I picked up the Ray Charles CD "Genius Loves Company" at work today. Aside from selling coffee related stuff, Starbucks also picked up the Hear Music catalog and features selections for sale at their stores.

Ray's CD of duets was recoorded in the last year of his life, and features excellent collaborations with a variety of artists. I had heard selections in the stores and on WEHM, and so far my favorites were "Here We Go Again" with Norah Jones and "Crazy Love" with Van Morrison. After hearing the CD, I don't think there's a single song that I don't like on it. This CD comes highly recommended by me!!!

Finally...a quiet weekend to myself!!

I got some serious house work done though....the apartment needed it bad.
But more than that, I need some me time to rejuvenate. So, between errands and grocery shopping, I made a stop at Pier One (one of my favorite little spots). Picked up some candles for the apartment. The only downfall was that annoying Holiday music. I mean, damn, I'll be sick of this stuff BEFORE Thanksgiving this year....

I went over Beth's last night, and we happened to catch Austin City Limits on PBS. They had a great show, featuring The Polyphonic Spree (they're taking a while to grow on me, I still think they're WAY over the top) and Ozomatli (who we both loved.) I'd heard Ozomatli's (Who Discovered)America on WRNX before and loved their live version. They closed their portion of the progam with a Drum Circle Jam. Right up my alley!!!

I picked up a great CD when I was working in Albany yeaterday. "World Groove" on Putumayo World Music. Great tunes, and it came with a bonus CD, "Putumayo Groove Sampler" I love listening to new and different music from all over, so these 2 CD's are a great addition to my collection. If you like this kind of music, I definately suggest giving it a listen.

Is it me, or has everytone started with the Holiday decorations and music WAY early this year. Starbucks started with their Holiday blitz this week. If I hear "Sleigh Ride" one more time.......It's only Novenber 12, and I'm sick of it allready.

I finally had to get out the Winter jacket last night. Yikes. Leaving the house at 5:10 this morning it was 24 degrees. Every year, I start to dread mid to late November more and more. Welcome to the dark time of the year, folks.

If you're wondering where all the pictures on my blog went, don't worry, it's not you. The site that I use to host the pictures (and my RadioBlog) seems to be either slow to respond lately, or as of today- down!

Why don't we just drag this fucking Iraq thing on a little longer? Bush is such a weenie, he dosent have to guts to commit to any military action in Fallujah before the election. Instead of saying what he intends to do with Iraq, he builds up a smokescreen with the fucking Gay Marriage thing. Asshole.

Four More Years. Oh shit....
George W. Bush is not MY President....