Warning

Just to let everyone know, I'll be removing the auto-email feature of my blog soon. I think everybody's weaned, almost.

To continue to follow my blog, all you have to do is use an RSS reader. For those who don't know, an RSS reader is a program - either accessed online or install on your desktop - that aggregates 'feeds', or items/articles of interest to you, in one place. Google Reader is an excellent RSS reader and is so easy to use your pet fish can do it. Just go here, to access Google's account page, click 'create one for free', and create an account. Sign in to the account on the top right when done, then click the 'More' drop down link on the top of Google's home page, click 'Reader'. You should be able to access a 'help' link or something like that that shows you how to add 'feeds'. Add my blog - musingsofabaldguy.blogspot.com - and every time you sign into your Google account, fire up the Reader, you'll see my blog and all the updates.

Thanks.

Les Paul, R.I.P.

So Les Paul died yesterday. Just found this out last night - my wife actually told me.
If you don't know who he was, see this article. One could say that he was the single person literally, technically responsible for rock and roll. He seemed to me to be a really interesting fellow, dedicated to his art. I met him once at Iridium a few years ago. He had just turned 86, I think, and still played a full 1.5 hr set, bantering and joking with the smallish crowd all the while. He stayed behind after his set for another hour or so, signing autographs and just shmoozing with whoever wanted to shmooze. He didn't have to; the guy's a celebrity, for crying out loud, PLUS he was over 85! But he did, and I never got the impression he felt he had to stay, he wanted to do that.
He seemed to me to be a real, sincere, great personality and the music world will be forever diminished without him.