Back In Freddyville

Got back from Cleveland today...

Hung out with Thom and went to a little rock show - the Foo Fighters with Weezer, with the Kaiser Chiefs opening. The Chiefs are semi-decent, Weezer was good, and the Foos were great. An amusing note - Weez covered FF's "Big Me" during their set.

The link is to an article in Colorado's Rocky Mountain News, featuring an interview with Dave Grohl. Here's a piece:

'Grohl's greatest dream came true when Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones agreed to collaborate on a couple of songs with him.

"I'm obsessed with Led Zeppelin and have been since I was a teenager," Grohl says. "I'm familiar with his solo albums since Zeppelin broke up. You listen to those albums and you just know he was a big part of that band. If you listen to Zooma, it makes you wonder who was writing the riffs in Zeppelin in the first place. I know Jimmy (Page) was the dark one, but . . . John Paul Jones can write some heavy (stuff).

"When he comes in and listens to a song that you're asking him to play on and he turns to you and says, 'Hmm, that chorus goes a little long, doesn't it?' you (acquiesce): 'Yes it does. Yes, of course, Mr. John Paul Jones, sir. You are absolutely correct.' It really was one of the most special things that happened to me in my entire life. Sitting down with an acoustic guitar, teaching John Paul Jones a song I'd written while he's playing it on piano - it was too much."'