On a happier note, my friend Carolyn and I went last evening to see The Chieftains performing at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, a beautiful hall located a hellish freeway commute from L.A. in Cerritos, California. I wish I could communicate to you how much I hated the drive so you might understand how wonderful it would have to be to hear The Chieftains perform their unique interpretation of (mostly) traditional Irish music. (That sentence doesn't make sense but it's late and you know what I mean.) Here's a fan website that will give you some history of the group and here's their current tour schedule, which may well include a venue near you. If it does, go. They put on a wonderful show that leaves the audience yearning for more. It's almost quarter-to-three in the morning as I write this…but if they were still playing, we'd still be in Cerritos, listening to 'em.