Comments on: Two Intimations of My Own Mortality

By: Jim McComb

Jim McComb — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:04:34 +0000

I saw Kevin Barney with disco fever in the late 70s. Damn, he was good!

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:20:55 +0000

#32: Ok other Mr. Smart: Which 45 had a #1 hit on both sides? Side ‘B’, being the bigger?

By: danithew

danithew — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:16:33 +0000

Yesterday I was thinking that I kind of miss 45s, LPs, etc.

A few of my favorite 45s (because they had great songs on both sides):

B52s – Rock Lobster / Private Idaho

Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut / Rock This Town

This was a fun, thoughtful and sad post, all at the same time. Thanks Kevin, for writing it up.

By: Kevin Barney

Kevin Barney — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:04:37 +0000

And now Billy Mays is dead—another 50-year old.

By: Paula

Paula — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:13:56 +0000

Michael Jackson was born two months before me, so his death was also a reminder of my mortality. My father is 80 and my grandfather was 79 when he died, but both had terrible dementia from 75 or so on, so I too am hoping I got my mother’s genes.

By: Peter LLC

Peter LLC — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:45:22 +0000

#16. One. It’s one long, continous groove. Kinda like the ’70s…

Lolz. Still, not all records are created equal and the space between the grooves is one indication.

By: m&m

m&m — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:01:50 +0000

Lovely post. Here’s to a long and healthy life.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:16:04 +0000

#26: My year was 54 for over 20 years ( my uncle’s death). Never happened. Listening to old Jazz will keep you alive.

By: Neal Kramer

Neal Kramer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:39:51 +0000

For Father’s day I received a 78 rpm phonograph that allows me to make CD’s of old records.

I went pre-Rock with Stan Kenton and Nat “King” Cole’s rendition of “Orange-Colored Sky.”

My dad had a massive heart attack at age 58. I’m 56. Like you, Kevin, I take all the right drugs. Unlike my dad, I am overweight. I have a more than nagging fear that I will collapse at 58 and be gone.

I cannot imagine the life a prodigiously talented and tortured person like Michael Jackson must have led. I am glad I’ll never need to know whether “it’s better to burnout than it is to rust.”

Thanks for a lovely post.

By: Thomas Parkin

Thomas Parkin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:27:14 +0000

I’m reminded of something that made me laugh in a recent review of a Neil Young concert DVD:

Turns out it’s better to fade away than burnout, after all. ~