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Day One Hundred Ninety Three (Year Three)

Oh, so many things to talk about today!

And out of all of it, I'm going to start with the one thing that could probably stand to have a blog post of its very own.  So, we're on our way to Sioux City today, and Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" comes on the radio.  At this point the Mrs. says two thing which blew my mind.  The first: "is it okay to admit that I like Billy Joel?" seems like a fairly normal question (because it is), and the answer is yes, it IS okay to admit that.  The second statement, however, that was the real keeper, and it was... "I always considered him to be a poppier Bruce Springsteen."

And THAT, my friends, is a statement that feels like it needs scholarly research and a series of articles written about it.  Especially since the new issue of Rolling Stone has an article about Billy Joel being ready for a comeback.  Previously, that would have been an article I'd have glanced at with some interest.  Now I'll read it more than once and search for clues.

Never did make it to MidBell today.  Bad weather foiled our plans a bit.  Guess I'll have to save that for the next trip.  I did however manage to pick up:

1) The latest issue of Guitar World

and

2) The Ben Harper/Charlie Musselwhite record that I mentioned in a post earlier this week.  Deluxe edition.  Comes with a bonus DVD and some extra live songs.

Yep, all told, it was a pretty great day.

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