), The Grifters (1990), The Grifters "Rats" (1994), The Grifters Crappin' You Negative (1994), Madonna Sex (1992), Anne Murray "You Needed Me" (1978), Anne Murray "I Just Fall In Love Again" (1979), Starting Over (1979), Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991), Dogfight (1991), Running on Empty (1988), Joey Scarbury "Believe It or Not"/Theme from The Greatest American Hero (1981), Nirvana In Utero (1993), Versus "River" (1994), Versus The Stars Are Insane (1994), Versus "Raining" (1999), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), The Room (2003), Night Ranger "When You Close Your Eyes" (1983), Exodus (1960), Leon Uris Exodus (1958), Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Paul Alexander Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year (2024), Billie Holiday "I'll Be Seeing You" (1944), and Tricia Romano The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of The Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture (2024).