As I was writing the previous post I had the Friday
night disaster concert on in the background as I wanted to hear the
Foos ("Born on the Bayou"), Paul Simon ("Take Me To The Mardi Gras")
and Neil Young. Then to my surprise I heard the piano and voice of Mac
(Dr. John) and my typing came to a complete halt.
I have had the honor of touring on the same bill
with him and know him as a warm, funny and extremely talented man. He
was singing "Walking To New Orleans" with such subtlety and beauty that
I couldn't take my eyes off it. His eyes had a thousand yard stare
quality that I've never seen in him before, this man who has seen so
much.
Before the song was over, I was greeted by the face
and voice of Mark McGrath, the marginally tolerable singer of the group
Sugar Ray and now a cub reporter for one of those horrible
"entertainment" shows thats on every weeknight around 7:30...
Hey Networks: I understand that one hour of no ad
revenue in prime time is a large monetary hit for you to take but let
the man finish his fucking song.
Shame on you.
If you had the volume turned up and weren't
just looking at the last seconds of time on the clock, you'd know you
were screwing up. Do the right thing and get the whole song posted
somewhere. I think that the Fashion Show concert could have waited
(forever in fact).
Shame on you,
make it right
and listen to what you're broadcasting (yup, beyond curse words and criticizing the government...)
9:34:58 PM 
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