Downton Abbey since the beginning of the week.
Great cast, great story. I never tire of these English periodical dramas.

A Renault Clio IV, the like of the picture below, without the blue sportish bullshit.

Mike is right. Many cars still have cd players, but I should have precised that THE models I had views on (from the manufacturer I trust because I had a previous one from them which lasted 23 or so years without any problem) and that I can afford don't. Hence the disappointment. Now, if I have to go...

The idea was also to avoid using digitized music (and I have no iPod... Still using portable cd players when on the move - I'm a dinosaur, I know) and continue to be able to choose a disc from the shelves right before leaving in the morning and put it in the car. Multi-disc player in the trunk might...

Recommendation noted. Seems intriguing enough from what I could get from googling it.

Looking for a replacement to my 23-year old car, I just discovered that most recent vehicles don't have cd players anymore, not even as an option. Bluetooth is the new thing, but what if you don't use your phone to store and listen to music?

I've been mostly avoiding to read superhero comics these past years (eventual hype about so-called new takes on the genre has fallen flat so often in the past), but really enjoyed Bendis/Mack/Janson/Sienkiewicz' Daredevil: End of Days . http://multiversitycomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/darede...

I think I'll watch the A Token Of His Extreme DVD tonight.

Sad day.
RIP George Duke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usC2msFdX94

Eat That Question (from The Grand Wazoo) on repeat...

Meanwhile... Going through most of the first half of the 80s over the last couple of days. Am surprisingly well-disposed towards some albums from that period I sometimes skip during my annual Zappathon. You Are What You Is Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (probably my favorite cover a...

Back to reading reissues of old 2000 A.D. comics after I finished reading Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey (great), 2010: Odyssey Two (good), 2061: Odyssey Three (so-so) a couple of weeks ago. Didn't have the nerve to try 3001: The Final Odyssey yet, as I fear Monte's definitive statement on...

The One we've been waiting for...
Hope 2013/2014 will be the year it finally happens (after so many false starts).

Blue Train wrote:Speaking of Zappa. First official release of A Token of his Extreme.

http://www.amazon.com/Token-His-Extreme ... B00CA4S2PO

Email this morning says my copy's on the way and should land here next wednesday. Yipee.

John Belushi is the samurai, right? Not that much time today to put the headphones on, but... Managed to go through Tinseltown Rebellion and most of Shut Up and Play Your Guitar http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/Zappa_Tinseltown_Rebellion.jpg/220px-Zappa_Tinseltown_Rebellion.jpg ht...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBGQ1xVroqk

Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)

"Dooooreeeeen!" Vocalists. The great strength of many tracks along the way. My first exposure to Zappa was Sheik Yerbouti . I was 11 I believe, on vacation in Germany with friends of my parents, and hated it. Still not among favorites, but I re-listened to it a year or maybe two later (li...

Sorry, Kelly.

Harder Than Your Husband is from You Are What You Is, right?
Shoudn't be too long before I reach it, though I had first thought of going back to the 60s after the 70s, but I'm so close to reaching the 80s, I don't know anymore.

Should I ??
But, but... I'm On The Bus!

Yes, RW on The Illinois Enema Bandit is amazing.

Right now:
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage

Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures
Frank Zappa - In New York

The Torture Never Stops

Scott Dolan wrote:Oh man, you can't listen to Roxy and One Size without cranking up YCDTOSA Vol. 2!

You're probably right.
But all my YCDTOSA CDs are in the office right now, so I've got to do without them, until monday at least.

Zappathon continues:
Just Another Band from L.A.
Roxy & Elsewhere
One Size Fits All
Bongo Fury

I've always listened to the man's music, not often, not compulsively, but on a regular basis as a kid or teenager and since. Didn't like the news a few hours ago. The communication mentions: "Donations are not needed; but he was a great lover of animals so, if you like, donations can be made to...

Same here, I hadn't re-listened to it for long and the second half of it notably is pretty awesome.

Frank Zappa again today.

Right now: Apostrophe

Earlier:
Over-Nite Sensation
Waka/Jawaka
The Grand Wazoo
The Dub Room Special
The Lost Episodes