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Day Two Hundred Seventy Three (Year Two)

So, the one thing I wasn't expecting at work today was the one thing that came in: My copy of the complete Mermaid Avenue sessions by Wilco & Billy Bragg.  I'm more excited about this than I maybe should be, especially considering that I've already got the two discs that had previously made up Mermaid.  Granted, both copies that I have are burned copies, so having the actual things will be nice.  What really has me pumped up is the presence of the previously unreleased 3rd disc of songs, and the DVD with what is purported to be a full length documentary on the sessions.  I didn't end up buying it today, but I'm definitely picking it up tomorrow, so that I can spend tomorrow night and Monday morning wading through it.

Didn't have much time to play today, as my work schedule ended up completely bizarre.  This bummed me out, not only for that reason, but also because it meant that I wasn't able to hit up Zzz Records here in town to support Record Store Day.  One of these years I'm hoping I'll have that day off, so that I can actually savor the experience instead of missing out on it entirely.

Tomorrow night, I think I'm going to take some time for me, just to sit and listen and play for a while.  Try to recharge the batteries a little bit.  The end of the week has really been a grind, and not as musically productive as I would have liked it to be.
 
I never did get to watch The Last Waltz either this week.  Something else to look forward to coming up, I guess.

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