Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Gene Lees

Born: February 8, 1928
Died: April 22, 2010 (aged 82)
Bio: Frederick Eugene John "Gene" Lees was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and former journalist. Lees worked as a newspaper journalist in his native Canada before moving to the United States, where he was a music critic and lyricist.
Known for:
- Singers and the song (1987)
- Oscar Peterson (1988)
- Cats of any color (1994)
- Waiting for Dizzy (1991)