So maybe I should get a new needle for my record player? W/ LATE EDIT

I always hang my head in shame when people I'm around start talking about music, their favorite singers, groups, songs, etc.  They watch American Idol and Boy Does She Have Pipes! and they dial 900-blah-blah to vote for their favorites early and often.  They have entire walls of shelves full of CD's....they still make CD's, right?  

I don't listen to much music.  I can't even get in the conversation.  And odds are, their favorite genre of music hands down is Country and Western....it's everywhere.

"I might not listen to much music, but when I do, you can bet your ass it isn't C&W."

Does this make me a bad person?

Back in my yout I listened to all kinds of music, even kountry.  Some of the old guys sounded believable when they sang about their "old lady" runnin' off with the beer truck driver and drinkin' up all the rent money.  The new drugstore cowboy singers....not so much.   And Rap and R&B....since when did music do away with a melody? 

I'm sure it's just a generational thing.  When I was a kid I remember my parents hanging on to their Big Bands.  My generation still hangs on to their Doo-Wop and Motown and Beatles and Stones.

  You think today's kids will be bouncing around in their walkers, still rapping 50 years from now?   *disturbing visual*

Speaking of, it makes me sad to see a bunch of old prune-faced guys with thin stringy hair(s) and ear rings (or are those hearing aids disguised as ear rings?) shuffle out on stage for one last "Last Tour" tour. 

Pink Floyd, however, gets a permanent pass. ;)

What little musical appreciation I do have, however, is very eclectic.  I never tire of Ray Charles or Stevie Ray Vaughan.  And Marcia Ball with her piano and Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck with their guitars will always amaze me.  Enya from Ireland and Andre Rieu, the Flying Dutchman, are special, too.  

I like Nora Jones and soft jazz and the beat of much of the Caribbean music.  I'm not a fan of Sonic Drive-in's burgers, but at least they play '60's rock 'n roll over their speakers while you sit and eat.

And if I do have to listen to country and western, please God, at least let it be George Strait.  ;)

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LATE EDIT:  My friend Scott Roberts just turned me on to someone new (to me at least), Sara Niemietz.  Check THIS.

Playing "air timpani" with Enya

As my idol Alfred E. Neuman once said, "Why be normal?"


I learned long ago I wasn't coordinated enough to play "air guitar", but I can tear a timpani up!  (It's a kettle drum)  Tonight I was sitting around listening to my iPhone/Pod (Aaron Neville, Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, Carla Bruni, Norah Jones, Pink Floyd) and I re-discovered my Enya collection.  She's an awesome Irish female singer/songwriter, really big in Europe.  I wish she'd tour here as I would go out of my way to see her.  And if her timpani player should suddenly take ill, I'm ready!


We got a bit of a break on the heat today....until about 4 pm.  It was cloudy all day until then, and we even got sprinkled on.  Nice!  But late in the day the sun broke through and the temperature shot back up into "Oh Shit!" territory.  We officially topped out at 102 for the 25th straight day of 100 degrees or more.   :(


My favorite OCD client notified us today he was going to be out of town on business until August 8th.  Actually things will soon be much better from my standpoint as my part of his home (structural) is about finished, and now my brother will soon be taking the lead with color selections and the detail stuff.


Hope you have things going your way, too.


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