John Fogerty aside, I bet Saul Zaentz <I>can</I> dance. It seems like he can pretty much do anything he sets his mind to.

Jerome Harris sends along this link to his former boss' Proust Questionaire in September's <I>Vanity Fair</I>. Rollins, in case you didn't know, will be <A HREF="http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/events/evt_10836.html?se… at Carnegie Hall</A> on September 18.

Lifting the shroud of mystery over Glenn Gould's private life.

The Roland TR-909 is now online.

A new story by Roddy Doyle. 'Nuff said&mdash;except that the "f-bomb" is dropped in the second graf. Of course, I already said it's by Roddy Doyle.

I've been fascinated by AMC's summer series <I>Mad Men</I>. Its depiction of 1960 America is revelatory&mdash;even though I was alive then, if only eight. And, as Ellen Feldman observes, it's not just the details that make it so powerful, it's a throwback in terms of character development and, dare I say it, pacing. Although AMC has commercials, it doesn't observe the same rhythm other channels do, so some scenes develop for 11 or 12 minutes before a break.

It's cheese, Grommit!