Hawk has his day in the sun

 

"Hold all the girls back," said Hawkins..." (canada.com)

 

Beatles anniversary marked in Italy

"The 40th anniversary of The Beatles' debut single, Love Me Do, was celebrated on Saturday - in Rome." (BBC)

Bob plays Piano. Well! Dylan's tour started last night in Seattle. Lots of really exciting stuff in the setlist. Some Warren Zevon and Rolling Stones covers, but Bob also played piano for the first time in concert in well over a decade. Hope he keeps it up; I've always loved his piano playing. A memorable moment for me was seeing him play piano on Ballad of a Thin Man at the 1974 afternoon concert in Seattle. [Steve's No Direction Home Page]

Oh man, I am psyched!!!!! As you know, I'm very upset about Warren Zevon's impending demise. Plus, this is going to be the first Bob concert I've seen in a few years. 

It's been interesting, psychologically speaking. Since I've been in a wheelchair, I've only seen live music that was inside and in smaller venues.  I'm actually afraid to do this.  I'm afraid that I will be in too much pain.  I'm afraid that I will be too cold outside. I'm already angry that people will stand up in front of me and I won't be able to see. I'm afraid that the whole event will be too stressful for me, which will lead to other problems, as stress can easily do.  But mostly I'm afraid and angry because I am so afraid.  So I'm going to the fucking show.  Once I'm there, and the first song starts, I know that I'll be glad that I went.

Ig Nobel end to navel gazing

"An Australian study on the qualities of navel fluff has come out tops in an international contest for dubious contributions to science, news reports said yesterday." via [Google News]

sorry for this bit of stupidity. I couldn't help myself.