Rock Almanac: March 29, 2008

On This Date in 1973: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, who had a 1972 hit with the hopeful 'The Cover of the Rolling Stone,' actually appear on the cover of Rolling Stone.

The Almanac Advises for March 29: "The New Age concept of creative visualization entails focusing on a goal and then repeating it over and over again, like a mantra, until it becomes real."