I think I'm on a Joe Cocker binge :p

Since we're going to be using Joe Cocker's cover of With a Little Help From My Friends for our youth group service, I was listening to that song today. I forgot how much I love that song. I mean, yeah, the original is great, but Joe gave it a touch of soul, and the result is a fabulous cover song.

I'm a little worried that people will be unprepared for the service. I shouldn't worry, really - it isn't healthy. And I do worry too much.

I picked up my library stuff today. Both CDs - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raising Sand, and the Honeydrippers: The Honeydrippers, Volume One - are in great condition. I listened to The Honeydrippers, Volume One earlier, and it's a pretty good album. The book I picked up, Keeping the Moon, is a bit rough-looking, but it's in one piece thanks to the librarians and their wonderful Scotch tape. Also, my dad found a book in the recent additions - a book about Monty Python! I'm still reading Troll Fell and Led Zeppelin in Their Own Words, too, but I'm almost finished Troll Fell. Just a few more chapters!

Copycats, I think.

On the MuchMusic blog, you'll see that not only is there someone using the name Jimmy Page commenting, but also someone using the name John Paul Jones, someone else saying they're Robert Plant, and someone claiming to be David Coverdale. Now there's also someone using the name 'Ghost of John Bonham'.

Sounds fishy to me.

I also think it's cruel to use a name like 'Ghost of John Bonham'. You don't do that. So many people admire the late John Bonham, myself included. It isn't fair on his family to do something like that.

Reunion TOUR?

As some of you might already know, I'm a huge Led Zeppelin fan. So when I heard that they might be coming to Toronto, I was excited but also wary, because of all the rumors. According to a blog on MuchMusic's site, they'll be at the Rogers Centre. A comment possibly written by Jimmy Page read that it wasn't happening, and another comment read that he was only joking, and his name is a link to the official Led Zeppelin site.

Two things come to mind:

1. Could this be true - LZ coming to T.O.?
2. Was it really Jimmy who posted those comments?

Well, I'm excited...

Read about it here.

A Comfy New Pet Bed

So, the dogs got a new pet bed. I took a photo of Smiles lounging on it, but it was too dark, so I'll try again tomorrow when there's better lighting. Smiles loves it - she looks like a queen, laying on it as if it belongs to her, and her only.

So, in the last post, I mentioned Jesse Blaze Snider. For those who don't recognize the name, he's the son of Twisted Sister's Dee Snider. He's on a show called Rock the Cradle - basically, the kids of musicians have a shot at a record deal and prize money. Here he is doing an awesome cover of Led Zeppelin's Rock & Roll...




Now, I'm pretty picky about cover songs, but if Robert Plant himself had been there, I think he might've gone up on that stage and shaked Jesse's hand! Let me know what you folks think of his performance!