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Day Two Hundred Seventy Two (Year Two)

I got my Federal Tax Refund today!  On a payday, no less!  So what did I do?  I splurged just a little bit.  I bought 3 CDs at work today.

1) Consolers Of The Lonely - The Raconteurs
2) White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

and then I picked up a best of by The Band.  I realized after posting last night that, somehow, the only thing I had in my collection that had the band on it was Dylan's Basement Tapes.

I had the other Raconteurs record in the CD player in the car on the way to work today, and there were so many influences in just the few tracks I heard on the way to work.  Lots of Beatles and Zeppelin comparisons would be fair, I think.  Can't wait to sit and listen to the second record. 

I thought about picking up the second Dead Weather record as opposed to the White Stripes disc, but the price difference was $4, and I thought I'd be at least somewhat careful financially.

I played a little bit of guitar before work today, too, though.  Ran through "Red House" a little bit, but didn't do anything all that intense.  I open in the morning, but I've got a good chunk of time tomorrow night that I can devote to guitar.

Today was busy at work and went by faster than I expected.  Tomorrow will be a great day for music.

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