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Day Two Hundred Eighty Three (Year Two)

So, today wound up being filled with random musical discoveries.  I found 4 things in my travels out of the house today, and spent about $25 in doing so.  Here's the list:

1) Secret, Profane, & Sugarcane ($4.99,vinyl) - Elvis Costello
2) No Stranger To The Dark ($5, CD) - Gregg Allman
3) Paper Monsters 2-Disc Edition ($1.44, CD) - Dave Gahan

and then at Best Buy, I stumbled across the DVD of Paul Westerberg's Come Feel Me Tremble.  That's a cool find for me, because I honestly thought that the DVD was out of print.  It was one of those things that, when it first came out in 2003, seemed like it was around for about 5 minutes... and I could never find it in those 5 minutes.  Should be awesome, even if it's just live performances, although I seem to remember something about a documentary being included.  It's gotta be great, it's Paulie.

Finished Great Jones Street today.  Strangest music novel I've ever read.  Fascinating.  But still strange.

Spent a bit of time pondering my future guitar teaching options and a little bit of time playing, but again, nothing too concrete got done.  I'm starting to get annoyed with myself.  Tomorrow after work needs to be spent locked in a room with a guitar.

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