Heh. You are a piece of work. And I don’t necessarily mean that in a bad way. I’d go with Joe Cocker, as long as I don’t have to look at him.

The cover bands comment was more in jest than anything. I agree–originality is overrated. And, improving on an existing idea is valuable.

I’d like to think RE practitioners are trying to stay relevant–and they could do worse than BHB.

I’m just tired of pale echoes, marginal thought, mediocre heroes, and ‘nice people’ that are bland and just like everyone else. I

All I meant was that, later, although the man was even more of a cover act, he was a lot less interesting. Those three, though, Jimi, Janis and Rod, could make anything their own. In that sense, their versions don’t even qualify as covers. As with Gary Jules’ cover of “Mad World,” if you eclipse the original, you are the original.

Traffic: I wasn’t aware of anything from the LA Times. We’ve been surging since the start of the year. I read it as practitioners honing their skills.

Thanks for the link love and kind words on that post I did on Reagent. I appreciate it.

The gist of the problem was the same. I watched in befuddlement as you couldn’t tolerate an obviously apocryphal story…that the well meaning Tony passed on. Then I watched in befuddlement as the internet coudln’t tolerate anything with any flavor. Too saccherine, too salty, meh. I see now why mcDonalds sells…flavorless rules.

Agreed on the ads. Was biased against before, tried for the hell of it. Was a two week trial more as proof of concept. I don’t think I’ll give it week 2…but I can only spend so much time on this blog.

That’s a good joke, an excellent example of a satiric jab. But you seem like a decent guy, so I’ll let you in on the news: We’re having the second best week in our history. Last week was the best, so far. Has nothing to do with six dozen Deeply Offended webloggers picking each other scabs. We’re the biggest because we’re the best. Will that change in the future? You bet. We’ll be bigger.

My best to you. For what it’s worth, I think the ads might cost you more in credibility than they’re worth in cash. I’ll be sending you a bill for two cents.