Rick, man I've got my two Sony Changers on random shuffle and I'm hearing crap I never thought I had ... what the heck was I thinking.

B.J Thomas???? WTF?

I think I might have had to dig that one out Rick.

I do believe that particular song came from one of those '70s various rock Cd's....Yeah, uh huh, that's where it came from!

I can't say too much the wife just bought a Nick Lachey cd

Nick Lachey??

Every time I get into my wife's car I feel like I'm in an old folks home or something ... "Honey, want me to grab a couple of Cd's?" "No, that's OK"

A few days ago I had a recording from the 2004 Montreaux Jazz Festival playing in the background whilst doing other things, and heard something very non-jazz-like (evoking Appalachia, in fact) that made me stop what I was doing and find out the name of the artist: the harpist/singer/songwriter Joanna Newsom. That led me to purchase her album, The Milk-Eyed Mender, this afternoon, which I'm listening to now. She's a very talented harpist, and though it's an understatement to call her voice "quirky", it's quickly growing on me (and not like a fungus or anything). Her voice is sort of...innocent, fey and lacking in artifice of any kind. Her lyrics are also most entertaining. It's kind of hard to stay in a bad mood listening to this CD. Of what's played so far, the recording quality is impressive, except for track 6 (This Side of the Blue) which has some very nasty and prominent hum.

Just listened to a few samples of Joanna Newsom. Beautiful music. I can't get the harp playing out of my head. Yes, she has a quirky voice--not quirky "ugh, I can't stand it," but more "hey, I've never heard something quite like that before." It works with her music, though.

Thanks for the suggestion, Moridin.

This morning it's Rush, Fly by Night, through a set of Grado SR60s.

Rick....it's 7 in the morning, Rush? Man that's what I call kicking off the weekend!