As if last night's Letterman wasn't sad enough with Zevon, shortly before the show started, we learned that Jam Master Jay had been killed in Queens, NY. Run DMC was the first rap show I ever saw, with Public Enemy and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince opening up. This was back when it wasn't 60% white kids in the audience. I doubt there were 6% white kids there. I went to a black high school for my one year in Augusta GA and I came out with an appreciation for Run DMC, UTFO, Kurtis Blow, Whodini, the Fat Boys and all the other groups that were big circa 1984. I will miss Jay. I saw them at Music Midtown last year, another performance I'm glad I saw when I could. ed when Warren started playing "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" with 90 seconds left in the show, but they allowed the program to run long by a few minutes. You get the feeling that Letterman just really doesn't give a shit about most things in life, but that he has always cared deeply for Zevon, both the man and his music. I remember a year ago, when all the buzz on alt.fan.zevon was about the possibility of him doing a band tour in support of My Ride's Here. What I wouldn't give to have those days back. I'm very glad I saw him when I had the chance, at the Cotton Club in Atlanta a year or two back. I wish I had seen him 20 times more, but you take what you can.

I didn't weblog it yesterday, but it was the 25th anniversary of the release of "Never Mind the Bollocks." Who'd have believed that we'd still be talking about that album now? For those who haven't seen it, I highly recommend the documentary The Filth and the Fury.