Up to the Mountain
At this point, it's debatable that "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)" is a song that not as many people know, at least in the Idol audience, for two reasons:
- Kelly Clarkson gave a standout performance of the song with Jeff Beck back in '07 (I think?) on Idol Gives Back
- Susan Boyle covered the song on…

The news of the postponement to midseason…
…made that ending, where Leslie says goodbye to the rest of the P&R staff without knowing when they'll see each other again, much too sad, didn't it? I'm going to miss this show a lot next Fall…

Andre Dawson and Tom Petty are joining the cast.

Billie Joe Armstrong has a fifteen-year-old son.
That mention of his teenage son in his conversation with Paul Westerberg in the latest issue of Spin made me feel very old…

Oops. I forgot to add that his Reprise Please Baby box set is an essential purchase for anyone with more than a passing interest for his music, and country music in general.

Pete Anderson also produced a couple more underrated gems: the Meat Puppets' Forbidden Places and Curt Kirkwood's Snow.

Hot Tub Time Machine…
30 Rock haven't been particularly subtle in the past about product placement, but having the trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine come on in the commercial break after Liz & Wesley's cinema date left a particularly sour taste in my mouth…

If it's still available, there's a really good French 2-cd compilation called "Top 30" on Last Call Records that covers the key points of his solo career. It was actually my introduction to Chilton, and I can't recommend it enough…

"The Ballad of El Goodo"
For me, there's going to be no lyric more painful to hear for awhile than "Years ago, my heart was set to live, oh". This is such a devastating loss, and probably the most hardest a musician's death has hit me…