I said I wouldn’t do this, but I’m breaking down and providing a brief health update. I’ve turned the corner: I’m having more good days than bad. I’m still wary of overdoing it but the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel glows brightly.

Today is the first day of Hurricane season. It’s time for the local media to rehash their annual storm advice. As for myself, I’m channeling Jeff Probst:

I still have The Jinx Part Two  on my mind. The 6th and final episode was the best of the series. We learn how creepy the Durst family is via depositions taken for a wrongful death suit filed by the McCormack family against Bob Durst’s estate. I found myself identifying with the youngest Durst sibling, Tom. He was convinced that his oldest brother murdered Kathie McCormack but didn’t say anything to his family because he knew they wouldn’t listen to him. Why? He’s the baby brother. Been there, done that.

This week’s theme song was written by David Byrne, Chris Franz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth for Talking Heads 1983 album, Speaking In Tongues. It was the album that transformed a quirky cult band into rock stars.

We have three versions of Slippery People for your listening pleasure: the studio original, Talking Heads live, and the Staple Singers.

I bought Speaking In Tongues on release day. I looked at the track list and thought: Slippery People sounds like a Steely Dan song title.

This Dan tune works with the Magritte featured image:

We begin our second act with a segment about MSNBC legal eagle and Adrastos crush Lisa Rubin.

Lisa Rubin: Brian Stetler tells Lisa Rubin’s origin story at Vanity Fair. What’s not to love about someone who gave up corporate law? I hope Lisa gets some vacation time after the end of the Trump porn star hush money election interference trial.

Here’s Ms. Rubin with the Puppetmaster:

Sports Movie Listomania: I dig the movie lists that Tim Grierson and Will Leitch do for Vulture. The latest is the 50 Greatest Sports Movies. As usual, I don’t agree with all their choices, but it’s a fun read. One of these days, I’ll do my own sports movie list but today is not the day.

It is, however, the day to post this venerable tune:

What’s not to love about Frank Sinatra and the man who taught him how to dance, Gene Kelly?

Bill Walton, R.I.P. Younger people know him as a zany and unpredictable hoops analyst but I remember Bill Walton as one of the greatest college basketball players of all-time. He was a helluva pro player too. but injuries wrecked his career. Bill Walton died this week at the age of 71.

Bill was also known as the Grateful Dead’s tallest fan. I met him many moons ago at Winterland in San Francisco. It was before his Deadheadism was well-known. I found myself standing behind the tallest guy in the joint. I realized it was Walton. I struck up a conversation with him on a break. Good guy.

Walton’s fellow superstar center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has weighed in with a touching tribute: Bill Walton was My Rival, My Brother, and My Close Friend.

Fare thee well, Bill.

The last word of our second act goes to the good old Grateful Dead:

We begin our third act with our favorite stolen feature.

Separated At Birth Casting Edition: TPM’s Josh Marshall called Donald Trump “the Babe Ruth of liars” the other day. I wish I had said that. Oh well, what the hell.

The movies about the Bambino have been bad with good actors miscast as the Big Fella: William Bendix in 1948 and John Goodman in 1992.

Everybody smoked in 1948, but were they as hot to trot as Commander Cody?

Your Weekly Oscar: Speaking of smoke, here’s OP with a Jerome Kern tune:

Have I told you lately how much I love Oscar Peterson?

The Best Of Letterman: Bill Walton joins Dave in 2002.

Saturday GIF Horse: Here’s Bill Walton in a celebratory mood.

Here’s Big Bill in a Deadhead mood:

The Junk Drawer: NBA fans are mourning the possible loss of the Inside The NBA team after this season. The hosts are mourning the loss of Bill Walton.

Let’s close down this virtual honky tonk with some more music.

Saturday Closer: The name of this Jerry Garcia bluegrass side project describes how I felt after hearing of Bill Walton’s passing.

That’s all for this week. The last word goes to two of my sports heroes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton: