The man who co-wrote the song “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” had the unsettling experience this week of reading his own obituary — the result of an impostor who went through life claiming to be the author of the 1960s smash hit.

[...]“Do you know what it’s like to have grandchildren calling you and say, ‘Grandpa, you’re still alive?’” he said in a telephone interview from Coral Springs. “This is not a game. I am who I am, and I’m proud of who I am. But these phones don’t stop with people calling thinking I’m dead.”

Bitsy Bikini’ Song Co-Author Is Alive (via Mediabistro)

To watch the rest of the documentary see Harry (via Oliver Kamm).

Spotted outside our apartment.

Broker talking into cell phone:

It’s in a lovely area between Windsor Terrace and Park Slope called Greenwood. There’s a cemetery there. It’s a tourist attraction.

Overheard half an hour ago in Park Slope by me.

Stressful morning. This completely chilled me out. I won’t even pretend to know anything about the music, the song or the performers. If you want to know that you’ll have to see Clive Davis.