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Day Two Hundred Sixty Eight (Year Two)

The only downfall with setting up goals for a day and a half is that it sometimes pushes back the time in which said goals wind up getting accomplished.  That happened with me today.  Nonetheless, I did manage to pick up some new tunes thanks to a chat with my brother.  He mentioned this afternoon that a friend hooked him up with some new music the other day, and the list of artists he got included Carbon Leaf and The White Stripes.  Here's what I ended up with:

1) Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes
2) Icky Thump - The White Stripes
3) Indian Summer - Carbon Leaf
4) Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat - Carbon Leaf

The two White Stripes records were fortuitous, because they were two of the ones that I didn't have.  This takes me up to 4 of the 6 studio records.  All I'm missing now is White Blood Cells and their selftitled debut record.

As for the Carbon Leaf, I've always heard good things about them, but I've never gotten around to listening to them.  I listened to a couple of songs so far, and they seem a bit less rock-y than I expected, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.  Haven't had a chance to listen to everything yet, as I only got everything sorted out and into itunes tonight, but rest assured that I shall comment on them in the next couple of days.

I didn't have a chance to check out those DVDs or make note of what exactly we picked up from SL's brother.  Secretly, what I'd like to do is catalog everything I have on CD, but that is way more than a one day project.

As for "Red House," I only got a couple of minutes in on it today, so I'll get back to giving the lowdown on that tomorrow.

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