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Day One Hundred Seven (Year Three)

Okay, so with yesterday being as haphazard as it was, I'm going to try and make tonight's post a bit more focused.

I listened to the second new Stones song from their upcoming hits package online today.  NPR had a story about it.  I was surprised, again, to discover just how good the song is.  Apparently, 5 decades in, the Stones can still bring the rock and roll fury down upon the world.  Admittedly, the riff sounds a bit like "Street Fighting Man," but still.  Nevertheless, I'm feeling like, instead of just buying the new songs, I ought to at least consider buying the new collection.  I'd love the Super Deluxe, 4 disc, 80 song version of it.  If only it wasn't so astoundingly expensive.  Regardless of that, here's the link to the story on NPR's website.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2012/11/08/164632745/hear-the-rolling-stones-brand-new-one-more-shot

In other happenings tonight, I started reading a long Guitar World article on The Beatles and the creation of Magical Mystery Tour.  Seems pretty cool so far.  There's also an extensive interview with Jimmy Page that I'll have to check out as well.

On the list of other good things, I finally took a bit of time for some listening at home today, too.  Needed it, for sure.

Tomorrow is Friday.  The start of my three day weekend.  There will be much music-making during that 72+ hours.  I'm not going to put it down in list form just yet, though.  I'm going to wait and see what tomorrow (and maybe Saturday) brings before I give myself an absolute to-do list.

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