Fuck this!
That’s what John Muir said after being blinded in an industrial accident.  A file pierced his eye and he thought his vision was history.  But after a month in a darkened room, his vision returned and he walked from Indiana to Florida.
I know, I know, that was a hundred years ago.  More, actually.  But [...]

They were there to see Eric.  If he played fast and grimaced, the audience leapt to its feet.  It was like Winwood was a sideman, living in Slowhand’s shadow.
But I was there to see Steve.
You’ll be impressed if you go to see Clapton.  He assumes no airs and doesn’t battle those competing with him.  He [...]

Michael Jackson and the Zombieconomy
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And while I’ve got your attention, tell EVERYONE you know to read Matt Taibbi’s piece on Goldman Sachs in the latest "Rolling Stone". 

You can access a version here: The Great American Bubble Machine

Elvis was before my time.  When he was swiveling his hips on TV, I was still in diapers.  By time he surged back to prominence in the sixties, I was pissed that he was displacing the British Invasion superstars.  But when he died it was weird.  He was so young!
I heard the news as I [...]