Friday and the Random 10 (Higher Power Edition)

Well things are finally getting back to normal around here. I have been working a lot more (now that I have reliable transportation) and have even started training at a new area: ESPN Wide World of Sports. Don't worry though. I'm staying on trains. Somehow in the middle of all this I managed to finish reading another book. Well I actually couldn't put it down once I started and finished it in 24 hours. It was called The Martian by Andy Weir. Highly recommended and soon to be a major motion picture with Matt Damon. Looking forward to the movie, but for now how about some tunes instead? Oh yeah!

Also, Journey continued down their Love Song Spiral of Doom™©® all the way to Exile Island. Good riddance.

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Let's make some magic!

1) Billy Joel/James (Turnstiles) - Never heard this one before. Typical Billy on the piano.

2) Evanescence/Say You Will (Greatest Hits 2) - I thought I was going to love them because I'm a sucker for female singers in a rock band (especially a prog one), but so far: meh.

3) Boston/Higher Power (Greatest Hits) - Maybe their last great song? This was the new studio track. Awesome.

4) Steve Howe/Mainland (Homebrew 4) - No idea what this demo turned out to be and I'm too lazy to look it up. None of it sounds familiar.

5) Styx/What Have They Done To You (Brave New World) - The last album to have DDY on it. The best songs were ones he wasn't even involved with.

6) Billy Joel/Shades of Grey (River of Dreams) - Okay first of all, banned. Second of all this song sucks. Bye.

7) Apollo 440/Altamont Super-Highway Revisited (Electro Glide in Blue) - Still awesome and still funky.

8) Cast/One More Angel in Heaven (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Soundtrack) - The funny western styled song about the brothers lying about what happened to Joseph and saying he died from a battle with a goat. No really.

9) Unitopia/Suffocation (Artificial) - Another one of those "newer" bands I have found that paint atmospheres with their music. Also, welcome to the party. We haven't had a new one in awhile.

10) Triumvirat/The Deadly Dream of Freedom (Spartacus) - Wow, back to back new ones! Maybe me deleting some stuff is finally paying off. This is actually a German prog band. Nice piano work and thank the gods it's in English.

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The STCS for this week goes to Toto/Without Your Love (Africa: Best of Toto). Probably way too wimpy for these guys, though I hear they really dig Africa. I mean who doesn't? In other news Mr. William Joel returns to Exile Island. A place he knows so well. He will be alone because Journey did not summon the Tarkus by attempting to appear after a banning.

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As always stay cool/dry and comfy wherever you are. Go Braves and Roll Tide!

Play us out boys!

Because Boston is always cool.

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