THE HIGH HAT | POPS&CLICKS: Modern Lovers: "(While recording their demos in Los Angeles, Jonathan Richman befriended Gram Parsons, a hippie Johnny for the ages. After his overdose, The Modern Lovers played his wake. Just imagine it: Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt, hell, maybe even Keith Richards if he wasn't getting his blood replaced that day, all those cocaine cowboys gathered to mourn the passing of the man who invented country rock then pissed his life away just as the zeitgeist was catching up with him. Who takes the stage? A goofy naif named Jo Jo and his blaring proto-punk band, spitting out, "If these guys are really that great, why can't they take this world, and take it straight?" Everyone has their dream concert, the gig they'd give anything to have attended: Ornette Coleman at the Five Spot, Dylan at Newport. This one's mine.)"