Musings

Hey y'all - well Hopkins is on spring break so I guess I am too!
No Lauderdale or Daytona for this statistician though - just working on stuff and enjoying the temporary calm before the storm of the 4th quarter starts on Monday!

So sicne seeing the Pogues I've been on an Irish rock kick - we sort of. I've picked up a few Pogues albums and also a live album by the Dropkick Murphys. Never had any interest in the Murphys before, but I gotta say this album is awesome - its a collection of live songs recorded over 3 nights circa St. Patrick's Day in 2002 in the Murphys hometown of Boston. This disc shreds, chock full of fist pumping singalong after singalong, loud roudy punk with sometimes bagpipe, tin whistle and mandolin accompamient.

Also rocking my world is something I've owned on vinyl for a while - just got MP3s for my Itunes and have rediscovered - Lightning Bolt's Wonderful Rainbow. Just drums and bass but this album is a BEAST! Get it, you won't be dissapointed. Well before getting this I saw Lightning Bolt in concert -without a doubt one of the most insane, intense shows I've seen - and I'm old.

Okay enough of my whitebread music tastes for now -
back in a flash!