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Sat, 13 Nov 2004
As one might expect there are a huge number of radio stations servicing Austin, few of them even play half way decent stuff. When I picked up the rental car on Friday night I noted an MP3 logo on the front so burned a CD of a few favourite albums (all ones I own - not big on the idea of ripping off mp3s)
Put a bit of a mixture on the CDR - Rush (Moving Pictures), Marillion (A singles collection), Bruce Hornsby (Hothouse), Jamiroquai (A Funk Odessy), Derek Sherinian (Dark Utopia), Cold Chisel (Radio Songs - A best of), Van Halen (Best Of, Volume 1) and Liquid Tension Experiment (Liquid Tension Experiment) Ended up listening to all of them at some point or other. Last saturday was particuarly memorable in that respect, for lack of anything else to do just drove around and enjoyed the warmth of the afternoon and observed that Cold Chisel sounds just perfect here as it does in Oz. Another trip saw me doing Bruce Hornsby on the way there and Van Halen on the way back. I made marginally better time on the return journey!
Called in at the Guitar Center in Austin this weekend just to sneak a few minutes playing a keyboard :) Miss my piano
While checking the links for this entry I noticed that both Bruce Hornsby and Derek Sherinian have new albums out. Good friend of mine in Austin put me on to a blues artist called Colin James so thats at least three more to add to the collection when I get home.