Who? Him

Intentions to die before reaching current age have been readjusted accordingly

May 18, 2011 at 6:03PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2010 file photo, Pete Townshend of The Who performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game in Miami. Townshend , is writing his autobiography. HarperCollins announced Tuesday, May 17, 2011, that the book, currently untitled, would come out in the fall of 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)
(AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Remember the first rule of lazy entertainment writing: if discussing a musical act, you have to work one of the songs into the first few lines, preferably in pun form. Here's a story about Pete Townsend, of the Who:

A better line might have been "Pete Townsend intends to continue talking about His Generation, and hopes that people who get his book won't try to put it down." See? That's two lines from the original song. Or perhaps "People who had expected Townsend's bio to come out two years ago, as announced, won't get fooled again." C'mon, AP. Step it up.

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