Lemmy's asthma

I see where the latest Motorhead tour is being seriously compromised by Lemmy Kilmister's health issues.

This seems to go far beyond Lemmy's warts.

They're soft-pedalling potential health issues like there's no tomorrow. It's the "high altitude venues" etc.

Get the fuck outta here.

It's the four packs of ciggies every day and the jug of Jack Daniels...

Lemmy gotta be the poster boy for getting maximum mileage out of limited talent.

And wringing 70 years out of a life-style that every medical professional on the planet would agree should have been over well before 35.

We love you Lemmy!

Lemmy's warts

I was watching a BBC doc about the old-school psychedelic band "Hawkwind," and they had a number of clips of Lemmy Kilmister. So there's Lemmy, after fifty years in rock 'n roll, with these grotesque protuberances hanging off his face.

The reason I got down that road was because Junior gave me the Nick Mason biography of Pink Floyd for a Christmas present.

I love Pink Floyd, but rooting around in the archives brought up another old-school psychedelic band; Hawkwind.

In my youth I actually owned original vinyl pressings of "A Saucerful of Secrets" and "Silver Machine."

Junior filched the both of them, the little bastard... but at least I can take credit for the exquisite taste he has in music today!

I figure that at this point in his career, Lemmy could well afford to have his warts removed by a legitimately qualified specialist.

If he wanted to.

IF he felt like it...

Ergo, it's not at the top of his to-do list.

Ergo, he could not possibly give a flying fuck...

And is that not the essence of rock and roll, before it became a commodity?

Even if you've never heard of Hawkwind and never cared for Motorhead, you gotta love that about the guy.