BUT IF YOU WANNA LEAVE IN FEDERAL CUSTODY, TAKE GOOD CARE

Yeah yeah yeah, Juan, I know, what Cat Stevens said in '89 about the Salman Rushdie fatwa was despicable, and Bill Maher's statement ("If you advocate the execution of novelists for writing novels, you and John Ashcroft deserve one another") is on target... but really, don't expect me, an introspective singer-songwriter, to get all worked up about that.

I still enjoy much of Michael Jackson's early work, and even the steadiest stream of kids couldn't change that.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go read about a giant taco...