I just returned from the show at Molson Park in Barrie, Ontario, Canada and in a few sentences will try to share my thoughts and feelings about this whole unfolding thing that I hope develops into a brand new Doors with new material.

I believe; Robby and Ray like to, and want to, play again, on the road, sporting their old name with a new gang. I actually believe now that it is much better not to have John on stage. That would be too close to the original arrangement and dwarf Ian Astbury into mimicking Morrison to please the crowd instead of letting the guy breath and having the four (five with the bass player) ride this new snake into the blue lake.

I think all these passionate musicians are out to have a good time and bring their history and power with them--that goes for all the members new and old. If you're expecting Jim Morrison to walk out on stage, keep dreaming. (He's a long gone brother and should never be "remade." Leave him a dead and noble young man who brought a new meaning to cool and some far-out poetry; he's best that way and better that way for everybody).

Ian Astbury does a fantastic and passionate job of singing the original tunes we love so much, but for everybody's sake--the band members and audience--this new "retooled" band, as the Canadian newspapers are calling it, most definitely should create fresh-out-of-the-can songs and lyrics as the "21st Century Doors." I really don't know the whole story behind this, but I can guess after staying loyal to your original band, minus a major player, and respecting that loss for so long, there would inevitably be a time once more to plug in the cords and turn up the knobs and "rebuild." Once a musician, always a musician and the families get together in different arrangements. Why not? The Doors did magic with “American Prayer” seven years or so after the fact. They can do it again, 30 years or so later. It all depends on what you allow yourself to get into.

With the weight The Doors' name carries, I think they have a good chance of making a go at it. With a handful of excellent original Doors tunes like: “When the Music's Over,” “Five to One,” “Light My Fire,” “LA Woman,” “Wild Child,” “Roadhouse Blues,” “Horse Latitudes,” “The Ghost Song,” and “Moonlight Drive” (shit, maybe they will make it doing just old tunes, I practically listed the whole two hour show) that were played at tonight's concert, and with all the new material they SHOULD create together, these guys will demand an audience--for the nostalgic and for music lovers in general who are looking for something new with some familiar faces.

The new crew is hip. You get a bit of the original, with a few other Giants mixed in. Ian Astbury is a remarkable performer, standing in for Ray and Robby and John, putting on a great show with his demanding presence and great voice. Stewart Copeland is an excellent drummer, adding a few new beats to the tunes and injecting his own way of playing true to John's layout.

The new “21st Century Doors,” I believe in you. "The DOORS" and all that those two words have ever meant to me, I think will be pulled off once again, maybe a little less intensely, in a different time, but with similar messages: RESPECT LIFE--DIVE IN DEEPER--BE REAL!