And? Were you mentioned in the "dedications"?

I just bought What We Saw From the Cheap Seats because Regina deserves my money. Thanks for the recommendation, CV. Good stuff.

I also bought the new Sigur Ros album, Valtari, after an acquaintance described it as "a crystal cave inside a music box floating through a nebula." He nailed the description.

I still haven't really listened to any Sigur Ros. I should give them a fair shake sometime.

Thanks for supporting Regina!

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

I've been distracted by Emily Wells, Marina and the Diamonds, Garbage, and Regina Spektor, but the new Brendan Benson is pretty good, too.

I had heard that Jonny Lang had a release before "Lie To Me" but I had only found out that it was available again as an import: Smokin'.

I received it yesterday and just listened for the first time this morning. It wasn't a critical listen...I'm multitasking... but I think this might be the best pure electric blues disc I've bought in an awfully long time! If you like the younger Jonny Lang when he was a blues prodigy, check it out!

Mark I believe 'Smokin' has been Johnny Lang's best disc so far, I'm not too terribly enthused about *most* of his later stuff.

I was listening to XM/Sirius radio on the way home from work a day or two prior to Memorial Day and they were playing a war and peace set when I heard the following song and really, really liked it so I found out who they were (missed their name on the radio) and ordered the disc the song was on and have been pleasantly surprised with the entire disc which is called 'Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat' the band's name is Carbon Leaf...

'The War Was In Color'

Being a JL fan I'll have to look into it. Seen him twice live and he puts on a great show.

Last week I was driving my Mom to Halifax for a medical procedure. When I asked her about the anaesthetic, as she is allergic to many of the general forms, she said it would be local and that she hoped it would be just enough to be comfortably numb.

This led to me playing some Pink Floyd so I could explain why I chuckled after she said "comfortably numb." To my surprise, she really liked it and we listed to a good bit of The Wall, Wish You Were Here and The Division Bell.

An unexpected experience that made our 4 hour drive a lot more fun.

And so the joint you shared in the car helped her with her procedure?