@Adiane, I suspect that most people who read this today will have to do the same thing. Thanks for reading.

@Shannon, I’ll definitely do more like this. Gotta give the people what they want. And you can post a comment on anything you like. I don’t mind.

@Bill B, thanks for the suggestions. I’ll address them in one of next week’s post. Think I’ll do a weekly feature on this Annoying Saying thing.

@Mr. Dude, you’re still wrong. All I gotta say about that.

@The Friend, I still like you. I get a little testy about music especially when I hear the name Britney Spears associated with it.

@Mr. Biliki, what exactly sucks?

@John, thanks for all the comments. I enjoy them too.

now. do you still like me?

in order for a musician to remain a musician and do what it is they love, they must continue to further their career. we were not saying the dr. dog wanted to be rich and famous and sell out. but, if given the opportunity, they would jump at an opportunity to have their mug shots on the cover of RS. your argument was that many bands with musical integrity would remain good bands and not succumb to the likes of brittany speers and such.

human nature, especially with driven musicians, applies here. no one says ‘no’ to an opportunity to further their career. not even cloud cult.

@Mr. Dude. As usual, you misrepresent a conversation by offering only what you hear which is selective to put it mildly. That wasn’t the argument. The Rolling Stone cover was merely one part of it. Our friend’s point was more that every music artist wanted to be The Rolling Stones or Britney Spears or The Beatles. Or just as popular. That was the part I disagreed with. And you know it.

Have fun at the show.

The proper phrase here is “home in,” as in “to steadily narrow one’s focus.” Hone should be used to describe the process of sharpening one’s skills.

Another one? “I feel badly about xxxx.” No…you feel bad about something. Feeling badly implies that one is not good at the actual act of feeling.

Buh-BAM!