Evans : RRHOFF :: Castro : Cuba

I know this is old news, but I feel compelled to mention it regardless.

In the six-plus years that I worked at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, I always compared the enormous control that Suzan Evans wielded over the NY-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation's relations with the Museum in Cleveland to that of Fidel Castro over Cuba. When Suzan steps down, I imagined, Cleveland might enjoy a better relationship with New York -- maybe even host the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. It would be like Cuba after Castro; I was certain of it.

Evans resigned from the Foundation in June, replaced by Joel Peresman. Meanwhile, as Castro went into intestinal surgery in August, he relinquished presidential powers to his brother, Raul. The reigns of Suzan and Fidel had ended within months of each other.

Yet we seem at status quo both at 1290 Avenue of the Americas and on a certain Communist island 90 miles from Key West. Perhaps this is because Jann Wenner is the real driving force at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, while Raul could be considered to be even worse than Fidel.

So let me revise my metaphor. I predict that Cleveland will host the Induction Ceremony after Raul Castro dies.

Unless....Are there any other Castro siblings? Poor Cleveland.