Hilburn: White Stripes apologist?

Who else would go through a 90-minute show without even plugging – er, playing – their latest?

You really should drop in more of that ironic voice the kids are using these days with stuff like the self-interrupting “er.”

But singer-guitarist Jack White has never surrendered to rock ‘n’ roll convention. He’s such a spontaneous performer that he probably didn’t even realize when he walked off stage that he hadn’t performed that sing-along single, “My Doorbell.”