My copy of the Tragically Hip's new album, Now for Plan A, finally arrived in the mail today one week after it was released and over a week after I ordered it. Yeah, I know, I could have downloaded it and been able to listen to it the day of its release, but I'm old-fashioned and wanted a physical copy of the album. I was willing to wait for the thrill of finding the package in my mailbox, ripping it open, and popping the CD in the disc player in my kitchen.
I get no thrill from downloading music, and in fact have had some horrible mishaps in which I've lost downloaded music into some electronic black hole, so I will probably be the last person on earth to continue buying CDs.
Once I have a chance to give it a proper listen with pen and paper in hand, I'll bore all of you with a little review in this blog. I like what I heard when I played it earlier today, but it was more background noise as I was busy doing other things around the house.
Oh yeah, not only did I finish reading the Damien Echols book, but I finally finished the Dan Wakefield book I mentioned earlier. What a fun read that was. I'd characterize it more as a "guy book", as the two protagonists are young ex-GIs trying to navigate their way through sex, love, relationships, crazy conservative parents, and more sex. This is not to say women wouldn't enjoy the book, but I think men would certainly relate to it more--and some women may be turned off by these guys's absurd and naive attitudes towards women. (But keep in mind that this book takes place in 1954).
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