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So who is the mustachioed chap in chic boots standing next to Jimmy in the third photo?

^^^ Haha, which half...Stanford or Dayton? Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin for me too. I had Kansas beating Syracuse in my brackets, so that section is a bust for me. But I want Stanford to beat Dayton. For Friday's games, I have Louisville over Kentucky Michigan over Tennessee Michigan St. over Virginia (sorry Virginia) Iowa St. over UConn

Very surprised that Mick Jagger wanted L'Wren Scott buried here in Hollywood. Hollywood Forever Cemetery was on complete lockdown Tuesday, so I knew something was up and called a friend who works there and she told me it was for Ms. Scott's funeral. I was momentarily speechless. I thought New York, London or Utah would be the likely resting place.

Week 2 begins tonight. First game up is Dayton vs. Stanford at 7:15pm EST. I'd like to know how many people picked that regional bracket correctly, haha. Florida vs. UCLA is the marquee game of the night but I don't think UCLA will win.

Rick, my problem with the Kings is that they will be no better than a #6 seed...that means every series will be on the road. Tough to do.

Fly Malaysia. Free Burial at Sea services included with your ticket at no extra charge.

Don't you mean Los Angeles Clippers fan? Buffalo hasn't had an NBA team since the 1970s. No, I get what you mean. But at least Buffalo has been to some Super Bowls...try being a Cleveland sports fan. Hahaha. Paul, I wouldn't take the Heat's loss to Indiana last night too hard. Playoffs are a different story. 76ers are two more losses from breaking Cleveland's record for futility.

Spring training baseball on ESPN...Washington vs. Mets. 3-0 Nats so far. Zimmerman looked good pitching for the Nats.

QFT. "We lost two heroes here today." Mayor Martin J. Walsh

A great loss, Rick. End of an era for sure. When I read the news of Ralph Wilson's passing, I immediately thought of the old AFL days when Ralph Wilson and Al Davis were just getting started..but I see Bong-Man has already mentioned that bit of history. It'll be strange this year with both Detroit and Buffalo entering the season without their long-time owners. A new era begins for both teams. BITE YOUR TONGUE, WALTER! We don't want no stinking Panthers out here! And relax Rick...no way is Buffalo losing the Bills to L.A.! Your team is safe. In the Evening, actually LA had two teams...the Rams and the Raiders...and both teams drew more fans than most every other team in the NFL. But because the Coliseum's capacity was near 100,000, it was impossible to sell out every game. The Rams and Raiders would regularly draw 75,000-80,000 but because of the NFL's arcane TV blackout rules, none of the games would be on TV. Living in LA with both the Rams and the Raiders in town sucked because you often got only one Sunday game on TV. The 1975 NFC Conference Championship game between the Rams and Dallas at the Coliseum still holds the record for largest attendance at a conference title game. The 1983 AFC Conference Championship game between the Raiders and Seattle is close behind. There are plenty of football fans out here. But we don't want another city's castoffs like Jacksonville or Carolina. And the Coliseum is ancient and unsuited for the modern NFL. Plus the Coliseum Commission is inept and corrupt...they were the reason the Lakers, the Rams, and the Raiders all left L.A. in the first place.

They'll thank you for it later.

Way up high, four rows down from the very last row in the rear right Colonnades...and Bonham's drums still felt like cannon fire.

Birthday time again...this time to aen27, Pagette of Massachusetts. May you have a White Poppy Suit of a Celebration Day, aen27! Woot! Woot! Just think...while you were being born, I was watching this: And this: Happy birthday! Cheers!

With all the alternate covers that are coming with the new releases, I thought it would be fun to see what an alternate version of the Paris L'Olympia 1969 cover would look like.

The current issues of Q and CLASSIC ROCK magazines with their Led Zeppelin special articles is a perfect example of how so much music journalism has gone downhill today. Mistakes and cliches galore...trite and predictable soundbites...research and insight seemingly straight from Wikipedia. A big yawn and big waste of time and money...nothing in these magazines that most of you Led Zeppelin fans haven't seen and read before. I certainly don't expect Rolling Stone to do much better, but I do have higher hopes for Mojo.

