Spiraling Vortex or Whirling Dervish?

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1. I am so much more fired up by the Page/Plant news than the ho-hum BBC 
release it's not even funny. 13 songs! 55 minutes! Wow, that's an average 
of 4-5 minutes per tune! Unless there are a few epics on there and some 
really short ones. Sounds like my lovemaking history, nyuk, nyuk. 
Everything about it rocks! And is really weird! Radiohead producer fired. 
Steve Albini (!) brought in to man the controls. Abbey Lane studios? What 
the freak? I love it. Bring it on!!

2. Anyone out there agree with me that one of the more interesting and 
successful things done by Page/Plant was the version of "I Can't Quit You" 
waaaay back in the beginning at the Korner tribute? Holy run-on sentence! 
Shame it never turned up again. Speaking of which...

3. One of the great tragedies of the Page/Plant tour, in my opinion, was 
the decision to forego the revamped T-Rex'd version of Black Dog for the 
traditional, read that "boring," and safe version from LZ IV. I love the 
new version performed during the Denton show and the American Music Awards. 
The latter appearance, in my opinion, was also the first and only time that 
Page/Plant or Led Zeppelin for that matter, didn't choke on it when they 
had a captive worldwide audience. Every other opportunity (Band Aid, 
Atlantic Records, etc.) was a disaster!

4. If you like "Something Else" from the BBC set, get your hands on a speed 
corrected version of that tune from the Royal Albert Hall 1970 gig. It 
kicks everything's ass.

5. Last night I dreamed I was playing an organ grinder outside a cafe in 
Marrakesh. Pouya, dressed up like a monkey in his little harem suit 
complete with fez, danced to the tune of Kashmir and collected coins from 
the crowd. Suddenly, everyone turned to the front door of the cafe to watch 
Madani and her entourage exit and leap one by one onto the backs of waiting 
camels. When she turned her beguiling gaze towards me and fluttered her 
eyelashes from behind a wispy black veil, I melted like a popsicle in the 
desert sun. All will be revealed...

Love,
Billy