"No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft." H.G. Wells

"It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date." George Bernard Shaw

"Never assume that habitual silence means ability in reserve." Geoffrey Madan

Today's image: Sienna 16 by Modetrend. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Where the hell is Bill Drake and Tom Donahue?

Radio programming ace and marketing maven Lee Arnold cares enough about the first tribe of wireless to ask that question. His suggestion...it's high time we revisit our so-called Halls of Fame. Lee's take is spot-on. Read his post here and another on the great Joe Kelly here. Bravos, Lee! Thank you. And please permit me to add: Where the hell is Chuck Blore, Bob Henabery, Rick Sklar, Bill Gavin, Ron Jacobs, Paul Drew, Kent Burkhart, Harvey Glascock, Scott Muni, Jack Thayer, Lucky Cordell, Jerry Boulding, Bill Kaland, Ted Atkins, Pat O'Day, James Gabbert, Rick Carroll, George Burns, Jim Schulke, Kevin Sweeney, Dick Rakovan, New RadioStar's Bob Hamilton, Jean Shepherd, Dick Harris, Larry Bentson, Bill Burton, George Wilson, Martha Jean "The Queen" Steinberg, John Rook, Al Heacock, Larry Glick, Al Benson, Jim Yergin, Ron Chapman, Jockey Jack Gibson and Dickie Rosenfeld. Don't get me started.

LATER: Dan Kelley, keeper of the flame for Classic Rock FM, joins the conversation adding Buzz Bennett, more here.

Michael Fischer: As serious a student of advertising (and popular culture) as I know, Michael offers up a recap of his latest trip to LA here. Kudos, Michael.

Tis the season: FriendFeed swag

Bonus: Veronica Belmont's Top 10 Up-and-Coming Web Applications. BrandDoozie (beta, natch, cool DIY marketing tool, check it out)

Congrats & cheers: Ali Partovi & team ilike OnHollywood overall winner. Other OnHollywood winners include, Bret Taylor and crew at FriendFeed [FD: N=1 most addictive, fav app of the moment], Loic Le Meur & company Seesmic. Nick Grouf & team Spot Runner. Ben Elowitz & WetPaint. Congrats to all [Complete list of winners]. The uber-cool Laurie Pracher named VP/Sales @ CBS Radio Sales, she was born to be great.

"The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back." Seneca

Chairman John Conyers, Jr will lead the House Judiciary hearing "Competition and the Future of Digital Music" beginning this afternoon at 3 eastern. This is the special Anti-Trust Taskforce created by the Judiciary Committee. Live streaming of the hearing here and here. C-SPAN3 will carry live. NAB CEO David Rehr and pay radio's Mel Karmazin are on the witness panel with others. The topic of discussion is the proposed XM-Sirius merger.

Campaign cash: Mel gave the Democratic Senatorial Committee $26,700 last June and $10,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last March. Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) was given $4,200 by Mel, $4,200 by Mel's wife Terry (Theresa) and $4,200 by Mel's son Craig, all in March of last year. Mr. Engel serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (and the subcommittee on telecommunications and the internet). David Rehr gave $4,500 to the National Republican Congressional Committee last year. Gigi Sohn, another witness, gave Taskforce member representative Mr. Rick Boucher $250 in 2005. Not able to find any political contributions by witness Mark Cooper. Witness Charles E. Biggio does not appear to have made contributions to any national campaign committees nor to any house members or campaigns. These may or may not represent all contributions by witnesses.

Saving Radio in the Satellite Era: NYT Opinion piece by NYU prof Eric Klinenberg here. I'll opine on this writing tomorrow.

Got music? Two cool music sites, now in beta, recently bookmarked. Check out iLike here, and MOG here.