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Yep, Wikipedia refers to their farewell 2022 tour and then half a scroll down mentions this new tour. Performed their final concert in Athens, Georgia in 2023. It says

Not wanting to further digress on the Brian Wilson thread, I just saw that the B52s, Devo and Lene Lovich will be touring together. I last saw the B52s in New York, so not more than 30 years ago. I want to say it was a double bill with The Pretenders. I met Devo at a birthday party for Richard Branson; that has got to be more than 40 years ago. Lene I have not met or seen live. Good luck to them all I guess (and to me).

How weird, a completely different and more positive review in last week's print edition.

"Materialists" from Celine Song in an actual movie theater. I bothered to go because I loved her first movie, "Past Lives." This second movie is very good too, beautifully played (Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans), a mix of funny and sad. After seeing it, I read this New Yorker review. I think the first half perfectly captures what's good about the movie, but the second half is very misguided. It overlooks the implications of a violent incident, summarized by one word from one of the characters: "Pimp." https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/materialists-is-a-feast-of-talking-pictures

I also learned today that cosmetic surgery to increase he

Only 55. Did not see that coming. And I learned when my daughter lit up my texts because she grew up watching her.

I have long been aware that Heidegger's Vom Wesen des Grundes was translated into English by someone called Malick. I just found out it was Terrence, the movie director, as a very young man (reading review of new book about him).

I know I've been to the Town Hall but I can't remember why.

Never did see him. But watched the Central Park concert a few hundred times.

It can't be easy to write a profile of Irving Thalberg without mentioning "Gone With the Wind," even in passing, but Adam Gopnik meets the challenge.

And Paul Simon going on tour (83).

Haven't made that in a long time. Good idea.

Talk of the devil.

"He's stealing my dog, officer!"

Just a wacky end to a very long day. Morning at the Schomburg Center to honor its 100 years, afternoon taking two hours to walk 16 blocks, something about no kings. Finally home and changed out of my drenched hoodie I decided I had won a beer. Stepped out of the building and heard a guy screaming something that sounded like "Freeze!" Oh, now I am in an NYPD shoot out? I peeked cautiously and the guy screaming was running flat out in pursuit of a cute little dog I assume had got off it's lead. "Someone grab the dog!" he shrieked. Maybe the dog's name sounded like "freeze." Well there's only me, so I crouched in front of the oncoming beast and although he avoided my grasp I slowed him enough that his owner caught him from behind. I went for my beer. Memorable New York day, may there be many more.

I think they have some gigs coming up.

I did look up Bob Dylan. Also Ron Wood, Rod Stewart, Elton John (78, 80, 78).

Sorry. I know.

Yes, close to my list, although I forgot Ringo.

Got it.

Sales start in one hour. 😭

Concluded a wide ranging phone call with my 24 year-old daughter about this and that in the world, signing off with "See you in jail."

I know I've said this before, but we are in for a long bad period. I just ran searches on the really big music stars who came to fame in the 60s and early 70s and are still alive -- with the painfully obvious result that they are in their late 70s or 80s. Of course they are.

I came across this operation when it was only online-plus-pop-ups at the Brooklyn Book Fair last year. Good to see they've finally signed a lease for a store (food books reflecting African diaspora culture). More about BEM here: https://www.bembrooklyn.com/about