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Day Two Hundred Twenty Five (Year Three)

List tonight.  Might make for a short-ish post, but it encompasses all of the things I either keep forgetting to mention or realized today that will play some sort of role going forward.

1) Those notebooks I mentioned finding on the way home from WI?  Yeah, they have lines.  I checked today.  This means I am set as far as the whole "carrying a notebook with me everywhere I go" thing is concerned.

2) The artist I mentioned the other day who sounds like a mix between Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor... her name is Jen St. Stjarna, and the name of the disc we found is Horizon.  Seems like she's based out of Chicago.  And apparently, while we were in WI, she was in Omaha, NE for three straight gigs.

3) Picked up a couple of records that I forgot to mention:

A Decade - Our Lady Peace
Discount Fireworks - Over The Rhine

The OLP was a purchase of curiosity.  Various friends over the years have sung their praises, and finding a best of at HPB was something I took as a sign.

As for the OTR, it was a record that the Mrs. didn't have, and, as a collection, I thought it would give me a solid overview of their music.  A jumping off point, if you will, for further listening.

4) Made a good chunk of progress in the Grohl bio as well.  First time I can really say I'm happy with the progress I'm making on that.

All told, a pretty good day.

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