“Pavarotti has a cold”

Tony opens the show by talking about Jinglefest, the Nats, walking the golf course twice over rhe weekend, and Bootsie’s birthday party. Michael Wilbon phones in to talk about this being a dead spot in the sports calendar and how he’ll be watching his son Matthew play AAU basketball, David Remnick calls in to talk about his book “Holding the Note” and his conversations with Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Leonard Cohen among others, and Tony closes out the show by opening up the Mailbag.Songs . Dan Bern “Elly De La Cruz” ; River Iris “Imposter”