10 Things A Dad Was Right About

With Father's Day fast approaching (often a nervous timeframe for recreational bachelors), I found this little gem from Real Simple magazine that I think you'll find rings rather true. Even the last one, my non-parenting playboy peeps...

A Nice Album To Scrape Your Shoes To

Blimey, the long-awaited re-release of The Stones' Exile On Main Street is here. Is this such a big deal because it's the favorite Stones album of so many, myself included? Or because it now boasts previously unheard and--until a few months ago--unfinished potential Stones gems? Or because the super-sized deluxe over-the-top edition has a DVD of Exile's making plus a book and other party favors? Or because I grew up ON Main Street (in the all-American college town of Murray, Kentucky) and the album is one of dozens of musical book-markers from those days before I was exiled off to college and thus a new, different real world? It's all of those, and the fact it's good to revisit and celebrate again a fine work of modern art, be it an exhibition of Roy Lichtenstein in London's Tate Modern or four sides--plus bonus tunes!--of high-grade rock music created under one very beneficial displacement.

Thanks, Pet Lovers!

First of all, thanks to all fantastic KLOS listeners who not only came by the SPCA LA facility in Long Beach this past Saturday, but who also rescued a new dog or cat during Mark & Brian's Pet Adoption Day. The love these wonderful animals will bring to your home defies description. If you're already an owner, you know. So thank you, from the bottom of all our hearts. YOU rock!

And for those still considering a pet, please PLEASE go the rescue route. For a lot of reasons. Marie Hulett in the OC Register can explain why here in a story that might shock some--but in a good way.