A bum is me

Just checking in. Been neglecting the blogs this week, but there's no issue (besides laziness)

Be back today, tomorrow, next week, whenever I get my act together!

BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE

Listen to BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE by George Akaeze & His Augmented Hits.

Hello readers! With the coming of the new year, we've reached a milestone of sorts here. It's been two years of regular posting, with around 400 songs picked, blogged, downloaded and commented on. Much of the picking and the blogging has been done by our very able guest bloggers, John, Jason, Laura, Corbett, Stu, & Chris, and for that I owe them all a big hand. The bulk of it, though, obviously, has been me, and it's time for me to scale back, to what degree I can't yet say. Posting four times a week takes some time & inspiration, and I've had less and less of both, especially as my computer has entered middle age along with me. Things just run slower.

I'm speaking for me only--John and Jason may or may not be keeping up their regular Friday slots, depending on how they feel--but I won't be posting with any regularity for the foreseeable future. We'll see how it goes. Thanks to all of you for visiting, and happy new year!

Photo: LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE.

It's like that

One last apology, no more promises. So, it seems it's a lot harder to get back in the blog habit once you break it. So, sorry for not having any new material for you this week, and I'm not going to promise anything new before Christmas, at least not from me.

Hi dere

I hope you've been enjoying my sabbatical week as much as I have!

I've mostly stayed away from music all week, giving my ears a rest before I focus on our annual holiday mix. The only thing I've really been listening to is this album by Bran Nu Classix. I feel like I'd like to shill for them a little bit, even though I guess it's not shilling since I paid retail for the album! They are two degrees of separation from me since my friend Freddie went to school with them way back when, and he's working on a documentary for them too. But that's all I know. Anyway, this is fresh & easy hip hop for any of you craving that.

I also had one more listen to Andrew Vladeck's new EP. I don't think I ever did a review of his release party concert, and won't do one now, except to remark at how tough he's gotten his banjo to sound lately. I mean, the set was pretty much just him and his banjo, and he was acting like he was rockin out the Mercury Lounge. And he was! I don't really know how much he's been touring lately but he seemed on the top of his game. Anyway, go pay retail for his EP or even just go download it.

Sneaky

Photo: Sneak peek at Trump Soho.

Lighthouse

Photo: Lighthouse.

Drive In _otel

Photo: Drive In _otel.

Bummin' around

There will be no tunes from me this week, as I start to focus on this year's holiday mix. If any of our many guest bloggers want to share something, they are more than welcome to, otherwise, I'll start rolling things out next week.

I've also got a backlog of eight million blog photos, so you'll at least have a few of those to keep you entertained.

Photo: Bummin' around.

No blog today

But we'll have something for you tomorrow...

The livin is easy

...or the day after. Apologies for no blog fix the last couple of days. We are recharging our batteries a bit. But we still probably could have put something together were it not for the Euro 2008 final Sunday afternoon (our normal blog planning time) rendered us somewhat tired and emotional. Anyway, we'll have a few offerings the rest of the week and ease back into a normal posting schedule next week.

By the way, we're also debuting our new point and shoot camera this week. I think it looks okay!

In the summertime

We're taking a break from the blog today. We'll be back tomorrow...

More fishin'

Jason and I are both too tired from watching Euro 2008 to have any good songs today. If one of the other amigos wants to jump in with something, maybe they will, otherwise, see you all Monday!