Don't Knock It Until You Try It...Try It, THEN Knock It

I've gotten a couple of free iTunes music downloads from Starbucks this week...KT Tunstall (One Day...not my favorite song of hers, but GREAT bass line), and this morning...Keith Urban.

Well, not usually a country fan, I decided to give it a try. Can't hurt, right? It's free, anyway.

So...turns out the music isn't THAT bad, but the lyrics are completely banal, and his singing is pretty bad. Not sure how people decide who the popular artists are. I would recommend his band go and create some intrumental albums without Mr. Urban there to fuck up the song for them.

I'll keep this in my library as a reminder to avoid it in the future.

Still not nearly as bad as James Blunt's sad screechy two-note "You're Beautiful" pile of shite that should honestly be considered some kind of war crime. Keeps me from spending all my hard-earned scrilla, though, as I have to avoid shopping for fear of being unwittingly subjected to it.

Maisie in the Cave

Maisie in the Cave
Originally uploaded by jceddy.

So I've been kicking around Ithaca for almost a week, and haven't really taken any pictures...I will try to get some today.

I did run into someone who played hockey with Greg Graffin, which was pretty interesting.

My drive back starts this evening.

Trucks

Trucks
Originally uploaded by jceddy.

After skipping over a bitty strip of Pennsylvania, I stopped in this small town just in side New York where it's all farms. And trucks.