Kliban by B. Kliban for August 07, 2023

Electric.

Itzhak Perlman plays electric:

https://youtu.be/uUO1dRfyy1E?t=380

I belong to the rare subset of humans who have seen both Itzhak Perlman and Bo Diddley in concert. Not together.

Bo Diddley played the least cool guitar ever. What it had going for it was its utter distinctiveness. Everyone else was too embarrassed to play one like it.

BO! Is that you?

Nice.

Wasn’t this guy bar mitzvahed with Sammy Davis Jr.?

Bo Fiddley?