Friday, June 28, 2002
 back in the days before mtv we kids had to listen to the radio. and twenty years ago The Who released "It's Hard," and had a little band called The Clash to join them on their farewell tour.
Because rock n roll radio has never been very creative, when the Who announced their demise, my favorite rock station chose to honor the british quartet by playing an entire day of their music.
the pierce family wasnt the richest, but i had all the equipment that i needed to caputre an hour and a half of the classic rock: i put my radio shack tape recorder (the type that had big buttons and a handle) next to the speaker of my alarm clock radio. i made two ninety minute tapes that i ended up playing nearly every day for the next few years.
people try to knock john entwistle, who died yesterday of a heart attack in his hotel room in las vegas, for not moving very much on stage. but what did you want him to do?
in the early days the Who not only had Pete Townshend's trademark windmill arm movements and leaps and smashing of guitars, but you had Roger Daltry whipping his microphone around via the mic cord, but you also had the legally insane Keith Moon behind the drums who's ass could barely sit still for a beat.
It's my belief that if Entwistle moved more than an inch he would have been poked in the eye by a guitar or a mic or a drum stick or a drunken englishman.
even though the who rereleased their volumnous material since that '82 "retirement" and have toured several times, and found a mini-resurgence in their music when "Tommy" took broadway by storm, they really didn't make a serious studio album since "It's Hard," which is fine. They were done.
Such a perfect band with a classic history.
And now the Who are without their rhythm section and the Beatles only have their rhythm section.
i, too, hope i die before i get old.
75. The Path of Wrong
76. Not A Cowboy
77. Bunko Squad
78. Oh, It's You
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