Is it still rock and roll, and do we still like it?

Well, folks, it is official... hell has come down on us--none of us are safe, prepare for the Rapture to begin... the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Grandmaster Flash. Has it only been 25 years since his Message ruined Regan's life? Making people aware that there were problems in the ghetto? It's no wonder Regan had to bring AIDS into the inner cities--who ever would have thought that it would travel from the ghettos and gay populations to affect white suburbia? Certainly not a guy from Hollywood... that just seemed like a stretch... a perfect plan backfired. So, I'm sure if Regan remembered, he rolled over in his grave.

My point was not to return to the "glory days" of Reganomics in all its sick and deranged forms and I'm pretty certain I will get emails about how Regan didn't bring AIDS on his own country, but just save it, you can't prove he didn't. MY POINT was that we have reached a new milestone in making me feel old--hip/hop has entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aside from making me feel old, it also makes me sad. It deserves a place on the wall out of respect, and I'm all for not needing another Hall of anything, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke... yep, time for my yearly tirade... but I'll skip to Grandmaster's fellow inductees... because, it's a sadder state that culminates to my point that Grandmaster Flash deserves better.

After a lengthy article denoting the various Van Halen "issues" that are completely expected, old news and without any redeeming journalistic merit, the AP notes:

No such drama was anticipated for R.E.M., only a happy reunion...

Ya don't say... aren't these the Shiny Happy People? (Shiny Happy People who LOST THEIR RELIGION??)

Mr. Grandmaster Flash, sir, a word or two of advice... pull a Prince. Get in there, show up Tom Petty and walk off stage knowing that you are in fact the Grandmaster and fuck the rest of the disfunction. Ok, so maybe Tom Petty won't be there, but pick someone equally of high rank within the "community" kick their ass and call it a night... the rest of them are has-beens. You are not. You still have relevance and respect.