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Day Twenty

Has it really been another five days? Wow, the time is really flying by. Lots to write about tonight, or so I think going in. Finished up going through all of the keys with sharps in them today, now only the flats remain. Also, I ran an internet search for songs in specific keys, and turned up a pretty cool site that gives you the scale for whatever key you pick (in at least one position), lets you hear it, and gives you a list of songs in that key. So that should be fun to investigate further.

Scared a manager at work tonight. He wandered back into my department and asked me what Fastball's big hit was (Fastball is going to be at the State Fair this week). I told him that it was "The Way," and he said that wasn't the song he was thinking of. He then gives me a piece of lyric ("I am still living with your ghost."), and I told him the following things:

1) The song is "Santa Monica."
2) The band is Everclear.
3) It was on Sparkle & Fade, their major label debut.
4) It was track #4.

Then he called me a freak.

Then I told him that 5) the song is in the key of G.

Believe it or not, that ISN'T my top 5 for the day, although it would make a good one. Nope, I had promised a Top 5 Music Documentary List. Now, let me preface this by saying that the list is based only on the ones I own at the moment. As usual, in no particular order...

1) It Might Get Loud
2) I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
3) Stones In Exile
4) No Direction Home
5) The Beatles Mythol... er, Anthology.

and as a bonus...

6) Rattle And Hum.

I know, I know, this means I don't own The Last Waltz. It's a sin I'll remedy as soon as possible, trust me.

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