I have some very personal Doors-related issues

From The Plain Dealer's Web site:

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Doors' Krieger and Manzarek set Rock Hall, HOB gigs
Posted by John Soeder
May 01, 2007 10:57AM

Doors members Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek are set to drop by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for a reception at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24, to mark the opening of "Break on Through: The Lasting Legacy of the Doors," a new exhibit devoted to the classic-rock band. The event is open to museum members, who can make a reservation by calling XXX-XXX-XXXX. [Number omitted because I am not willing to give the Rock Hall more "free publicity" than I alredy am with this post -- even if this is just a blog that nobody reads.]

From there, guitarist Krieger and keyboardist Manzarek zip over to House of Blues for an 8 p.m. concert of Doors music by their new band, Riders on the Storm, featuring ex-Fuel vocalist Brett Scallions. Tickets are $28-$200 at the HOB box office, or charge by phone.
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Problems that I have with this:

(1) The Rock Hall now has a "special" Doors exhibit, after it's had a permanent Jim Morrison exhibit for 12 years. (I know that Cub Scout uniform has been hanging there for as long as I can remember.) The history and ongoing evolution of rock and roll is rich territory to mine; surely they can present something totally new?

(2) The Rock Hall's "special" Doors exhibit is titled, "Break on Through: The Lasting Legacy of the Doors." Love the curators though I do, the Rock Hall has such a lame template for exhibit/program naming:

"Popular Song Title Here: The Life and Legacy of Band or Musician Who Wrote Aforementioned Popular Song"

Other examples of this issue: "Revolution Rock: The Story of the Clash." "Hard Travelin': The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie." "In the Name of Love: Two Decades of U2." "Catch A Wave: The Beach Boys, the Early Years." I think you get my point.

(3) Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek have sunk so low that they have named their new band "Riders on the Storm," which is a worse name than that of probably 95% of the Doors tribute bands out there.

(4) The most expensive ticket for the House of Blues show is $200! $200!! Because I measure prices in number of drinks at the bar (for less expensive items) or cost of an airline ticket to Australia (for more expensive items), let me just say that you could get from Cleveland to Sydney for less than it would take to get you and three "Touch Me" fans through the House of Blues door that night.

I'm just saying.

That's about right, part 2

From the "Listening Party Forum" on cleveland.com, the online home of The Plain Dealer (and, for the record, I have no idea why I am reading forums on cleveland.com):

Anyone out there know why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website has been flagged by Google and StopBadware.org as a site that can harm your computer?

And the most excellent response:

well several reasons
there may be a bug/virus,.. not sure..
but i know another reason
rock and roll is bad for society and listened to bad citizens

(Also for the record, this anti-rock response was written by a different user than the one in the post below.)

Meanwhile, I would like to draw your attention to the outstanding new Domino's television ad that's being aired here in the Cleveland area. It features two red flying v-shaped electric guitars swooping in over a pepperoni-laden pizza, and the details of the special are displayed on screen in an awesome font not unlike this one. Apparently this deal is so great that it "breaks all the rules," and when those words appear on screen the heavy metal singer who's been wailing in the background articulates the following brilliant lyric about this phenomenal pizza opportunity: "It mocks your silly rules!" Best. Ad. Ever.

Tenacious D is right: you can't kill The Metal.

That's about right

From the "Arts Scene Forum" on cleveland.com, the online home of The Plain Dealer:

To Anyone it May Concern,
I’m a college student returning to Cleveland, and I want to bring the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to the city of rock as well. Any information, names, numbers, advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, It will not be wasted.
Shine On,L. Palsa

The one and only response:

rock and roll fans are hoodlums

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.