I don’t understand all the whining about The Who’s halftime show. I really don’t. Most of the gripes were general “They are teh suck” comments, with a few “he can’t hit the notes” jabs. Let’s hear you do better after 50 years of belting out those notes.

Some even espoused the hilarious hyperbolic notion that it was “Teh Worst EVAH.” To him (and those who agreed) I replied, and I ask all of you: Where the heck were you for the first 38 Super Bowls?

The Simpsons even had an entire episode about Super Bowl halftime shows wherein Homer, notorious super genius, agreed that “every halftime show has been great!” Unless your snark-o-meter is broken, this was clearly meant to ridicule the incredible lameness of halftime shows. They historically were worse than unwatchable, which is why so many other channels designed their own shows (a la “Puppy Bowl”) to draw people away.

Coincidentally, The Who also appeared on The Simpsons with hilarious results. They lip-synced there, BTW. But I digress…

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When people like this are givin’ it away for free!

Call me a wuss, but that song almost always chokes me up. Never more so than when watching this video. I loves me some good street/train station theater.

Over 40 years ago at Bard College in New York, 2 young troublemakers connected and began making music together. Donald Fagen & Walter Becker, was the core of a band [DON'T call it a "him"] that produced 7 stellar albums between the years 1967-1980 and two more in the past decade, one of which, “Two Against Nature” shockingly won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2000. Fagen has also released 3 solo albums & worked on a couple soundtracks

Here then is a brief tribute to the frontman of Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, 61 years old today.

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Teach your children, indeed. We here at TLP are trying, David!