W - Sweeney called me and said that Johnny Cash just recorded "I See A Darkness". We had a Bowery Ballroom show a week or two later, and he invited Rick Rubin to come to the show; he came to the show ...and asked if I wanted to play piano on the song. A - Which you agreed to do despite not knowing h[...]

At nearly every pivotal moment in international politics over the past twenty-five years you would find a figure just behind the scenes influencing the action - that of Richard Perle. Eschewing senior cabinet appointments and other high-profile roles, the passionate, zealous Perle has been content t[...]