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January 25, 2007

And the Halen Will Rock

I know this probably isn't of much interest to most of the youthful, trendy slaves to indie rock who inhabit this particuar wing of the blogosphere, but word of something kind of miraculous within the music world came down today: David Lee Roth is reuniting with Van Halen for a summer tour. Gone from the lineup is original bassist Michael Anthony, who was recently fired. Replacing him with be Eddie Van Halen's 15 year-old son, Wolfgang.

As someone whose ENORMOUS interest in VH waned pretty much the moment Sammy Hagar joined the band, news of this reunion -- regardless of its potential awfulness considering how long it's been -- is a minor dream come true. My excitement about the reunion has also made me face up to a cold, hard truth: I am definitely a thirtysomething.

Here's a clip of the band doing "Unchained" in Oakland in 1981. They used to play this on MTV, and my friends and I wer