Well, just let me point out that Neil is the only musician to which the Mudcat has erected a virtual Center complete with bedpans in his honor -- the Neil Young Center for the Terminally Screwed -- to which many Mudcatters have at one or another time retreated for recuperative intervals, so to speak. Shatner, of course, is not a musician, any more than some shabby-assed drunk yelling out the words to "Wild Rover" is a musician. Hell, he's not even an actor.

Now, maybe we should correct this situation and erect a new institution for Dylan, although I am not sure what to call it. The Dylan Foundation for the Advancement of Narcissism? The Dylan Laryngeal DIsorders Study Institute? Gravel and Tin Roofs Department a specialty.

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