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I have that Emily Haines album. Overall, the album has been hard for me to get into, but it seems to be a slow-grower. I particularly like "Doctor Blind," "Our Hell," and "Nothing & Nowhere."

Red Hot Chile Peppers, Stadium Arcadium.
It was a stretch for me to buy this CD as I didn't know if I could handle a double CD set of RHCP tunes but I have to say I was surprised. CD1 is very impressive in song and sound. They definately doing some 'experimentation with their instrumentation', an almost rhyme in tradition with their music. Every song stood on it's own.

CD 2, I'm still getting used to. They are defiantly doing more experimentation but they moved further away from their trademark sound so while they are still great songs, they just don't have that something special (less peppers in the recipe) that makes it stand out over other music.

In short, CD2 is good listening music if you are absorbed in something else while CD1 makes you want to do nothing else but listen.

Also, I love any band where the bass player is allowed to be part of the song instead of just 'supporting' the song.

Also, I had to get over the cheesy cover art, but just like the music, it's much better inside.

"Time Pieces" by Clapton.

Just finished listening to this superb Scheherazade the mailman brought me today, which is Stokowski's classic performance, remastered by Cala in co-operation with the Stokowski Society. Also included is a fiery Marche Slave he conducted on his 90th birthday and about 21 interesting minutes of his pointed and humorous comments in rehearsal for Scheherazade. If you don't have enough Scheherazades(say less than a half-dozen), consider adding this gem.

Relient K Five Score and Seven Years ago.

Also... TobyMac Portable Sounds.

Both are amazingly well recorded. They have that "play lots of times over and hear something new each time" quality to them.

Was listening to Point Of Grace life,love,and other mysteries in the car today. Notice a similarity with the above tunes?

Mmmhmmm...

I like supporting those types of bands.

Actually, both of the aforementioned albums hit top 10 on the Billboard 200 list. That's pretty impressive.

The wifey took the kids up to visit her folks during Spring Break. Right now I've got a little Stevie Ray cranked up to very high dB's, "The Sky is Crying".....

Oh man the Emotiva amp is doing mighty fine. I can guarantee you the Denon never sounded this good at loud levels, no way, I don't care what the papers say.

Ok, the wine tastes pretty good also....

Neil Young - Massey Hall 1971 ... pretty good stuff.