Robert Palmer died last night from a heart attack.

Like many other teenaged males in the mid-80s, I remember when he seemed to… “just appear” on the music scene with his video for Addicted to Love. And, I admit: It was more for the models than for him… But, whether as a member of The Power Station or as a solo act, I enjoyed the man and his music.

He will be missed.

1949 – 2003

This morning, The Pretenders’ Back on the Chain Gang was playing on the radio when the alarm when off. That’s not the first thing that one wants to hear when getting up and preparing to face the work day. I think that the only thing that could have made that situation worse would have been had this been the first thing heard on the radio on a Monday morning.