Obama's historic victory signals a new, brighter direction for our country. Let's help to make it a victory over bad feelings as well as a victory over bad policy. Let's take the words of John McCain's very classy concession speech to heart, finding a common ground.

Thanks to those of you who commented on my blog. It's nice to know people actually read these things.

Thanks to everyone who helped my song "Forest for the Trees" top out at number 69 (out of some 2500 or more songs) on Neil Young's Living With War site. I have stopped checking the chart now, after, I admit, not being able to find it last week! We had a very good run, and I'm proud of its performance. I'm also extremely thankful to you fans who helped take this sincere and heartfelt song of mine so far. I hope you will keep supporting my efforts in the future.

It would be easy (and so pseudo hip) to dismiss the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Brian Wilson as "lame." I mean, Hootie and the Blowfish playing the old surf-rock tunes? Sadly, they're not even second stringers any longer, are they? And a British children's choir singing "Love and Mercy," just to demonstrate, you know, that Brian's compositions are so hands-across-the-ocean universal and so, um, adaptable. Or something.

And Lyle Lovett performing "God Only Knows"… Well, wait. Nothing to mock there, actually. In fact, Brian himself praised this performance. Truly it was simple, pure and poignant.

Poignant. If you think about it, "poignant" is probably the best way to describe the entire tribute.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the website. Sorry for the wait, but we wanted everything to be just right.

Applause, please, for Jacob Denham, who designed the site and is putting in long hours to make it work. This kid is tops, that’s all I can say.