A recent newspaper headline caught my attention: “The Rolling Stones Confirm Four concerts in 2013.”
The headline was accompanied by a picture that made me wonder if there had been a break-out at the local nursing home. The Rolling Stones look as if they should be hobbling more than rolling these days.
(Though, I saw them on the television later, and they still boogie pretty good–for grandpas anyway).
Remembering what they were in their prime and seeing them now, we can’t help but wonder, “What does it all mean?” or something existential like that.
Things don’t stay the same down here do they? We try to reproduce what was but we can’t.
Mick Jagger looks more like Mervin Stagger now. Continue reading