Tonight, I Feel Like My Whole Body

Just As Bowie, Zeppelin, Etc., Became Rock Stars By Remaking Themselves In The Image Of The California Girls, The Go-gos Became Rock Stars By Pretending To Be The Buzzcocks And The Sex Pistols. Jane Wiedlin Always Said Her Biggest Influence Was Growing Up In L.a. As A Bowie Girl.

The Times You Lived Through, The People You Shared Those Times With — Nothing Brings It All To Life Like An Old Mix Tape. It Does A Better Job Of Storing Up Memories Than Actual Brain Tissue Can Do. Every Mix Tape Tells A Story. Put Them Together, And They Can Add Up To The Story Of A Life.

But The Rhythm Of The Mix Tape Is The Rhythm Of Romance, The Analog Hum Of A Physical Connection Between Two Sloppy, Human Bodies.

The Way I Pictured It, All This Grief Would Be Like A Winter Night When You're Standing Outside. You'll Warm Up Once You Get Used To The Cold. Except After You've Been Out There For Awhile, You Feel The Warmth Draining Out Of You And You Realize The Opposite Is Happening; You're Getting Colder And Colder, As The Body Heat You Brought Outside With You Seeps Out Of Your Skin. Instead Of Getting Used To It, You Get Weaker The Longer You Endure It.

Hometown Aerosmith Fans Are Different From Other Aerosmith Fans, And That Mainly Has To Do With Joe Perry. It's Tough To Overstate His Strange Grip On The Local Psyche. Tyler Is A Star Who Belongs To The Whole World, But Perry, That Dude Belongs To Boston.