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Day Three Hundred Thirty One (Year Two)

Slow day today, music-wise.  I did, however, remember what it was that I left off of yesterday's list of stuff:

1) Bring It On - The Horrorpops

My manager at work clued me in to them a couple of years back.  They qualify as "psychobilly."  It's a mixture of rockibilly and punk rock.  Here's a link from Wikipedia on the history of the style:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychobilly

It's an interesting read on a style of music that's really cool.

So, I'm not really looking forward to the long drive back to WDM tomorrow, but I am looking forward to having a chance to listen to some of the new stuff that I've picked up this week.  Hopefully it should help speed up the travel time.

Hit up Goodwill in GB tonight, found a couple of LPs that, for $3.99 each, had to come home with me.

1) Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
2) Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John

Both spectacular finds, if you ask me.  The record jackets are in rough shape in both cases, but the records themselves looked to be in amazing shape.  All told, it's been a really good week for musical discoveries.

Oh! And (perhaps) the best news of all... I got an email today saying that my Vinyl copy of August & Everything After has FINALLY shipped!  So hopefully I'll see that by the end of the week.

Guess there was more to talk about tonight than I thought there was.

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