Geez, I'm a long-time Stones fan (How long? You don't want to know) and I thought Marah Eakin's comments seemed on the mark. Funny, too. Especially liked this line: "The three-CD version of GRRR!, out Nov. 13, will contain 50 songs, two of which are brand new and thus markedly worse than the other 48."

Given that the lyric says "by the time we got to Woodstock, we were half a million strong," that interpretation doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Given that the lyric says "by the time we got to Woodstock, we were half a million strong," that interpretation doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

"you are your own loose end"

"you are your own loose end"

I think you're probably right that Jesse was doing weed, not meth, but no addict is ever "permanently" off the bad stuff.

I think you're probably right that Jesse was doing weed, not meth, but no addict is ever "permanently" off the bad stuff.

WAY, WAY too much trouble.

WAY, WAY too much trouble.

@carogriffin: Good question.

@carogriffin: Good question.

I'm assuming that was $5 million in cash he left on Jesse's porch.

I'm assuming that was $5 million in cash he left on Jesse's porch.

Does anyone know if Lydia's rap about the Czech Meth Scene has any truth to it, in reality? If not somebody at the embassy must have had a busy night.

Does anyone know if Lydia's rap about the Czech Meth Scene has any truth to it, in reality? If not somebody at the embassy must have had a busy night.

@yogafire, Oh no, she was right in the middle of it. Being in the middle of it doesn't mean unthinking support of every part of it. (I'm reminded of George Harrison being appalled by what he saw on his visit to Haight Asbury during the Summer of Love). It also doesn't mean she didn't grow out of it. But her stuff from…

@yogafire, Oh no, she was right in the middle of it. Being in the middle of it doesn't mean unthinking support of every part of it. (I'm reminded of George Harrison being appalled by what he saw on his visit to Haight Asbury during the Summer of Love). It also doesn't mean she didn't grow out of it. But her stuff from…

PS: Excellent overview, Noel Murray. Thanks.

PS: Excellent overview, Noel Murray. Thanks.

Funny to hear Mitchell singing "Mr. Tambourine Man" with James Taylor on the video here for the Amchitka album, given some of the nasty things she's been quoted as saying about Dylan in recent years. That testifies to the somewhat strange transformations she's gone through over time, from quintessential hippie chick…