and the signature i didn't get

More books to go through and Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book by: Terry Jones creaked, so it goes. Inside was a post card for the Book Soup author signing + I got really excited looking for Terry Jones' signature in my copy. Oh yeah, my oldest friend + I never made it, which is surprising because we would have ranked Monty Python above Talking Heads, but managed to see David Byrne.

Hmm... I wonder what we were doing on September 12, 1994 instead?

these are the daves i know/ i know

Years ago ('95 per the inscription) my oldest friend + I stood in line at Book Soup on Sunset to have David Byrne sign his book Strange Ritual. We were BIG Talking Heads fans. However, the book creaks when I open it, so it goes to the library sale. Perhaps some Talking Heads fan will be elated to find this signed book at a library sale!

Around the same time I stood in line at Rizzoli in Santa Monica to have David Hockney sign That's the Way I See It. This book is not going to the sale because it does not creak. Plus, if you have ever had the opportunity to see D.H. write with 2 different colored pens in one swoop AND stamp your book with old office stamps... well, let me just say that it's like a magic trick.