Townshend to Complete "Lifehouse"

So I've been running Slashdot for 2 years just waiting for the story that Bobby Geortgilakis sent me. Finally an excuse to plug The Who. The deal is that Pete Townshend (the brains and genius behind The Who, the greatest rock band ever, not that I'm biased) is supposed to be completing Lifehouse. But why is this appearing on Slashdot? Read the article: Started in 1971 as a followup to Tommy, Lifehouse talks about Virtual Reality and The Internet (although it uses terms like "The Grid" since nobody really heard of TCP/IP and VRML back then) and the relevance of Rock Music (a pretty common Townshend theme anyway). So anyway, there it is. I got to mention The Who on Slashdot. Its a good day. Who/Towshend/Lighthouse FAQ

Lighthouse was started after Tommy but aborted. The best tracks where filtered into 'Who's Next'. These include Baba O'Reilly and Behind Blue Eyes (2 of the most amazing tracks ever laid, and the among the first ever)

Pete==God. He is my musical idol. At this point I have every CD he has out- release Chinese Eyes on CD already!

Mods always win.

Roger was more than willing to roll around in the baked beans.

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Top Reasons Pete is a God (and better than linux)

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(Originally posted on the poll, but this story seemed more appropriate... :) )

10. Tommy didn't need Linux. Why should I?
9. My g-g-generation won't get fooled again (by Bill Gates, that is).
8. Pete's been rocking us for 30 years. Linux for only 6.
7. Linux hasn't been ported to Momma's Squeezebox.
6. Tux the Penquin? Nah. Boris the Spider!
5. Quadophenia fits on 2 CDs. Red Hat uses 3.
4. When "The Who Sells Out", everyone laughs. When Red Hat sells out, we're gonna cry.
3. Teenage Wasteland? Try Playstation, not Linux.
2. Pete Townshend's arm swing kicks the ass of Bob Young's hat any day of the week.

And the number 1 reason Pete Townshend beats the hell out of Linux:
1. Best of The Who: $8.98. Best of Red Hat: $79.95.

-Chris