Pete Townshend exhausted. Top 10 Fleetwood Mac songs. Peter Gabriel's box set for "So".  Most men don't write love letters.  Hygiene scores....men vs. women. The pros and cons of dating a divorced man. Bridezilla emails bridesmaid rules.

PETE TOWNSHEND

Pete Townshend feels exhausted after finishing his new autobiography, Who I Am, which will be released on Monday (October 8th). The tome, which chronicles Townshend's early life, which included sexual abuse and a temporary abandonment by his parents, also goes into detail about his life both with and without the Who. When asked how he feels to have finally completed the memoir, Townshend told The Sun, "I feel sick. It's very strange. If you've run a marathon, you expect to feel 'Yay!' But I feel depleted and concerned. I don't want somebody to be hurt through what I've written but, on the other hand, I want it to be true. I'm a little bit harder on people if they're dead than alive but I feel as if I'm waiting for responses."

He went on to say: "I'm very aware that even if I write about Keith Moon -- the good, the bad and the indifferent -- he's got a troubled daughter and I don't want her to feel bad."

Pete Townshend told us that although the intellectual aspects of music are important, music's main purpose is to soothe and entertain: ["Fashion, ideas, style and politics and all this stuff is okay, but what's the function of music in the modern world? It is to divide up time and give us a brief respite from the troubles of our day."] SOUNDCUE (:11 OC: . . . of our day)

Townshend says that as an artist, both in the past and today, he depends as strongly on his audience as they do on him: "It's not that it's exalted. It's not that it's higher, it's not that I'm looking down at the world and I can observe from on high. It is that as an artist, you have a unique ability to stand away from society and trust that your audience will give you what you need to make your next piece of work."

FLEETWOOD MAC

"Go Your Own Way" has topped Ultimate Classic Rock's list of Top 10 Fleetwood Mac songs. The track, which was released in December 1976 as a teaser to the following year's blockbuster Rumours album, is one of only three Top 10 hits Lindsey Buckingham wrote for the band. Coming in at Number Two is Stevie Nicks' 1977 companion piece to "Go Your Own Way" -- the band's one and only Number One hit, "Dreams" -- which also chronicled hers and Buckingham's romantic breakup. The Top Three is rounded out with the title track and first single from 1979's sprawling, experimental double album, Tusk.

Although they parted ways as a couple over 35 years ago, Lindsey Buckingham says that Fleetwood Mac projects aside, his relationship with Stevie Nicks is stronger than ever and still extremely important to him: "Whatever happens with Stevie, I would just wanna, with the band in general obviously, but I mean with Stevie in particular, because I've known her for so long, since I was about 16, one thing that would be very important to me by the time we say 'we're not gonna do this any more,' would be that Stevie and I end up in a really good space together, y'know?"

Drummer Mick Fleetwood said that all of the bandmembers have learned how to let Fleetwood Mac coexist within their lives, rather than allowing it to dominate their time like it did in the '70s and '80s: "This is Fleetwood Mac. Certainly myself and Lindsey joke about it that it's the worst-run franchise in the business, y'know? We don't do this very often. We do this when it feels right. It feels right to do. We're in a place in our lives -- where all of us -- have God knows in the early days, have dedicated a huge amount of investment of time and distraction to personal needs, etc. for Fleetwood Mac. We are past that."

• The Top 10 Fleetwood Mac Songs according to Ultimate Classic Rock:
  
  1. "Go Your Own Way"
  2. "Dreams"
  3. "Tusk"
  4. "Second Hand News"
  5. "Think About Me"
  6. "Landslide"
  7. "Silver Springs"
  8. "Big Love"
  9. "Hold Me"
  10. "Rhiannon"

PETER GABRIEL

One of the highlights of Peter Gabriel's upcoming 25th anniversary box set edition of his So album is his unveiling of the project's demos. The box set of his chart-topping 1986 album So is set for release on October 23rd, and will be available on CD and digitally, as well as in an expanded three-CD and digital Special Edition -- which adds a previously unreleased 1987 Athens concert recording from the So tour.

