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Day Two Hundred Fifteen (Year Three)

So, um, I'll say it... for an Oscars that was hyped as "celebrating music," I thought the performances were less than stellar.

And, moving on from that... one of my favorite things about wading into the Mrs.'s music collection is the sheer number of live shows that she has.  So much live Counting Crows, and rarities, and whatnot that it makes the slightly (ha ha) obsessed fan in me excited just to have a chance to wade through it all, much less listen to it.  It's the interplay between the band and the changes they make on the fly that has me pumped about the live stuff.  There are some bands that you fall in love with while they are in the studio, and some that you fall in love with when they're on stage.  For me, I love both sides of that band, and they are one of the bands on my (short) list that can get away with changing arrangements and/or instrumentation in concert.

Admittedly, there wasn't as much time as I had hoped to have to sort music today, but oh tomorrow night, that shall be one of my only projects after I get off of work.

I stole a few moments for listening today, and a few moments to read the Grohl bio as well, so that was good.  Better tomorrow.

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