Thanks swandown. I am wondering if perhaps people get the idea that Led Zeppelin played "Chest Fever" because of the January 5, 1969 Whisky boot? After the band leaves the stage, you can hear the Whisky house system begin to play The Band's "Chest Fever" and I have seen comments on various internet sites from people misconstruing that as Led Zeppelin actually playing "Chest Fever". I beg to differ. I think they are interesting, and assuming Jimmy has the tapes in much better quality than previously heard on bootlegs, it would be a great addition to the official historical record. Especially love "Four Sticks".

October 10, 1969 Paris. For obvious reasons.

Los Angeles Lakers were the first team to be officially eliminated from the playoffs. Yes, even before the woeful Philadelphia 76ers, thanks to the pathetic Eastern Conference, haha. Just call them the Loss Angeles Lakers from now on. Jim Buss is an example of why not to have children...or if you do, don't hand them the reins to your kingdom. As any reader of Shakespeare's "King Lear" knows, the kids will muck it up every time. What Dr. Jerry Buss built over his lifetime, Jim Buss has destroyed in barely over a year. Dark times for us Laker fans.

Surveying the wreckage from the weekend...two of my ESPN.com bracket entries are pretty much toast, ranked 9,000,000 or worse. Then, I have one entry where I went 28-4 in the Round of 64, then 10-6 in the Round of 32, to total 480 points and rank 190,031 out of 11 million entries...or 98.3%. Better than President Obama! In fact, better than Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon in the Pardon the Interruption Group and better than all the Around the Horn panelists. But here's the rub...because two of the teams I had making it to the Final Four are already out (Wichita St. and Villanova), I have a better chance with my other bracket, currently ranked 4,945,080 with 410 points, because all four of my Final Four teams (Florida, Michigan St., Arizona, Louisville) are still alive.

In only his 5th full season with the Los Angeles Kings, goalie Jonathan Quick has already passed Kings legend Rogie Vachon (#30 in our programs and #1 in our hearts) for the most career victories in Kings history. Win number 172 came this past Saturday, passing Rogie's career mark of 171. Congratulations to Quick...and at the rate he's going, he'll set the bar incredibly high for future King goalies. http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/jonathan-quick-breaks-rogie-vachons-wins-record-kings-offense-back-on-track/ A meeting of true greatness:

What a terrible weekend it was last week...Stooge drummer Scott Asheton passed away on Saturday and the day before, leader of the awesome and out-of-nowhere '60s band The Monks, Gary Burger, shuffled off this mortal coil. Rest in peace. http://blog.thecurrent.org/2014/03/gary-burger-of-the-monks-passes-away/

I was there and let me tell you that it was obvious from not only Steve Martin's popularity at the time, but also the way Robert used the phrase and the inflection he used that it was inspired by Steve Martin's routine. Nothing to do with Jimi Hendrix or anything else...it was THIS: http://youtu.be/szRQurfpJPw

In the 5-CD Carouselambra while doing some work: SLINT "Spiderland"...check out the new documentary on this ahead-of-their-time Louisville band Slint, "Breadcrumb Trail". BECK "Morning Phase"...beauty, pure and simple. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqhNzBA9MSSrvfWCWevWArpCeaNA46EdD THE WAR ON DRUGS "Lost In The Dream"...their stellar new album just released last week...some of the best driving, road-trip music ever! http://youtu.be/r0PxpilZvjc THE MONKS "Black Monk Time"...one of my favourite '60s psycho-beat bands...formed in Germany by American GIs...R.I.P. Gary Burger, who just passed away March 14. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8F5DB6F54A8ACB74 LED ZEPPELIN "L'Olympia"...refreshing my memory for the official release of this October 10, 1969 Paris show in June.

If I had a nickel for every time Wikipedia has been wrong... I've listened to this song a zillion times and have never heard a zither. Acoustic guitars and mandolins and bass are all the string instruments I hear.