Spokane splendor

Last night I sat in the balcony of the exquisitely renovated Met Theatre, in downtown Spokane, and watched American Splendor, the movie based on the comics of Harvey Pekar.
Pekar is a former record collector and in the movie his apartment is cluttered with sagging shelves of jazz records and albums. Pekar talks about the lure of garage sales and I laughed out loud at the scene where he balks at paying a quarter for an old 78 record. "It has a lamination crack," he says.
Pekar spoke after the movie and answered questions. it was all fascinating. Even better than my last night on the town. I was in the balcony of the Opera House that night, watching Tom Jones strut across the stage. I talk about the concert in my Home Planet column today.
I don't know what it says about me. but I found Pekar to be much more interesting to watch.