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Hello again! So, I finished hosting trivia around 11pm on Tuesday.  Swung by my friend, Scott's place for a few.  He showed me a really funny episode of "Children's Hospital".  Then, I headed over to Pete & Cate's for a few hours of hanging and good times. I left there around 4am; a bit later than expected.  Heading back to Ventura, here's what the Ipod played for me: 1.  If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens A nice mellow opening to an hour on the road.  I liked this song even before I saw Harold & Maude .  Of course, I liked it even more after. 2.  Away When You Were Here - Ben Folds Five From the new (yes, new!) Ben Folds Five, The Sound of the Life of the Mind .  This is the 2nd track I've heard from the new CD.  It seems to be about someone dealing with feelings about their distant, now deceased father.  Good song; depressing topic. 3.  Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed This is from New York, which is probably my favorite Lou Reed

,,,Hey there!  Here's part 2 of this little experiment.  I left L.A. around 2:30am after a fun night of hosting Trivia and spending some time with my friends. Here's what I got to listen to (via Ipod Shuffle) on the way Home to Emily : 1.  Ain't That a Kick in the Head - Dean Martin This is from the "Cool Then, Cool Now" CD.  I love it when they keep studio banter in songs like this.  This one, however is unusual, in that it "features" Kevin Spacey (which I just found out) from one of those duets-after-they-are-dead collections.  Well, it still works. 2.  Out On the Road (Mondo Version) - Norah Jones Fun - and appropriate - song from her new one, "Little Broken Hearts", produced by Brian Burton AKA Danger Mouse. 3.  Fighting (Instrumental) - Elmer Bernstein 2 weeks in a row, Mr. Bernstein makes the list.  As I said before, I really like the score to Heavy Metal (1981) .  This is from the last story from the Loc-Nar called "Taar

Every Tuesday, I drive down to Los Angeles from Ventura. More specifically, I head to Barney's Beanery in West Hollywood to host Trivia (9pm. Come check it out sometime!). After, I usually head to my good friend's home (that would be Pete & Cate) and enjoy a few hours hanging out with some of my very great, gracious and generous friends. The trip is 60 miles, each way. That gives me about 2 hours each Tuesday to listen to whatever music I have on my ipod. I have an 8GB so I tend to rotate music off and on it frequently. Recently, as suggested by my love, Emily, I listened to the entire ipod, alphabetized by song. That guaranteed I actually hear each song at least once. I highly recommend doing this. The only rules are: 1. No skipping any tracks 2. No repeating any tracks. It took me a few months to get through my ipod, from A to $64,000 (the last song was the theme song to the $64,000 Question). Since then, I have swapped out a lot of songs for new music.