A toast to John Mellencamp

Don't wanna leave HIM out of my praise-heaping. He was also inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last night and gave a typically humorous, rambunctious speech, followed by a couple of great performances. He's another old favorite of mine, someone I listened to a lot growing up, someone more than worthy of ANY kind of lifetime achievement award...though he's only 56. As I said, this whole Hall of Fame thing is a lot of nonsense...but since it IS in existence, it's nice to be RECOGNIZED.