Singing the Dad Songs

Unfortunately, there isn't enough news (even so-called news) to rinse out the taste of Mackenzie Phillips' joint sordidity with her musical father John. There is the news that son Adam Cohen has begun to embrace the musical influences of his folk legend father Leonard. And a father-son (ages old and 7) rocking out to Pearl Jam is a heart-warming story of a boy's first concert and a dad's dream-come-true.

It's a microcosm of most lives with fathers where the extremely bad so often blankets the many small goods. Alas ...