Great cartooning, Keef! Nice drawing of the Prez, and very clever rendition of the, um, musical pollution.

Man am I glad someone finally noticed that. Keep the sub-standard voices away from Stevie when he's playin! Thanks Keef!

He's paying the cosmic price for "I just Called to Say I Love You".

Just kidding! Few crimes are worthy of the punishment Stevie is enduring.

Amen.

I'd also like His Majesty to consider a federal ban on melisma (singing 27 different notes where the song only calls for 2 or three). The national anthem shouldn't take ten minutes to sing.

Now I know I'm not the only one screaming at my teevee when they do that to Stevie...

The moment Stevie opened his mouth onstage during that concert, he just slaughtered Shakira and Usher--exposed them for being what they are: mediocre, music-industry-created entertainer-bots.

I'm not a Stevie guy per se, but augmenting a legend with those (ahem) less legendary is diminishment, not enhancement.

But Robotball does make a good point about karma ...

Let Stevie be. He doesn't need accompaniment. Let Shakira do what she does very well -- shake her ass -- and let Usher, um, show people to their seats.

On ABC's Inauguration Night "Neighborhood Party" it happened again, in the presence of the President no less.

"Signed, Sealed, Delivered" was performed by Stevie Wonder -- but only the first stanza. He had to share stanzas with Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Faith Hill, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys (the only musician of his caliber on the stage), Shakira, and Nick Cannon.

It sucked. He was the only reason I stuck around after Beyonce's "At Last," which was actually a pretty damn good imitation of Etta James.

Yeah! Though I missed out on this Act of Felonious Bad Taste, I nonetheless know that I would have been appalled if I had heard it.

But then 'Higher Ground' has been my Anthem - my 'Sanity Saver' - for the last 8 years; especially whenever I think of how that F.B.I. Agents Sister - who I dated in 96, and refused to marry in 03 - screwed up my ability to treat my Chronic Pain with The Good Herb, which is why I have to take METHADONE instead.

You'd all be highly amused by my letter to John Walters (the Drug Czar); as I told him - after he was quoted saying that 'Baby Boomers' think Medical Marijuana was about Fun and Freedom - that I'd like to force-feed him 60mg. of Methadone, and then lecture him about the Fun and Freedom of PUKING HIS GUTS OUT - like I, NOW, occasionally have to do!

Sorry, a bit off subject there; but I'm sure you understand!