The swagger of the Baltimore Ravens was reduced to a dejected stroll to the locker room after the lopsided whipping laid on them by Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts Saturday (1/17).  There to take in the divisional-round play-off rout froma team suite was another star that could be headed for a career year, John Mellencamp.  Three Mellencamp projects are in the works for 2010:  the box set retrospective On The Rural Route 7609, No Better Than This, an album of new material recorded in historic settings, and Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, his collaboration with author Stephen King that includes Elvis Costello and Kris Kristofferson. He might also have to kick butts the way the Colts kicked butt thanks to his son's Facebook campaign to get him to stop smoking. (story)
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