Playwright William Congreve had it right more than 400 years ago. Music really does soothe the savage breast. If Cleveland sports fans listen to the following LeBron James Breakup Soundtrack, they're bound to agree.

Who hasn't walled themselves up and turned on some music after a bitter breakup? Sad songs, mad songs, happy songs, bad songs, we find meaning in all of them when things fall apart. And as far as rooting for Cleveland sports fan goes, we can't do much better than Hee Haw's famous Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me.

But we can't stay in agony forever. (Although I think someone might have first said that in, oh, 1967.) We'll go through the Five Stages of LeBron Grief, and then we'll move on. We'll go from "Crying" by Roy Orbison all the way to "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor. There might be some "(I Hate) ...

I will never read a Twilight book. I will never watch a Twilight movie. But I will listen to the Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack. And I will like it.

(Side note: I am so out of it in regards to Twilight that I originally typed that I will listen to the Twlight: New Moon soundtrack. That was last year's I-really-want-you-to-kiss-me-but-please-don't vampire and werewolf movie.)

The Eclipse soundtrack features songs by Metric, The Bravery, Sia, The Dead Weather, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, and a few other really cool bands. In fact, these bands are so cool they almost make me want to watch the movie just to see what all the fuss is about. But I really don't need to spend two hours in a room with that many 14-year-old girls.

Anyway, I've already heard a couple of the tunes off the soundtrack and I'm digging ...

Dear Everybody on Facebook:

No, Diamond Rio's song, "In God We Trust" was not banned from the radio. I know the email you received or your friends' Facebook status said it was, but this does not make it true. Also, since the song was released about four years ago, if it were banned from the radio you would have to find someone other than the Obama administration to blame. That doesn't fit into the preferred storyline, though.

I don't do this often, setting the Internet straight. There was that morning I spent on Cleveland.com and Dispatch.com telling on the commenters how things really were. Other than that, I generally just Google that for people.

Actually, here's why the song wasn't played on the radio. First of all, it isn't all that good. Then, when it was released, several other songs by hitmakers eclipsed it. ...

The first real concert I ever attended was Lollapalooza 1992. I don't count seeing Bandana at Findlay Central Middle School as a real concert. Likewise any act I may have seen at the Hancock County Fair.

No, Lollapalooza 1992 counts as my first real show. And what a first real show it was. It was the Star Lake Ampitheater in Burgettstown, PA, which is now known as First Niagara Pavilion. Basically, it's the Blossom Music Center of Pittsburgh. The headliners were the Red Hot Chili Peppers, riding high from "Under the Bridge," their smash hit from "Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik." The all-day festival also included Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and the Stone Temple Pilots. There were a few other bands that I can't remember. I also remember something called the Jim Rose Circus Side Show. That consisted of a bunch of true freaks "performing" on an auxiliary stage, if you ...

Let's get one thing straight. I really don't care about The Jonas Brothers.

I have never listened to a Jonas Brothers song. If I did it was by accident. I have never bought a Jonas Brothers CD, except for the library. I will never watch a Jonas Brothers music video. And I will never attend a Jonas Brothers concert -- especially the one set for Aug. 31 at Quicken Loans Arena. And I especially won't spend $250 to go to a Jonas Brothers concert.

Apparently someone will, though, as that's the top price for the show according to this summer music preview at Cleveland.com. Some great acts are coming to the area: Kings of Leon, Phish, Carole King an James Taylor, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. And The Jonas Brothers have the highest listed ticket price except for special $750 box seats at Blossom for Lilith Fair.

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Suddenly Hall & Oates are everywhere I go.

Wednesday night they showed up on the American Idol season finale at about the same time one of my favorites, Diane Birch, was singing a cover of "Rich Girl" at her show at The Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights. Last Monday, my all-time favorite artist Butch Walker also covered "Rich Girl" with his band The Black Widows at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland. This during a show in which he also paid tribute to Ronnie James Dio by performing "Rainbow in the Dark."

And now they're going out on tour to support a newly released box set.

All this from a duo that really hasn't been heard from for most of the last 25 years. Actually, neither Daryl Hall nor John Oates ever really went away. You might not know that if you only watch American Idol ...

It's early prediction time.

Or waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too early prediction time, if you want to be exact.

The 2011 Grammys are more than a half-year away, but I've got an early contender for Album of the Year. And I haven't even listened to the entire thing yet.

So print this out and hang it on your wall in order to remember. The darkhorse contender for Album of the Year will be Carole King & James Taylor Live at the Troubadour.

The sixty-something duo, who first played together 40 years ago at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, are currently out on a tour which you might just want to see. (You can do so on July 7 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.) It came together after King and Taylor played a reunion show in 2007 at the Troubadour which was recorded for a newly released CD/DVD package.

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The last three songs I listened to were by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Bob Dylan, and Gomez.

And they weren't from my MP3 player, my iTunes list, or the hard drive of my computer. No, they were all on the radio.

This is the part where you act shocked.

In case you don't know, these are acts you usually don't hear on the radio. Especially Cleveland radio. But now thanks to the new V107.3 WNWV FM, that's changed. Usually when I turn on the radio it's because I'm bored with my own musical selections or to listen to a college station. No longer. 107.3 FM is a destination station for me. It's quickly become my first stop on the radio dial.

Why? Well, things like Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (coming to the Beachland Ballroom on June 19), Bob Dylan, and Gomez. Or Annie Lennox...

"Pants on the Ground" isn't the official song of Euclid.

But it might be the unofficial theme song.

What's "Pants on the Ground" you ask? It's the breakout song of the ninth season of American Idol which has taken the country by storm overnight. Literally. Just 24 hours ago almost no one had heard the phrase "pants on the ground." But thanks to 62-year-old General Larry Platt's performance on American Idol Wednesday night, his catchy rap song has become one of the hottest pop-culture sensations in years.

Even if you haven't heard the song or even heard of the song I'm pretty sure you can figure out what it's about just from the title. Platt came up with the song three years ago on the spur of the moment to embarrass a man walking down an Atlanta street with his pants sagging below his waist while ...

And I liked it.

Kinda.

I suppose it's embarrassing to make my first post of the new year (new decade?) about watching American Idol. So color me embarrassed. But now that they've booted that Paula Abdul from the show, my AI boycott is over. After eight years I can finally watch the show.

It's not like I'm ignorant to what happens. I've seen snippets over the years. I know Simon Cowell makes fun of the idiots who are wasting everyone's time. I love Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. (Even though Carrie lies when she says her song "Cowboy Casanova" isn't about Tony Romo. Hello?? Your ex-boyfriend Tony Romo is quarterback for the Cowboys! That's not exactly keeping it a secret like Carly Simon did with "You're So Vain" and Alanis Morissette did with "You Oughta Know.") I knew Clay Aiken and Adam Lambert were gay before ...