RIP Jerry Lieber & Nickolas Ashford

Wow. We lose two of the alltime great songwriters within 24 hours. ( Nickolas Ashford )

was of course half of Ashford & Simpson, and besides their own songs, he and his wife were responsible for most of those awesome Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell duets in the late sixties. 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough', etc. Fabulous songs. The songs they did themselves were good ones too. Sad.

( Jerry Lieber )

was the lyrical half of Lieber & Stoller. Those guys teamed up with the Coasters for so many good songs and so much fun. 'Yakety Yak', don't talk back now. Another great.

Both Ashford and Lieber were recently profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, so any songwriters that have been on recently, please be careful!

Writer's Block: You’re giving me a toothache

[Error: unknown template qotd]From my gaming friend Jim: "I'm going to write a book of all the things you say."  (He thinks just about everything I say is really weird/funny/crazy.)

Holy Crap! The Earth Moved!

Minding my own business here with my foot propped against my desk and it starts vibrating. I thought I was having a stroke. Take away the foot. Still vibrating. Then the whole building...the lights flicker...the building shakes...WTF! I've slept through earthquakes before, but never felt one. Not even when I did six days in California, not even a tremor. I'm thinking this was at least a 5. We'll find out soon...

But holy crap!


PS Irene, dear, you have been upstaged.

ETA Got a call from an attorney in Michigan - they felt it there!