I never tire of looking at these photos.

It just reeks of "new" and of the "coming revolt." And they were taken when I was only 8 years old.

I have this friend. We'll call him "Nod." Nod is the anti hero sort. No matter how great the achievement, I can always count on Nod to partially dismiss--with a "s/he is just a human"--the person I'm lauding heaps of praise onto. I understand that hero worship gets you nowhere. But on the other hand, I don't see anything wrong with acknowledging a person's achievements as great even if the person himself or herself is "just a human."

Joe Strummer was just a human. But he had vision and purpose and compassion and big, brass balls. He took a stand. And that's something I wish more people did especially in music.