While station-surfing on my car radio several years back, I chanced upon a program about Led Zeppelin¡¯s Jimmy Page. The disc jockey said Page¡¯s solo in ¡°Stairway to Heaven¡± was among his best.

The familiar strains of the Zep classic soon filled the air, and I cranked up the volume in anticipation of Page¡¯s magnificent fret-shedding.

But as the solo began, the DJ began describing how totally awesome it was. I turned off the damned radio before losing control of the car. What a jerk of a DJ.