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Since I love Greek mythology, have to recommend Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Takes a fun turn on the stories and a hero with ADHD. Another audio version I love too.

Bad news, my TECHNICS CD player finally died after 32 years!

In a perfect world we'd get to see the Rangers -- should they win this thing -- do it on their home field in front of their fans who have been waiting since 1961to see them win their first Series, but they gotta take care of business tonight. Besides, having a perfect postseason road record, especially with the wild card round added in, would be a nice accomplishment.

Who? . #rollingstone

Thank mew, blackhawkrush!

The Invisible Man, 1932, with Claude Rains.

Many Happy Returns Babycat!

Have a very Happy Birthday!

Presumed Innocent

I saw that he was dropped from the team roster. He was all set up to have a fairy tale year, ending with a huge bang. What a shame.

Only two points from a playoff spot.

I hope tonight is the last one.

Savatage- Gutter Ballet The title track is an absolute thrill to listen too.

Stones - Dear Doctor

Dream Theater- Systematic Chaos Oh well, I really enjoyed this today. There are things I don't like...but overall I was very taken by this album!

Neil - Southern Man

SHUSH YOU I PLAYED THE TITLE TRACK LIKE FIVE TIMES

This is another one to enjoy on audio, Jacques is the narrator and then there is a cast for all the characters, lots of fun!

Jim Dale does a fantastic job narrating them, have listened many times Read it in hardcover first multiple times as well.

That went off the rails pretty fast, guess it is going to be up and down for a bit. They really played great against Vegas so there is hope.

Julian Lennon - Too Late for Goodbyes

Last night, I'm still confused...

Agreed. With any song there could be many routes to a connection with me. A vocal can save or kill a song. Lyrics can save a horrible band. Great playing can save terrible lyrics. And the converse is true. Any failing among these can kill a song for me. I can't explain why one song is saved by something I like despite something I hate, or why a song with a great part is killed by another. Color of Right is a song saved by the vocal and the emotion. Stick it Out (good music) was killed by the refrain "Stick it ouuut". Does this make sense? Not really. It doesn't have to. I give the debut a hard time for the lyrics- but I do want to be clear about that. The playing is fantastic. It rocks from start to finish in the best way. I used to say, even recently, that if that was the only kind of music they ever made I'd think they were good but might own nothing by them, maybe just a greatest hits at most. That's not true, though. That's me still comparing them to the Rush I was introduced to. I had every Roth era Van Halen album at one time. I had Aerosmith albums. AC/DC. And so on. Obviously I don't need strong lyrics. (no slight- each of those bands did 'okay' at times, but they all fall hard at others). So if Rush were only ever the band that made that first album, I'd love that band anyway. A clear case of music saving bad lyrics. So I'll go on hating Stick it Out and Loving Color of Right. So there you have it. I was so full of right I couldn't see what was true.

You better buy yourself a seatbelt and force yourself to stay through the whole album next time.

There may be something to that...

46 on the NFL today, with Golden Tate as a Lion-Giant responsible for 36 of that....

Billy Idol - To Be a Lover

But last night their decades long problem-a wealth of offensive holding penalties- threatened to do them in.

I cannot believe that 3rd base coach, seeing Garcia charging in and getting quickly to a hard-hit ball, seriously waved Walker in -- before changing his mind too late! I don't know if a base coach can get a TOOTBLAN, but that dude deserves one.

(The) Jack - AC/DC

Gonna have to renew my Paramount/Showtime subscription for a month for this especially since Showtime has that Michael Jackson Thriller documentary in December. Good time to get into seasons 2 and 3 of Yellowjackets as well. On top of that, it's nice to see Ged and Les back together.

Aerosmith - Aerosmith

(The) Omen

"Oooh kay." RIP, Bull.

Well, I am playing A LOT of Dream Theater. I love them, even though I truly can't stand some of their albums, I find myself coming back to them and each and every time I find something new to appreciate. The Mangini era as it turns out it was really cemented my interest in them. I particularly love the self titled and the last two albums, but Awake remains my number one album by them. But seriously, as someone who used to find them infuriating as much as fascinating, there is no denying I love them now.

Or George Strombo maybe.