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Day One Hundred Sixty Three (Year Five)

Today was pretty great.  My brother is still here, and that inspired an adventure that turned out pretty great.  We stopped off at what I expected to be "just another used CD store."  I've driven past it almost every day for a year and a half, but never quite found the time to stop in and see what they had.  On some level, that makes me feel like I'm losing my touch a bit, but no matter.  Today was the day I finally stopped in.  It's the usual rows of unorganized CDs around the outer edge of the store, but the  middle of it is jam packed with vinyl.  It was a great little place that I'll definitely be stopping at again, and they got me to take three things home with me.

Born To Quit and Get Fired by The Smoking Popes (on CD)

and

Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet (on VINYL!).

The Sweet record was the 2014 reissue, and it's not like I don't have both the original CD release and the Deluxe Edition of it already, but when I saw it there, I knew it had to come home with me.  And besides, it will sound amazing on vinyl.

I grabbed the electric and a book of lessons out of the studio tonight, and sat at the kitchen table, working on some of them as my brother played video games across the room.  I got in some good playing, and was able to have him within earshot in case something came up that I wanted to consult with him about.  It was the best of both worlds, really.  He leaves tomorrow, and I don't feel like we've done enough music making while he has been here.

Today was most excellent, however.

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