Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 15, 2020

Life’s Been Good (for a few years anyway)

All these years, and JT still has that wide-eyed innocence

Beware the Ides of March! (Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face.)

Hmm, is Garry Trudeau trying to tell us he doesn’t love “Doonesbury’s” fans?

Well, Jimmy, maybe you should love them for the privileged lifestyle…

It’s a small wonder he has any fans left.

And he’s buying a stairway to Heaven © 1971

I flashed on Paul McCartney in the last panel.

There’s a James Tayler live album (ha! Another JT), anyway on this record in between songs so one slugs out “I Love you James” he says back “thank you. It helps that we don’t know each other”

Cracks me up every time.

And Mark didn’t know that?

Once again, The Rolling Stones are touring this year. Break out a wad of hundred dollar bills and buy a ticket so these poverty stricken lads can improve their lifestyle.

Your love give me such a thrill, But your love won’t pay my bills, I want money (that’s what I want)…

Okay Boomers. Looks like we are remembering the suck a little to shiny.

“I can’t pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend.” RIP Neil Peart.

Does Jimmy know that his son Feedback told Mark that Jimmy was dead a while back?

I saw an Ian Anderson vid the other day. He was doing an acoustic version of This as a Brick. The vid started out with him making the case for regular prostate exams…complete with “demonstration”. I watched a video of my childhood rock icon lecturing about prostate exams…I’m not liking this getting old BS.

“Art is a harsh mistress”. But then, “IS The Stones art ?”

My “Little Red Rooster” ain’t what he used to be.

It’s very disorienting after the week’s rerun of Mark coming out to see him in his present-day gray-ness.

A coffee cup on the motherboard is grounds for being fed to the station hounds.

I wonder what musical style Jimmy is performing today? Clearly his country western days are past. Back to rock? Or is he performing a selection of his cross genre hits?

yawn.

I’ve always thought Jimmy Thudpucker looks and “sounds” like Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Brian’s on tour again this year with Al Jardine.

I still have a (disappointing) Jimmy Thudpucker LP. Maybe I’ll find it and listen while I sort the laundry.

Fine print between the panels says ©2000. So now we’re getting Doonesbury reruns even on Sundays. 8^(

Am I the only one who saw a subtle political dig in this strip? Or am I just obsessed (which I know is true)?

At a James Taylor concert….fan yelled “I love you” Taylor deadpanned “good but at this point we should never meet”…

We saw stones at Anahaim(sp) in 1080. was able to get tickets at cost. first group I saw in was Janis and big brother and holding company.

Loved seeing David Byrne with his grey hair on SNL last week. A truly creative guy.

Jimmy Sturr and “NAT THE CAT”,where are you?