Things I Know About Mark (Marc?) Knopfler Off the Top of My Head

Clearly, the correct spelling of his name is not among them.

Anyway.

• He was in The Moody Blues. He may have been the lead singer, but I can't say for certain.
  
• Sometime in the last seven years or so, he made a solo album that got pretty good critical reviews.
  
• Said solo album included a track called "Sailing to Philadelphia" (which may have been the titular track but, again, I'm not that awesome with my Knopfler trivia) that was played at least once a day for an entire summer on the world's (otherwise) best radio station, WXPN.
  
• He now has another solo album out (approximately) called Something Something Crimson and WXPN is again fellating Knopfler/his album by playing the first radio single over and over. And over. And over.
  

Now for some things I *think* about Mark Knopfler. I think I'm supposed to appreciate this guy on a much deeper level, or something, and I admit that he wrote the song that includes most of my favorite pop lyrics ("I got my in-store microwave oven/custom kitchen deliver-ay-ay-ay . . ."), but I just . . . can't. I've seen the man in a partially-animated music video wearing a sweatband. Now his gravelly-voiced pontifications on immigration and having sex with teenagers (I *think* that's what the new single is about, based on my review of the lyrics as posted on an internet lyrics website). Moreover, while I love and am a member of WXPN and listen to it all day streaming through my computer speakers, I could stand not hearing the damn song twice a day -- once during their regular programming (usually Michaela Majoun's morning show) and once during the syndicated World Café.

Thanks for your attention.