Kentucky

FRANKFORT -- A state legislative panel on Tuesday approved spending up to $100,000 on a contract for a Texas law firm to help the University of Kentucky in its legal fight against former UK coach Billy Gillispie. The law firm of Fisher & Phillips will be paid through an insurance policy, according to information the university provided to the Government Contract Review Committee. The university needs lawyers that are licensed to practice law in Texas, the university says in its contract with Fisher & Phillips. The law firm's contract is not to exceed $100,000 from June 23 to June 30, 2010. Gillispie has filed a federal lawsuit against the university in Texas. The university has countered with its own lawsuit in Kentucky. At issue is how much Gillispie should be paid after he was fired from the high-profile coaching position this spring.

Having seen Warren Zevon twice at Phoenix Hill in Louisville years ago, I thought I would like the youngsters to a video of the bad boy doing his thing.



Poet, guitar picker, and singer.



Click here for video.



And let us not forget the lyrics:





I went home with a waitress the way I always do

How was I to know she was with the Russians, too?



I was gambling in Havana - I took a little risk

Send lawyers, guns, and money

Dad, get me out of this



An innocent bystander

Somehow I got stuck between a rock and a hard place

And I'm down on my luck

Yes, I'm down on my luck

Well, I'm down on my luck



I'm hiding in Honduras - I'm a desperate man

Send lawyers, guns, and money

The shit has hit the fan



Send lawyers, guns, and money...



And one of my other Warren Zevon favorites, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner.



Here is a link to many of the You Tube videos of live performances, then click here.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-kShYAbYc



And my all-time favorite Zevon song:  Hasten Down the Wind.