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Day One Hundred Ninety Six (Year Three)

So, Alkaline Trio released the first single off of their new record today.  "I Wanna Be A Warhol" is off of the new disc, My Shame Is True, which is due on April 1st of this year!  Here's a link to the track listing and the video for the new single: http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/alkaline-trio-will-release-new-album-01-april

As for the single:  To me it sounds like Good Mourning-style song structures on top of Crimson-era music with a little bit of Maybe I'll Catch Fire thrown in for good measure.  Was the single their catchiest, best foot forward?  I'd have to listen more than once to say for sure, but it wasn't as much ear candy as "This Addiction," the first single from the last record.  Then again, I felt that way when Agony & Irony came out five years ago, and now I love that record, so needless to say I'm not worried in the slightest.

In other news, Reg Presley died yesterday.  Voice of The Troggs, he's best known as the guy who sang lead on "Wild Thing."

Here's a link to the NPR article.  It's got the "Wild Thing" video embedded in it.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/02/05/171170287/reg-presley-the-voice-of-wild-thing-dies

Taught today.  Lesson went really well.  My student is starting to really get her chords ringing out smoothly and strongly, which is great news.  Tricked her into both A and B minor chords and G7.  Felt productive.

I only had a few minutes to fiddle with the song today.  Nothing super productive.  I've got tomorrow afternoon off, hopefully I'll be able to get somewhere then.

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