Eric Roberts is still the best, a totally Los Angeles Robert Blake movie, the amazing and somewhat insane Shane MacGowan, bloody noses, my error on The Ice Harvest, my mom and her addiction to books, a hilarious Keanu Reeves moment, some restaurants, getting lost while stoned with Buckley, Paulie Malinaggi and his wardrobe malfunctions, and Jim Carrey as Vanilla Ice. Stuff mentioned: Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill (1981), The Pogues "Summer in Siam" (1990), Modern Problems (1981), The Ice Harvest (2005), Book Soup (8818 W Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069),  The Viper Room (8852 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069), Jerry Stahl Permanent Midnight (1995), The Menu (2022), The Smoke House (4420 W. Lakeside Drive, Burbank, CA 91505), Lobster and Beer (3456 Motor Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034), Kru (3135 Folsom Blvd, Sacramento, CA), Hawks (5530 Douglas Blvd, Granite Bay, CA 95746), AC/DC "Thunderstruck" (1990), and In Living Color "White, White, Baby" (1991).