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Day One Hundred Fifty Five (Year Three)

So, I was all set to blog tonight about the rest of my band-related project I started in on yesterday.  I found a lot more bands in the process of going about my day today, and then a bunch of bands that I have two records by, and would consider purchasing a third album for the purposes of more focused listening.  As luck (or fate) would have it, my day went in a different direction, and so I'm focusing by post tonight on another topic.

I had a horrible day at work today, came home frustrated, and fully intending to spend at least a bit of time with a guitar.  What happened instead (after I spilled apple cider all over myself and went to take a shower) is that my wonderful wife started re-organizing the living room post-Christmas.  What this meant for me music-wise is that my studio stuff got shifted from one end of the living room to the other.  Which is awesome, if only because it will (hopefully) keep the cats from walking all over it.  In the process, the whole thing is better organized and infinitely more accessible for both writing and recording, more of which is DEFINITELY happening in 2013.

I'll get back to the band lists in the next couple of days.  I really like the list of bands/artists I've come up with.  Either way, it's enough groups that I'd have 12, which is also cool.  Somehow, though, I suspect that I'll find a way to work at least one new artist into the mix.

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