Leftover Italian wedding soup Garlic bread a Golden Delicious apple for dessert

I just listened to this interview. IMO, Plant was saying that Page needed to find better outlets than The Firm. He thinks he is a brilliant and very original guitarist with a knack for coming in at odd and interesting angles. He thought Page's playing was great in The Firm concert he attended, but the music itself was unoriginal. He thinks that Page should care more how others view him and his music but added that he never really has. He also wondered if Page would be able to play the music that he (Plant) was doing in his solo albums because this music was more precise in regards to time signature and key while Page's playing tended to be "rambling and Wagnerian". This was a very illuminating interview, imo. Plant put into words what so many rock fans find special and unique about Page's guitar playing. The "come into a song at odd angles" is the best description of Page's playing that I've read. It also gives us some insight into Page's post-Zeppelin career. Page's guitar ramblings and tendency to come in at odd angles during a song may make it harder for him to find singers and other musicians who are a good fit.

Sausage and fennel pizza from my favorite pizzeria.

I have fond memories of dancing to Take Me Home during the mid 1980's. Like you, I never held making more commercial music against Phil Collins or anyone else. Popular music, no matter what the genre, isn't sacrosanct. Professional musicians and singers have to either find a way to earn a living at it or do something else. If this means making music for the masses instead of a small but dedicated following; so be it.

I kept it pretty simple this year. I carved two jack-o-lanterns and placed tea lights inside them once it began to get dark. I also had a full length poster of a witch on my front door. No party or anything. Just homemade nachos and mulled cider for my honey and I to consume as we watched the ballgame. We took turns handing out candy to neighborhood kids between 7-9 pm. At promptly 9:00 pm, I blew out the tea lights inside the jack-o-lanterns and turned off my porch light.

The center photo reminds me of the words a music writer once used to describe the young Plant, "a pre-Raphaelite pretty boy".

Page didn't have Peter Grant to back him up in The Firm. Also, Robert Plant and Paul Rodgers were at different stages in their respective careers when they began working with Page. Rodgers was already a star when he and Page started The Firm. He and Page were on an equal footing so he was less inclined to defer to him.

Ritz crackers in the "Everything" flavor with pimento cheese spread.

I wonder what JPJ was doing in the last photo? It appears to have been taken during a concert, yet he's not playing the bass or any other instrument.

The last Phil Collins interview I read, he came across as very depressed because of the chronic wrist pain he was dealing with. I'm glad to read that he is in a better place now. Congratulations to Jason Bonham for landing such a prestigious gig.

Why do you think we females like romantic candle lit dinners? We know nothing flatters a woman like candle light.

Cory Wells, co-founder and former lead singer of Three Dog Night, died at his home on October 20. His family confirmed that he was battling myeloma and died from a related infection. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and five grandchildren. Wells was 74 year old.

I assumed she had died a long time ago until I read her obituary in the Sunday newspaper. She played one of cinema's iconic "spunky females" in The Quiet Man.

Did Mr. Heyman mention the year?

I think you're right about Blackmore. He's an amazing talent but, by all accounts, he is very difficult to work with. The one thing Rod Evans, Ian Gillan, John Glover, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Ronnie James Dio all have in common is that they clashed with him.

Posters who attended the Page/Plant concerts in 1998 always mention how well Page played at these gigs. Wouldn't he need to practice a lot to play as well as he did?

lemon drops and popcorn

A chicken sandwich on whole wheat,

People who know more about guitar playing than I have commented that Page often attempted stuff that was at the very edge of his technical ability as a guitarist during LZ's heyday. When it worked it was thrilling to see and hear. When it didn't he could sound like a guitar novice. If your stock in trade as a guitarist is your ability to "push the envelope" what happens when slowing reflexes and the other physical decline that comes with aging makes it more difficult for you to pull this off?

Plant's 1985 Swedish interview may hold a clue. I'm also reminded of a quote from one of the guitarists Plant worked with early in his solo career. The guitarist remarked that after listening to all of Led Zeppelin's catalog he thought that Jimmy Page's brain was often ahead of his fingers. Perhaps this is the story of Page's career since he founded Led Zeppelin; great musical ideas that he can't always execute.

This. Plant likes to have every note, beat and intonation worked out before he steps into a recording studio. In Plant's opinion,Page focuses on the sonic "big picture" he is trying to construct instead of musical details like time signature. It interests me that Plant perceived that he and Page's preferred working styles differed so much by 1985. Had he always felt this way or did he only realize after beginning his solo career that he prefers more formal structure? Are his words "Wagnerian, cavalier approach" a polite way of saying that while Page has great musical ideas his technical chops are lacking?

Returned some books to the library. Did two loads of laundry. Packed away summer clothing and unpacked fall clothing. Stopped by a local church fish fry to buy my dinner. Took a nice long walk in my favorite park.

Very interesting indeed. Page turned down an invitation to party for both himself and the band. How things would change within a few years! Also, I didn't know that Jim McCarty sang well enough to relieve Keith Relf on lead vocals. I should read up on his post-Yardbirds career. Did this concert take place before Page painted the fire breathing dragon on the front of his Telecaster?

It's unfortunate that it came to that but it can be very frustrating to deal with an alcoholic. I haven't read anything that suggests that Robert Plant is a violent man so I'm guessing that Page being drunk at that particular time must have really pushed Plant's buttons. I've never been in a band. Maybe it's not uncommon for band mates to come to blows when emotions run high. OTOH, maybe it's a sign that a musical partnership has run its course.