It was MinnPost’s Daily Glean that first alerted me to the tragic news of musician Jay Bennett’s passing on Sunday.

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It was because of dirty laundry that I donned my Al Franken for U.S. Senate T-shirt. I wasn’t looking for political discourse or thinking that such a third-tier T-shirt (sorry, Al, but I thought you were so last November) would produce a geyser of conversation with strangers on Sunset Boulevard. Worst-case scenario, I thought the shirt would read: ironic hipster looking to get some action from female ironic hipster.

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Oh, how my Echo Park neighborhood—home of Dodger Stadium—weeps. Slugger and stooge Manny Ramirez has tested positive for a banned substance and is suspended for fifty games.

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