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Day One Hundred Forty Five (Year Four)

Okay, so today is the last of my "list" postings for a while.  We just got home from the trip up north for Grandma's funeral.  It was a long, snow-filled drive home, and while it was good to be there for the weekend, it's also really nice to be home.

Knowing full-well that I'm excited to get back into the studio this coming week and actually get some playing done, here's what I found at Exclusive:

Cerulean Salt - Waxahatchee
G.P./Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
Too Far To Care (Deluxe Edition) - Old 97's
Gold - The Allman Brothers
The Complete Hit Singles - Three Dog Night

and then I found Pete Townsend's bio from last year, Who I Am.  Grabbed the latest issue of Guitar World, too.  Somehow, that took forever to find this month.

Then, on the way home, we stopped at Half Price Books, just to get out of the snow.  Found a few cool things there, as well, all books:

The Guitar Player's Songwriting Bible
How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll
The Beatles As Musicians: Revolver Through The Anthology.

It's this last book that I'm the most exited about.  I checked out both volumes of it back in college, and it was an amazing read.  I've looked for both books ever since, and finding the second one felt like a big win tonight.

Admittedly, I've picked up a lot of stuff in the last few days, so there will definitely be some listening and reading going on this week, in addition to getting back into the groove of learning and playing.
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