Weather: We had a few squalls yesterday, but nothing much. There was a nice rainbow, but it's TOO dry overall!

Wildlife: The geese were perching on the log net to the shore of our lake. The ice melted even more overnight. No fish have floated up dead, so the aereator might have served it's purpose.

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Media Watch: Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame Part 2 --
It looks like I saw most of it already, but the last two inductions are worth describing, for completeness, if nothing else. Keith Richards introduced ZZ Top, but he wasted a lot of time because he didn't prepare his speech. I suspect he'd punch somebody else out if they took a musical solo without learning the song, but there he was! When he had his wits about him he was funny. I hope he learned something. "Spontaneous" is a different quality from "unprepared."
ZZ Top did their "John Lee Hooker" jam, but I've heard them play better. However, I can say that same thing for 90% of the acts I've seen at this ceremony. ZZ Top certainly deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, they're one of the most innovative blues bands/power trios ever!
The last part of the show was devoted to George Harrison. Since I wrote recently about the Concert for George on PBS, I'm not going to say as much as I could.
Tom Petty's Heartbreakers is a really good band, and they are a very appropriate choice for re-creating Harrison's music. Petty himself was a friend of Harrison, and worked on one of his best projects -- The Traveling Willburys, along with Jeff Lynne.
Lynne isn't my favorite musician, but he's a capable singer who can hit Roy Orbison's high notes with some resonance in his voice. He can duplicate the vocal sounds of George Harrison's other musical endeavors too, since he was his producer and co-songwriter in the late 80's. Petty and Lynne were well-matched in singing those songs.
It is still fun watching Dhanni Harrison stroking the guitar while his father's music is playing. Prince did an impressive guest appearence playing lead on While My Guitar Gently Weeps. He's been compared with Jimi Hendrix, but that's unfair to both of them.
The credits were rolling while Traffic's David Mason led a crowd of jammers in his song "Feeling Alright." No damage was done, thanks to the miracle of video tape. I noticed Paul Schaffer on the stage, and realized he'd done the background music for The Dells that night. (Note: Mr. Mason has quite an American accent after living here for 30 years.)

Update: Trombone virtuoso Greg Boyer says this about the mystery saxophonist standing next to him at the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame ceremony: "mike phillips. last seen w/ stevie wonder and was the opening act on jill scott's tour. keep your ears & eyes open, he's gonna blow up big!
(Now I think he's talking to me) btw, wassup mike?!
Just bloggin' away, Greg!