hmmmmm…..people who tailgate on the interstate, while on their cell phones might deserve ol’ Sparky; and it’s off to the gallows for the Abercrombe people, who assault your nose with overpowering perfume in the mall; and up against the wall with all who insist on acting like pigs at a trough at the free breakfast bar in the hotel…..

(we ran off to Indy this past weekend)

I grew up in Detroit. I used to sit in center field and dtalk to a bunch of huys that could have been Joghn Kee Hooker. I have to listen to morons rgaarding Detroit music. Now We have to deal with trashing Boston music at the same time? I’d say you’d have to remit to Barry and the Remains. ‘Truth is the light, light is the day, more folks know, less they have to say.

Tell you what. I could decide a death penalty case, but I’ve got to tell you right now, No way is it right to take anybody’s life, no matter what you thought he did.

and with Oasis for several years before, or maybe during, that… their version of “I Am The Walrus” is one of my favorite Beatles covers ever, dunno if he’s on it though.

(the rest of the top three… 801’s “Tomorrow Never Knows” and Wilson Pickett’s “Hey Jude” with Duane Allman on guitar)

I’m too old to have any acquaintance with either of those bands… but it reminds me of the suggestion that, since the Who’s drummer and bass player are both dead, and the Beatles’ drummer and bass player are the only ones still alive… the survivors could unite as the “Whotles.”

Since I’m adding a comment, I will also state how disappointed I am that our County Commissioners here in Allen County have announced they will no longer maintain the bridges of incorporated areas (such as in Fort Wayne, Indiana) and they expect the city/town governments to take over. Of course, that challenge was refused, and we are now in a situation where no one is assuming responsibility. The county governments of all Indiana counties have always maintained all bridges not covered by state or federal maintenance. And the county receives tax monies from all of the county, including incorporated areas.

If I put together an exhaustive compendium of Mickey Mouse material and then marketed it, I bet Disney would be upon me…

For what? If you list all the cartoons Micky Mouse appeared in isn’t that information “public”? If you list all the writers and artists credit in those cartoons — isn’t that public information? If I describe the events in each cartoon, where is the copyright infringement? This is a description of copyrighted material, not the copyrighted material itself. If you can not talk about a cartoon you’ve seen without the express written concent of the Disney Corporation, how can anyone write a review? How could anyone write a descriptive listing in TV Guide? Just because Rowlings wrote these stories does not mean that she also owns all discussions, observations,indexed or annotations of her stories, but that is what it sounds like she’s trying to do.

Then, of course there’s the whole issue that Rowlings is claiming that if they publish an encyclopedia it will diminish her chances to profit from writing an encyclopedia, as if any Harry Potter fan would refraim from buying the author’s encyclopedia because “they already have one.”

It seems to me that there have always been guides to various media phenomenoms — whether Star Trek, Star Wars, Xena Warrior Princess, Middle Earth, Narnia or Harry Potter. No one before Rowlings has raised a fuss.