Random Notes: Danny Glover, Candice Bergen, More

It’s Friday night. It’s rainy. The forecast? Rain. I’m on my third Grolsch, waiting for Fresh Direct, posting random notes.

I rehearsed, somewhat reluctantly (I was tired, waaah), with Cockfight last night. We arranged a few tunes, including “Intoxicated Avenger,” amongst other titles I now forget, and are sure to perform before summer’s end. Think B-52s meet Black Sabbath. With a drummer in Union Jack running shorts and mirrored aviator shades (me). Brace yourselves.

Good news from underappreciated singer/songwriter Michael Penn, he tells Rolling Stone that he’s working on a new record that he “expects to be completed sometime ‘before we find weapons of mass destruction.'” That’s rich.

Spotted today:

Candice Bergen: I was jogging around Central Park’s Great Lawn, dodging dog walkers, when I saw a coupla’ puppies frolicking in a deep, deep mud puddle. That’s when we saw her passing by in sunglasses and a baseball cap, leash in hand, saying to no one in particular (though we were closest) “Oh no!”

Danny Glover: I stopped by my local health food store, Westerly Market, on the way home from work. And I turned towards the organic juices, I nearly bumped into him. He was dressed casually in a sportcoat and Yankees cap. And he’s taller than me.

To Do:

Watch DVDs (‘Philadelphia Story,’ “Woman on the Verge’)
Write song(s)
Run/Ride
Recycle newspapers
Buy sneakers
Read (Newsweek, New Yorker, The Observer, New York Times)
See ‘A Mighty Wind’
Buy new Doug Coupland book