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Returning After A HECKUVA Sickness ...

December 4th 2008 08:13

Okay ... since we've got our work cut out for us (gotta make up some time here), lemme just say that havin' viral meningitis and a nearly-busted back is not fun! (Yep ... that's what laid me low for a spell ...)

Now ... let's get back to action:

The news outta Rockville's gettin' a little wild: There've been reports of a big ego play goin' on in the music world, with hip-hopper Kanye West gettin' the props as the most egoic of all musical entertainers across the board! Others include Bono (Paul Hewson) of U2 (though I, personally, don't see it), Madonna (and who doesn't see that?), and the guy who looks good on any black-and-white set, Michael Jackson (or should I say Mikaeel? According to UK reports, the dude's already converted to Islam!)

Paul McCartney's hankerin' to see the President-elect and First Lady (c'mon ... 'fess up: she is already) and actually wants to serenade Mrs. Obama! The number he's chosen to do, should he be accepted (yep ... he's already asked)? What else?

"Michelle" ...

And, if ya go to The Eagles' website, you'll find out how you (yes, you!) can get a Takamine acoustic guitar that's been signed by the band! Now, they're priced-to-sell at $2,500 American, but the proceeds go to a good cause: To save Walden Woods (home of conservationalist and activist Henry David Thoreau and countless Doonesbury cartoons!). Makes an expensi ... er, great ... Christmas gift!

Oh ... and, in case ya haven't heard, The Rock Relic's not long for this cyberworld! He's givin' way to a new character -- one that was introduced to this writer back in 1988 (two years after I began literary jaw-jacking). Y'see, back then, I was also pullin' some hours as a teachers' aide for third-graders when one of 'em nicknamed me The Eagle.
Well, I made it my by-line in the syndicated Coffee Talk! column for the next six years -- and just a few days ago, I got an email from a guy who'd been readin' my blogs, found that I had the syndie column back then, and asked what happened to The Eagle?
And the writer was ... the very same schoolkid who gave me the avarian name twenty years ago!!

That bein' said, lemme introduce ya to the balding bird ... the one who mixes the rock, rhythm and blues with news you can use ... The Electric Eagle! He'll be in the air beginnin' next ish! With that ...

I'll see ya on the flip side!

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