In The Wall Street Journal this week, I interviewed Cathy Guisewite for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section (go here). Cathy is the cartoonist behind "Cathy," a strip that ran in newspapers nationwide from 1976 to 2010 and playfully addressed the angst-y issues women faced in their personal and professional lives. Cathy got her start by sending cartoons about her own life off to Universal Press Syndicate as a lark. UPS sent a letter back within weeks saying, "Let's do it." Cathy's mother played a key role. As you can imagine, Cathy was hysterical to interview. [Photo of Cathy Guisewite at her Los Angeles home by Matthew Scott Granger for The Wall Street Journal]
Here she is on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in the late 1980s...
And here she is with Jay Leno, who was guest-hosting in 1990...
SiriusXM. I'll be on Feedback with co-hosts Nik Carter and Lori Majewski on Thursday, June 27, to break down Blondie's Rapture, the subject of my most recent "Anatomy of a Song" column for the WSJ.
Director Raymond De Felitta's new film is Bottom of the Ninth, a baseball film starring Joe Manganiello, Sofía Vergara, Michael Rispoli and Denis O'Hare. Raymond directed one of jazz's finest documentaries, 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris. Here's the trailer...
Shades of Red Clay. Milan Simich sent along a Freddie Hubbard track, Gittin' Down, from Hubbard's album Black Angel in 1969. Clearly a tune-up for Hubbard's Red Clay in 1970. Here's the track from May 1969...
And here's Red Clay from January 1970...
More Bennie Maupin. Rob Fletcher sent along this track, Escondido, from Early Reflections...
Dr. John. Chris "King" Cowles, radio host of Greasy Tracks on WRTC in Hartford (from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., EDT, every Saturday), sent along this clip of Dr. John in action...
Lee Morgan radio. "Symphony" Sid Gribetz is hosting a five-hour radio broadcast on Sunday (June 23) celebrating the career of trumpeter Lee Morgan on Jazz Profiles on WKCR-FM in New York from 2 to 7 p.m. (EDT). To listen from anywhere in the world on your phone or computer, go here.
What the heck. Here's Sly and the Family Stone performing Hot Fun in the Summertime in 1969...
Oddball album cover of the week.
I have no idea what this kitschy surrealist cover is all about. A sculpture of a rearing horse, a sombrero, an apple with an arrow shot through it on a model's head and a seemingly frozen toy poodle. Despite odd bits and pieces, the models seem to be having the time of their lives thanks to Harry Farmer, a British easy listening organist.
