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Day Eighty Five (Year Two)

Finished up reading that issue of Rolling Stone tonight.  The articles on Floyd and Tom Morello were really cool.

I'm in between books right now, and pondering reading something involving music.  Maybe the big Hendrix book that I toyed with starting a few months back, or maybe the one I just picked up the other day.  Not sure.  I've got a few other books on the business of music, but considering that the band is a good distance away from having to worry about any of that stuff, I may well hold off on those.

I'm excited to have the time to sit and listen to that Ben Folds tomorrow, hopefully in its entirety.  There hasn't been much time in my life of late for an extended listening session, so I've got to take that opportunity when it shows up. 

I'd also like to spend some time working on the record.  See if I can't get an electric part that runs throughout the song we're still fighting to finish off, and then take a look at some of the songs we had worked on when I was home in August.  B. seems to think we need a few more lyrics in a few places, so perhaps I'll try and get that taken care of too.  

So much to accomplish, and it never seems like there's enough time in the day.  Oh well, got to dream big in order to live life to the fullest, right?

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