I recently saw a great documentary on WTTW-11: The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus. The Who played a 7-minute version of "A Quick One While He's Away" on a tiny-ass set, hence the blog title. If you're not familiar, on December 11, 1968, the Rolling Stones produced a 1-hour special with 30 minutes of various acts, and 30 minutes of the 'Stones performing their new material from "Beggars Banquet" with a circus-like atmosphere. Basically, the Who were fresh off touring and the 'Stones were not, which resulted the Who upstaging 'Stones, which prevented this from ever airing back in the day. Basically, it was Mick Jagger: "You f****** bloody 'ell upstaged us, 'Oo! F*ck you, Pete Townshend and the 'Oo!" I have to say, the bloody 'ell 'Oo were awesome on that program, and the 5-minute screaming song from Yoko Ono of "Whole Lotta Yoko" was absolutely one of the worst things I have ever seen in my lifetime. Oh ya, the one-hour special took like 13 hours to film, due to sh*t breaking down and putting together the sets, and by the time the 'Stones performed, ever'body had f****** bloody 'ell fallen asleep! It was hard to watch a now-sober sleep-deprived exhausted Mick Jagger flopping around and crawling on stage like a clubbed seal. Honestly, great time capsule, tho.

Ok, I'm in need of some help. On my Thanksgiving card, I was told that I need to "write a note" to my estranged Grandmother if I *hint hint* want a piece of that Xmas gift money *wink wink*. Honestly, I am not close at all with my Grandmother, I've met her like twice in my life, and I have very little in common with around-90 year old ladies from Upper Michigan with an affection for scratch-off lottery tickets who doesn't drink or smoke. I have to say, basically nothing is going on in my life & there is no Mrs. Mp34mp or little Mp34mp Jr to tout about. "Yeah Screaming Beaver (affectionate name for wife) kicked me out of bed again last night and little Jr. broke my lamp for the 18th god damn time...blah blah blah". I own no pets, I have no women and basically all I watch is sitcoms, news and sports. And honestly, I don't have it in me to squeeze out another "Yeah the weather has been crazy, I've been busy working, blah blah blah".