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Day Two Hundred Forty Two (Year Three)

First of all... Crowder was Awesome!  The venue provided some issues for me, but the music itself was marvelous.  It's been a long day, so I don't necessarily have the energy to get into my review of everything now, but that will definitely happen tomorrow.

What I will get into tonight is the stop I made at my old B&N stomping grounds, and the list of musical finds that emerged from that experience.

I pre-ordered the new Alkaline Trio (due out on the 2nd of April), and had that shipped to the house.  It will be the first time since 2001 that I won't have bought their new record on its release date, and as amazingly bummed out as I am about that fact, at least I'll get the record the same week it arrives in stores.  In some way, it also evens the scales, considering that I got Damnesia before it was released to the general public in 2011.  In a related story, it's just now dawning on me that I forgot to pre-order the Broken Wing EP that drops the same day as My Shame Is True.  I'll have to fix that tomorrow.

Here's what else we ended up with:

Trouble - Ray Lamontagne
The Next Day - David Bowie
Specter At The Feast - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
People, Hell And Angels - Jimi Hendrix
Same Trailer, Different Park - Kacey Musgraves

I also picked up the latest issue of Guitar Techniques.  All told, it was a pretty successful day.

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