Gabriel said that he chose to showcase the demo tapes to give fans a ground floor view into his creative process: "One thing, which I've never seen done before is this idea of putting demos -- 'cause I record most of the things that happen in the studio, so on most of the tracks, I had sort of a sequence of demos that could show the actual evolution of tracks. So, rather than just show the finished thing or the demo one stage before the end, you really hear me generating some of the melodic and lyrical ideas. That was much harder work than I anticipated, but fun."

ONLY 4% OF MEN STILL WRITE LOVE LETTERS

 The love letter is facing extinction. New research has found that just six percent of women and four percent of men still write love letters. Instead, they are turning to more modern methods and choosing to text, email or send nice messages on Twitter. In the survey, 96 percent of women and 92 percent of men admitted sending romantic emails to a loved one -- while 97 percent of women and 89 percent of men polled also expressed their love through texts. Women were more likely to keep romantic digital messages - with 62 percent saving emails and 32 percent saving texts. But just 37 percent of men kept romantic emails and 15 percent save texts. (Daily Mail)

HYGIENE SCORES: MEN VS. WOMEN (Daily Mail)

MEN

Washing hands: 10 times a day
Changing bed sheets: Every 26 days
Change a towel: Every 18 days
Change hand towels: Less often than every 2 weeks
Always wash hands before eating: 26%
Go whole days without washing hands: 21%
Clean teeth: Twice a day
Wear underwear more than once: 42%
Wash hair: 24 times a month
Shower: 26 times a month
Time spent in toilet per day: 35 minutes

WOMEN

Washing hands: 10 times a day
Changing bed sheets: Every 23 days
Change a towel: Every 15 days
Change hand towels: More often than every 2 weeks
Always wash hands before eating: 30%
Go whole days without washing hands: 21%
Clean teeth: Twice a day
Wear underwear more than once: 23%
Wash hair: 22 times a month
Shower: 27 times a month
Time spent in toilet per day: 31 minutes

THE PROS AND CONS OF DATING A DIVORCED MAN (TheFrisky.com)

The Cons:

1. His ex wife is on Facebook. In this day and age, the briefest jaunt through Facebook reveals significant portions of who this woman is: What she looks like, what parts of herself she likes to advertise. There's some immediate satisfaction of knowing, of course. But beyond that, it's just a device with which to torture yourself.

2. He dumped her. I'm sorry to say it, but this one's a real lose/lose. If he dumped her, you think, What's to stop him from dumping me?' You'll have to manage her continued pining, her continued pursuit. You'll have to manage the frequency of her calls, the hours at which she makes them . And if she dumped him? Forget it. That's even worse. You're destined to wonder - however briefly - how much of him is still in love with her.

3. He's traumatized. The recently divorced man is, with little exception, the recently traumatized man. And if you're the one who winds up with him, it will fall upon you to help him cope. You will see him see old photos, you will see him cry or scream or fume or mourn. You will see him feel like he failed. And - lest it bears mention - this is all as much fun as... well, imagine shredding a carrot, tying all those carrot shreds together, then threading the long, thin carrot they've become through your sinuses till they pop out of your mouth. I do believe that whole routine would be more fun that than which I've described above.

The Pros:

1. He knows how to communicate. A guy who's lived with a woman for a significant period of time has a pretty good sense of what to say and when to say it. Let's say you're trying on a dress, and you ask his opinion. He knows to say, 'I'm not sure it does your figure justice,' in lieu of, 'Eww! Jesus! That looks gross.'

2. He knows how to compromise. If you're boyfriend's divorced, you can be 99 percent sure he's lived with someone else for a while and has a solid understanding of shared space as a result. He understands the closet isn't his and his alone, he understands he doesn't always get control of the TV. And seeing as how teaching a man these lessons is akin to herding stray cats, this is a valuable attribute to luck into.

3. He's learned from his mistakes. This isn't a given. But it is likely, and it's wonderful. A man with a now-defunct marriage under his belt has learned a few things about himself, about what he has to work on, about what he can and cannot handle. A divorce is a horrible thing to be sure, but from what I've observed, it's also pretty humbling. Well, I don't know about you, but I'll take a humble guy with failed marriage over some arrogant guy who's never settled down any day of the week. I'll take him, and I'll work to be patient when his ex-wife makes her weekly call.

