What’s In A Name?
Mrs. Publicist: Fifteenth of the month, when we discuss names. You’ve mentioned, Pete (aka Spence), how important names are to you, and that you actually can’t write the character until you have the right name. How about this month we talk about Iggy, Chet’s best pal, especially since his name was suggested by readers yesterday?
Pete: I’m not the first artist (for want of a better word) to fall for the appeal of the name Iggy. In that I stand on the shoulders of Jim Osterberg, Jr. And may I recommend in passing Jim’s duet with Francoise Hardy of I’ll Be Seeing You.
Mrs. P: And what is the appeal of the name Iggy?
Pete: For me, the appeal was that the character came fully formed as soon as the name popped into my mind. Iggy’s all about id, lack of restraint, totally unselfconscious goofiness and yearning.
Mrs. P: And then to have him pretty much shut inside the Parsons’s house for the whole series so far, watching Chet through the window?
Pete: Makes the odd moment when they do get together –
Mrs. P: Like the bathroom scene in The Dog Who Knew Too Much?
Pete: – all the more explosive.
Mrs. P: Thanks, Pete. Iggy appears by the way in HEART OF BARKNESS, now available for preorder. In the meantime, there’s always the e-short story pictured here.
Tags: Francoise Hardy, I'll Be Seeing You, Iggy, Iggy Pop, Jim Osterberg, Jr., The Dog Who Knew Too Much, The Iggy Chronicles, What's In A Name
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9:03 am on March 15th, 2019
Iggy has interesting characteristics. (Of course, I had to look up Jim Osterberg.)
Good morning all.
9:29 am on March 15th, 2019
Good morning everyone.
The name Iggy makes us grin.
Hobbitz, breathe.
10:07 am on March 15th, 2019
Do you think this was how Nicolas Petit felt?
11:00 am on March 15th, 2019
Greetings!
I looked up Jim Osterberg too, although I just noticed his stage name in the tags. Clever, about the song “I’ll Be seeing You.”
Iggy does stay at Chet and Bernie’s for a bit in “A Fistful of Collars” (which I just finished re-reading yesterday), while Mr. Parsons accompanies Mrs. Parsons to the hospital. A ukulele was involved… :^)
HOH: I like that blanket! :^)
BooBear: How are the boxes coming along?
Good day to all!
12:46 pm on March 15th, 2019
I don’t know if Hobbitz will read this, but if someone leaves this room because someone else is rude, then someone else wins. And that is too bad for all of us.
2:45 pm on March 15th, 2019
Boo!…I hope Boo didn’t get packed away in one of those big boxes…yeeep!
Missing!…Weather Kat and his pal Nana…sniff!
3:00 pm on March 15th, 2019
RIO! I was watching “Whiskey Cavalier” and the show used this song for the closing scene…It made me think of you, since this is how you would sound if you sang! I love this song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoAO0851FwA
3:32 pm on March 15th, 2019
Rose!…What is that show about? Is it about Whiskey?…snort!snort!
4:02 pm on March 15th, 2019
RIO! Whiskey! If only…!
https://abc.go.com/shows/whiskey-cavalier
5:44 pm on March 15th, 2019
Show!…That looks like an interesting show…snort!..I will check it out, especially if I am singing in the background…heh!
6:03 pm on March 15th, 2019
RIO! When it was first advertised, I wasn’t really that interested in watching it. Then, I watched the first show and got hooked. It is a fun “Mission Impossible.” This is only the third week it has been on, so you can catch up easily. It’s the third episode where you are singing in the background. :^)
I don’t know if you watch “The Good Doctor”, but I like that show too.
7:03 pm on March 15th, 2019
Doctor!…I did for awhile watch “The Good Doctor”. But somehow I just didn’t anymore…grunt!…But I will check out Whiskey when I can…snort!..Which reminds me, I haven’t had a good swim inna Vat O’ Beer in a long time. This winter has been way too long and miserable…wheeze!
7:08 pm on March 15th, 2019
Hey!…Our “Tech” guy (maybe) Michael Baker is still in the running of the Iditarod!…snort!…I hope he is freezing his ass off…heh!heh!snort! …Well shoot, he lives in Willow so that is not our technically our “Tech” guy…grunt!
7:44 pm on March 15th, 2019
RIO! The season finale of “The Good Doctor” was a real cliff-hanger!
Good thing this wasn’t your Friend’s library! Snort!
https://www.upi.com/Napping-moose-forces-Colorado-library-to-close/8661552585228/
When is your Friend making bread again?
7:59 pm on March 15th, 2019
Library!…My friend says they’ve had a lot of roof damage and the basement flooded big time so far…grunt!…One day she was out there trying to rescue children’s books because the roof was leaking so bad…gasp!…Things seem to be calming down now and repairs are being made…snuffle!
8:02 pm on March 15th, 2019
Bread!..My friend has the whole weekend off finally after 2 + 1 weeks!…snort!…She was putting in extra hours while the college kid was off doing a training thing…whuffel!…So this weekend after taking Mother and the Great Grand Niece shopping she is planning on making Bread! And a whole lotta of other goodies…snort!snort!
8:14 pm on March 15th, 2019
Friend: Might I suggest making Ole Doc shaped bread. It always seems to taste better. Burp!
8:14 pm on March 15th, 2019
Open? Who is this Open guy? He better not get bread shaped like him.
8:21 pm on March 15th, 2019
Open!…Is Ole Doc open for business, whatever that might be???…snorkel!
8:25 pm on March 15th, 2019
Open! Step right up! I am now offering guided tours of watching me sleep. Come one, come all! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity…until I take my next nap on a different pillow.
8:33 pm on March 15th, 2019
LouLou: Your approach and our approach to construction is the same. We knew you were good people. However, however, however, Beau is a stickler for cubbits. We are going along to get along. Something about luring him into a false sense of something…we forget.
8:44 pm on March 15th, 2019
ARK!…snort!…I ordered an ARK days, maybe even months ago!…grunt!…Where in da dawg is it?…wheeze!gurgle!
9:00 pm on March 15th, 2019
Shop!…The Beausmobil is still in the shop down the street…snort!…Beau didn’t leave any money in his Will for me to get it out. Now he is counting on that ARC to get him places…heh!heh!…Wot a guy.
9:09 pm on March 15th, 2019
RIO! Bread! Slurp!
9:19 pm on March 15th, 2019
Rose!…My friend says she sure wishes she could send you a coupla loaves…snort! …You will have to get your own fishes…heh!
10:09 pm on March 15th, 2019
Bed!…Off to my warm soft bed where all my toys are in just the right places…snorkel!
10:09 pm on March 15th, 2019
test
10:12 pm on March 15th, 2019
LuLu!…Oh! My Dawg!…I posted without having to put my email and name in the blanks!…wheeze!….A Baker Boy Miracle has happened…snort!snort!…I will test this once again with this post!..yeep!….Hold onto yer ears!
Nope!..Test failed…rumble!
10:15 pm on March 15th, 2019
Today’s finishers:
21 Richie Beattie
22 Ed Hopkins
23 Martin Buser
24 Aaron Peck
25 Charley Benja
26 Michi Konno
27 Lance Mackey
28 Jessie Holmes
10:24 pm on March 15th, 2019
Fluke!…I swear it must have been a fluke…groan!….I was hoping he had been actually working on this her blog….sniff!…Where is that cane I love so much??
10:26 pm on March 15th, 2019
Now!…Off to my warm soft bed!…gurgle!
11:31 pm on March 15th, 2019
Bed! We wish we were in bed, but ole Beau has us painting the ark while he sleeps. Won’t he be surprised to see we painted it with flames! Noodles!