A song about walking that I missed, more bullshit from Silicon Valley, the tragedy of Buca di Beppo, a cross eyed waiter, dreaming with Ryan Reynolds, getting trapped with M. Night Shyamalan, post-vacation depression, a couple of Starmen, the perils of driving a stick shift in San Francisco, changing gears in real life, a made up movie about pinball and love, a couple devastatingly great songs, a satanic seventy-six trombones, and my attempt at an Italian giallo song. Stuff mentioned: Missing Persons "Walking in L.A." (1982), Missing Persons Spring Session M (1982), F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby" (1925), Just Friends (2005), Trap (2024), The Man with Two Brains (1983), The Godfather Part III (1990), Starman (1984), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), David Bowie "Starman" (1972), American Graffiti (1973), David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Jack Nitzsche "Starman" (1984), Jack Nitsche Starman (1984), Liza Minnelli "Bye Bye Blackbird" (1972), Liza with a Z (1972), Meredith Wilson "Till There Was You" (1957), Meredith Wilson "The Music Man" (1957), The Music Man (1962), The Music Man "Seventy-Six Trombones" (1962), and The Beatles "Till There Was You" (1963).