Cleveland rocks!...

No, the Brownies are not suddenly grandfathered into the playoffs (PLAYOFFS?). The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the 2009 class yesterday. Here are the lucky ones:
The Regulars:

Run-DMC (Jam Master Jay will not make the ceremony, since he was shot to death in his recording studio in 2002) Walk This Way
Metallica - Enter Mariano Rivera
Jeff Beck I'm a Man (w/ Yardbirds)
Bobby Womack - Harry Hippie
Little Anthony & the Imperials - Tears on My Pillow
The Early Influence:
Wanda Jackson - Funnel of Love
The Sidemen:
Spooner Oldham
Bill Black (bassist w/ Elvis Presley, leader of Bill Black Combo) - Don't Be Cruel
D.J. Fontana (drummer w/ Elvis Presley)
The Snubbed:
Neil Diamond (He's not, they said, to everyone there, and everyone heard it all, even the chair) - Love on the Rocks

Run-DMC, Metallica lead list of 2009 Rock Hall - AP article