Day: April 11, 2006

Oh boy, oh boy. A new Sam Roberts Band album.

You may not know me, but I’m a big Sam Roberts fan. I love their music, I love their live show even more. They get into those jams that take you to the other place.

Let’s be honest, I haven’t picked up the new album yet. I can’t review it entirely. I’m sitting here anxiously counting 7 hours to go until I can go pick it up.

There’s only one thing I hate about iPods. When I go to the record store, I can’t rip open the packaging and pop the CD into my iPod. I have to sit patiently on the bus ride home while staring at the album.

Anyhow, I have heard 5 tracks off of this album so far and they are stellar. They are different from one another so I am curious to see how the album holds up as one solid piece of musical art.

Will I be disappointed? Probably not. I constantly listen to the tracks I recorded off the radio the other night…

My review will come within 24 hours I suspect, unless I’m lost in the music.

On another note of interest – Jeff Martin (of Tea Party fame) has his solo album out today. Should be good! Back to the old Eastern-style influences I hear…

I finally got around to reading this book through all the other literatures that I needed to read in this past semester.

A Game of Thrones is a fantasy novel based in the Seven Kingdoms…somewhere far off where the dragons have left the lands and the king rules all along with his trusty sidekicks across the realm.

Alas, not all is well and the King’s right hand man is dead. So the King’s ever faithful friend Eddard Stark comes in to help as well as secretly look into the rumours that this may have been a murder.

This book is excellent. EXCELLENT! It’s quite long, but never boring. The chapters focus in a few characters stories spread out across the land and how they intertwine with one another’s.

I enjoyed the freshness from other fantasy novels and the intricate story that was laid out. I quickly went out to buy the next book in the series and did not balk at the 1000 pages that are spread out before me to read. Chances are, the new school semester will put a hold on reading this for awhile.

I would recommend this both to fantasy novel aficiandos and also those who just enjoy a good read.