As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the medias power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind.

I am a reformed Taoist, part-time Buddhist, Hindu, animist, pagan, Jewish mystic, and Christian. I always got along great with priests and rabbis and mullahs and gurus, even though I spend most of my life constructively criticizing them.

First of all, just because the Tea Party people appear to be generally uneducated, ignorant about the political process, ignorant about economics, confused about their own platform from the beginning, and indelicate when it comes to the craft of diplomacy, doesn't mean they're wrong.

Young fans want to know about the past and older fans also want to find new music.

Rock music had become my religion. Radio my church. And these DJs my priests, rabbis and gurus.

My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him.

Let the wealthier countries and corporations of the world fund an Emergency Organization.