The man next to me at Peet’s at Town And Country near Stanford or Paly is wearing a Pippin hat and claimed that a song from the show was his wedding song, Henry. That’s impressive. I bored him with my solipsistic takes on “Hadestown” and “Passing Strange” — the yard about there would be no Hadestown or Passing Strange without Earthwise, aight? Big pimpin’ you (which AI wants to change to big pippin or good piping. Unnh! As not Jay Z but Biggie might say. Were he not dead.

Not sure I can even hum the hook to Big Pimpin’. And yes I did not no “Hypnotize” until Miles Morales.

Poppa been smooth since days of Underwood. Weird pivot to: my dog is Duffy. Someone mentioned that Duffy is a character and plot point of a radio serial from the 1940s. Archies Tavern, no Duffy’s not here. I’ve collected at least 10 Duffy origin stories but I am going with “Professor Dudley” + “Stanford biology” for the win, Alex.

Henry does not remember the title of the song they played at his wedding, save for it not being “Morning Glow” or “Magic To Do” but it is about an orgy but in the nice sense of the word or worm.