Well, one of my favorite people in entertainment turned a year older today. I call George Lucas the modern day Homer because he gave the whole world a myth that will stay around for many generations to come. Here are some facts about this genius storyteller: (A) He created the Indiana Jones character in response to the Bond franchise not allowing Spielberg to direct a Bond movie (B) The Discovery Channel named him the "100th Greatest American" a few years ago (C) Indiana was actually the name of his pet dog (D) Joseph Campbell, the late great mythologist, spoke highly of "Star Wars" as a modern myth in the classic "Power of Myth" PBS series and even used it as an example of some of his theories(which makes sense because Mr. Lucas admitted that his book "Hero of a Thousand Faces" inspired the basic Star Wars outline in the first place) (E) The Force was inspired by a short film called "21-87" which included a statement by Warren McCullough, an artificial intelligence expert, and Roman Kroitor, the man who developed IMAX. Mr. Kroitor mentioned some kind of "force" that we can relate to and we are not simply complex machines. well, there you have it: come back and I'll give you some updates on my musical pursuits and oh..there will be more musical essay-like blogs to come. May the Force be with you!:) BKT