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Day Twenty Five (Year Three)

Well, we got everything unloaded into the new house.  It's nowhere near unpacked yet, but I've got everything pretty well blocked out in terms of where it's going to go, musically anyway.

The speakers for the stereo are all set in place.  The stereo itself?  Still in a box.  I'll get that squared away tomorrow sometime, though.

I've got all of the recording stuff on the table it needs to be on, but that box needs to be unpacked as well.

The CDs are another project for another day (likely Monday).

The first three albums that got played in the new house:

1) Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
2) Bear Creek - Brandi Carlile
3) Recovering The Satellites - Counting Crows

At some point in the next day or so, after the turntable gets hooked up, I've got definite vinyl plans.  Especially with the Mumford record.

Other stuff that needs to be heard on LP includes the aforementioned Bear Creek, and the newish live Counting Crows disc.  Come to think of it, I've got their Underwater Sunshine on vinyl as well.  And then there's the two Kasey Anderson records... yeah, it's going to be a fun and busy time upcoming musically.

The crazy part about that is that none of the stuff actually associated with playing has really been unpacked yet except for a few of the magazines.  Now that I'm in a new space with a fresh start ahead of me, it'll be fun to get everything sorted and organized just right for practicing and teaching both.

Lots more tomorrow.

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