A most interesting Beatles medley

Behold the magic hands and mystical axe of 17-string storyteller Phil deGruy. The late, great Danny Gatton said of deGruy: "I have never been more impressed with anybody's playing, ever!" Rock virtuoso Steve Vai said deGruy's style "sounds like John Coltrane meets Mel Brooks at a party for Salvador Dalí."



Here's a Harry Shearer interview with deGruy on the 7 November 2010 edition of Le Show: Part 1, Part 2 and the songlet "Time Flies and Has No Landing Gear."

Huffington Grope

Arianna once put the squeeze on Jimmy Kimmel, and in the strangest way possible. Start the video at 0:53 to get right to the... er, bottom of this.

Op-odds and sods

So Frank Rich has departed the The New York Times for smaller pastures, leaving one wondering who is to replace him on the hallowed—and increasingly right-leaning—op-ed pages of the Grey Lady. Hm...