The bandleader behind the huge 1982 hits "Freeze Frame" and "Centerfodl", John Warren Geisl Jr., or J. Geils to the rest of us, has sadly passed away at the age of 71:
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt