He has "intercranial bleeding" after falling in his backyard today. They've operated twice now. Cross your fingers. He's one of the good 'uns. 41 years in a broadcast booth, and still working at 85. You gotta love him.
Your old music cannot sustain you through a life, not if you're someone who listens to music every day, at every opportunity. You need input, because pop music is about freshness, about Nelly Furtado and the maddeningly memorable fourth track on a first album by a band you saw on a late-night TV show. And no, that fourth track is not as good as anything on Pet Sounds or Blonde on Blonde or What's Going On, but when was the last time you played Pet Sounds? - Songbook by Nick Hornby