Chin music

Another one for those of you who love rock'n'roll as much as you love baseball.

The closer songs of the early '90s tended to mix a cranky bravado with the threat of mental instability—don't mess with me, I'm so mean and crazy. The more recent crop ditches the crankiness in favor of all-out psychopathy. Today's closer isn't just baaaad, he's a cold-blooded murderer.


FMFM: More TV. The star of the San Francisco Old Waldorf 6-29-78 show is bassist Fred Smith, with a sound that's slippery yet authoritative. He's very loud in the mix and still sounds good, which any bass player will tell you isn't easy to do.

And Richie -- Richie said, "Hey, man, let's dress up like cops. Think of what we could get away with!"

But something, something said, "Hey, you better not." And I fell.