I know. It doesn't feel right, somehow. Fingers crossed Rockwell will do the trick.

I hope the Rockwell fires him up with enthusiasm to do lots more gigs.

Those are wonderful pics! Too bad about the watermark (I'm all in favor of photogs getting credit, but still-- a bit obtrusive!) but still excellent.

I love both of those, but in the second one he looks like he was caught when he was just about to pee in the bushes!

Sounds like it . . . Hey, I remember the Applejacks! (Not that fondly, but still. )

Yes, but that wasn't the kind of material we were hearing on the charts at the time. Later in his career he was way off our radar screen, because we had all these wonderful rock bands to interest us, which were so refreshing after the likes of Splish Splash. (I will admit to loving the song Mack the Knife, though Darin's version is way down my list.) I'm sure Ahmet loved him because he was good at what he did--however, at the time we were sick of what he did!

Disregarding the source of the "colored contacts" theory --I'm not sure such things were even available in the Zeppelin years.

Fantastic pic, Celia. You do look great, and I'm sure very happy to have succeeded in walking all that way and seeing that beautiful scenery!

Nope, that makes me happy too.

OK, thanks.

Some of the guys in my classes dress like Ev just described, and my only comment is that it totally ruins the too-cool-for-school look when the underwear on display has Snoopy on it.

Of course it was serious inquiry , and I know it was Les Paul, I was asking Steve about the pic he posted.

Oh, that's tough--working with old people is so rewarding, but at the same time it does bring these traumatic moments. I hope she's OK, too!

Most people can tell the difference between a debate (discussion) and an argument (fight). This was one of the former, and personally I'm all for them. They get information sorted out, for one thing. Now, Steve--Who's that bloke with Jimmy?

That clip was posted on here a while back, so it must have been a rerun that timothy5151 saw. I don't think Geddy said Robert had breakfast with him the next morning, just that he went up to speak to him when he (GL) was having breakfast with his wife the next day. They were in Morocco. Sorry I can't solve the Eric/Alex issue as I know nothing about Rush, but they did seem very nice guys!

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Witch-hazel used to be much-touted as an astringent, when I was a teenager. I wasn't sure what I needed an astringent for, but it said so in all the mags so I used it anyway!

Acne medications can dry out the skin alarmingly. I was misdiagnosed with it when I actually had eczema, and given acne meds, and my skin started peeling off in sheets! So much for that doctor.

Lubriderm! Absorbs quickly, and bless their cotton socks, they make a fragrance-free version!! I love it, I use it by the bucketload.

I also know about the climate due to living in it. It's not a crackpot theory that temperatures often reach heights now that they never used to back then, it's simply a fact. The UK is also a country in which temperatures vary widely depending on region--annual averages are pretty irrelevant here all the way around!

No it isn't. Not about to argue the relevance issue, but temperatures frequently reach heights in the UK these days that were unheard of when I was growing up there. Just a fact.

Absolutely positive.

Sounds gorgeous! And it's great that you can keep your job, too, it sounds so worthwhile!

Nice one, FireOpal! (As Jeff looks on longingly . . . ) Very timely. (One last thing about the Jimmy pic above--I love the way the bow is positioned so that in effect it's coming from his head, too. Another evocative statement.)

Yes, that's what I was trying to get at regarding the composition of his body, the bow, and the guitar--they form a sort of circle (well, flattened circle) that makes an organic whole, so that there's no clear place where Jimmy ends and the guitar begins. It's self-sufficient, hence the effect of shutting us out--not in a hostile way, but in the sense that he's complete right there. And then the burst of power where the bow hits the guitar is like what galvanizes the whole organism--again, this is just what the photo suggests, and why b&w is so evocative.