BRIDEZILLA EMAILS BRIDESMAID RULES: A bride's email to her potential bridesmaids has gone viral. Check out the things that this Bridezilla says will disqualify you for the wedding party!

• 1. You screw up CC's, by CC-ing either too many or not enough people: "You all have a big roll in this wedding, so before we continue I'm going to be setting some ground rules and its very important you read and think about everything through before you accept this honor to be a bridesmaid. If you guys email anything I would also like you to put L in the CC. Not all the bridesmaid need to be CC'd unless its coming from me or L, if it something everyone needs to see then well do it. We set the date to August 31, 2013 if that's a problem we need to know NOW. Also by the end of the week we will be setting dates for the engagement party, bridal show and bachelorette party."
• 2. You are unable, for any reason, to attend one of the wedding-related events: "Our wedding party is really the most important people at the wedding besides my self and Jake so we want every single one of our bridesmaid and grooms at our parties, I have 10 not 8 where two couldn't make it so if you already know you cant make one of the parties then we have to find someone else, not to be harsh in the slightest it would sadden me and of course you'll still be invited to our wedding, engagement ect. But it's different if your not in the wedding party and couldn't make it. We'll give everyone well advance dates for the parties and it will always fall on a weekend. The wedding as I stated will be in Vail the engagement party will either be in NY or CT and the bachelorette party will be in Vegas, cliche yeaa but I've never been."
• 3. You surprise the bride outside of the strictly observed Week of Surprises: "A few girls live out of town so if there is going to be a problem with coming to either one then I need to know now because after this week I don't want to be surprised."
• 4. You find yourself unexpectedly busy at any point between the dates of February 1st and August 31st 2013: "I would like everyone to send me any dates they are going away or planning to go away after February so if your going away in January I don't care. I want any dates from February to the day of our wedding in August, that way we know not to plan something when your away. But after this week the dates are set in stone."
• 5. You are poor. "Also if money is tight and you cant afford to contribute to say the bachelorette party or wont be able to afford a dress etc then L and Myself don't have time to deal with that, I'm sorry."
• 6. Seriously, you cannot be poor. "This includes flights as well, everyone knows the states where the parties are going to be held so if you wont be able to afford a flight then that means you cant make a party which ultimately means I cant have you as a bridesmaid. Obviously we'll get the best deals and were not gonna books flights for $1000 and that's why were doing this in advance, that goes for bridesmaids dresses as well everything will be affordable but if you think by affordable its going to be a $25 forever 21 dress then your going to the wrong wedding."
• 7. You take 2-3 days, God forbid a week, to respond to a wedding-related item from the bride. "If your out of state though don't think you have to fly in for all fittings, that we will work with you, find stores in your town, get measurements..you don't have to worry about that. Also if you accept this honor another thing is that you need to be available, I'm not going to harass you with wedding stuff every hour of everyday but if its something important and it takes you a week even 2-3 days to get back to me seeeee ya!"
• 8. You don't pick up your phone even though the bride knows you have your phone on you. "I don't have time to wait around for responses, everyone has their phone on them, it shouldn't take you more than a day to get back to me."
• 9. You go out of the country (on an international trip that has been expressly cleared with the bride) and then fail to check your email. "...even if your out of the country, check your email!"
• 10. You can attend all the parties except one (please see Reason #2). "Furthermore, Ever since I could remember I have dreamed about this day all my life. I want to share it with the people that are most important to me. You only get one time to plan your dream wedding and I couldn't pick a more amazing group of girls to make that dream come true! So please, what's stated above think about it all and by Wednesday I need to know if everyone is 100% in, and what I have asked about sending me dates if your gonna be away between Feb-Aug ill need that on Wednesday. If you don't think you'll be able to attend one party but can make the rest of them I'm sorry but I'll have to take you out as a bridesmaid and put you as a guest."

Thanks for listening to The Eagle while you work. Keep it fabulous, Houston!

xoxo,

Jennifer Tyler

Fabulous Mid-Day Diva