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Day Ninety One (Year Two)

I've been thinking about something for the last week or so, almost completely on the back burner, but there just the same.  It's getting closer to November now, and that means that I've got a decision to make:  What classic rock song, if any, am I going to try to learn this year?  Last year it was "Stairway," and I got everything but the solo down pretty well.  Then I proceeded to ignore it for a year.  Some part of me thinks I ought to go back and revisit it this year, because even with a year off, I bet it would be a lot easier to pick up and refresh my memory this time around.  Still, some other part of me wants to move on to "Little Wing," or "Free Bird," or something.

Today was a rotten day at work for various reasons (which I won't mention in specifics for fear of violating our blogging & social networking policy).  I kind of snapped and did the one thing I usually do as a way to make myself feel better after something stressful: I selfishly indulged in a bit of retail therapy.  More to the point, I ordered the stuff I had mentioned the other day:

1) Eddie & The Cruisers/Eddie & The Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

That's right, the double pack.  It means I'll have to sell my copy of the first one to Half Price Books, but since the double pack is the only way to get the second movie, I think I can live with that.

2) Everything from Mike Doughty's solo catalog.

Yup, everything.  All 5 records.  It was a splurge, admittedly, but it felt needed after the way the day broke down.

Yeah, pretty sure if I put out a solo acoustic record, it'll be a mixture of his stuff, the VH-1 Storytellers set by Counting Crows, and Aimee Mann's Lost In Space.  Just sayin'.

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