“I’m a bit of a love addict.  I’m a bit of a codependent
and can have the impulse to want to jump in
fast and hard in these intense relationships.” 
– Lukas Gage.  Not surprising from someone who called
his memoir, I Wrote This For Attention!

This may be the last will and testament of Billy Masters.  I just sat down to share my usual scribbling with the fans when all of a sudden, a loud BOOM was heard in the air over Boston!  The house actually shook!  Was it lightning?  But lightning only happens when it’s raining.  Admittedly, I know better than to get a weather forecast from Stevie Nicks.  Was it an earthquake?  Were the extraterrestrials finally coming to wipe us all out?  Hopefully we’ll have an answer when – or if – we finish this column.

I’d hate to think the last thing I wrote was about the Great American State Fair that El Presidente has been planning.  Apparently some acts didn’t understand the event was “political in nature” – because when you’re booked for a state fair by the White House, maybe you expect a pie-eating contest!  Within hours, Morris Day and The Time, Martina McBride, The Commodores, and Young MC dropped out (P.S. If our president can sing a Young MC song for me, I’ll host the show for free).  Freedom Williams of C+C Music Factory told his agent, “No, I ain’t good to do that.  I don’t support Trump.”  Maybe Zelma will still attend.  But Bret Michaels sure ain’t – and he’s one of El’s biggest fans!  Adding insult to injury, Milli Vanilli dropped out.  You know it’s bad when Milli Vanilli was even on the roster (in this case, it was the real vocalists behind the group).  One act still on the bill is Vanilla Ice.  At least a member of the Vanilla family is being represented.  Trump says he might cancel the show portion and simply have a rally called “America is Back”.  Which begs the question – where exactly did we go?

Then U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the board of the Kennedy Center doesn’t have the right to rename the campus.  Only Congress can change the name.  Ouch!  “The Board clearly violated the Kennedy Center’s organic statute – and the terms of the trust – when it formally renamed the Center after President Trump and memorialized him on the face of the building.”  Not only that, but the board doesn’t have the authority to close the Center for two years of renovations.  Once again, Trump wasn’t happy and mused his options.  “We are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them so they can make a determination as to what to do with it.”  If they’re looking to add names to the Center, Bouvier might work in a pinch.