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Day Three Hundred Forty Three (Year Two)

Okay, so it's not often that I start a post with something that's not directly guitar related, but it's happening tonight.  One of my co-workers asked me tonight if I had happened to catch Jimmy Fallon last Friday night.  I hadn't.  He proceeded to tell me about the musical guest that night: The A, B, C, & D of Boogie Woogie.  It consists of two boogie woogie pianists, a stnad up bass player, and the one and only Charlie Watts (yes, that Charlie Watts) on drums.  The album, Live In Paris, came out June 26th.  Just hearing about the record made me order it on impulse.  There's video of their performance from Fallon on his website.  Here's the link:

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/friday-june-29-2012/1408344/

I made it to the end of February today in my blog review.  Only 4 months left until I'm caught up.  I'm getting closer, and I keep finding good stuff.

Discovered a few music DVDs that might be mine at some point, both of which just came out.  Concerts by Stone Temple Pilots and The Raconteurs.  Admittedly, the one by The Raconteurs takes a higher priority, but still, they both seem cool.

Let's see, what else happened today?  I passed on buying that Motion City Soundtrack record (at least temporarily) with the argument that I've picked up a few new things of late that I haven't gotten all the way through.  Chief among them are:

1) Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel...
2) 3rd/Sister Lovers - Big Star

Played for a little bit today, too, before dashing off to work.  Not enough, though.  Then again, is it ever enough for me?

Planning an early-ish post tomorrow, because I'm headed up to see SL for the 4th.  She asked me to bring a guitar, though (for engagement pictures, allegedly), so maybe there will be something to post about while I'm up there, we shall see.


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