1. Chant. Nothing like a bunch of chanting Benedictine monks to chill you out after a long day. Unfortunately, McDonalds is starting their Big Mac Chant campaign. Frightening, I think, that fast food has become so religious.
2. Steven Isserlis, Cello World. I love cello, and this guy is amazing, even if his name is a lisp. Very good listening, except for track 13, 'The Child Lived.' The soprano is just too damn obnoxious. She's still not as annoying, though, as Cecilia Bartoli, who can sing and over- act at the same time.
3. John Lee Hooker, The Very Best Of. "Best Of" albums can bug me sometimes, as the editors like to lump all of the song that are in the same key one right after the other. This makes for monotony. If, however, you have one of those handy "Random" buttons, this is the perfect CD to put it to use on.
4. Weird Al Yanchovich, Running with Scissors. Weird Al is one of my heroes. Only he can wear a tutu, polka- dot boxer shorts and a Spongebob Squarepants t- shirt, and still manage to make Eminem look like a dumbass. I've loved the infamous Al since I was very young. The first album my dad ever got me was "Even Worse," the parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad." I listened to it until it vanished. I guess someone else liked it even more- or perhaps their ears were bleeding after the 27,000th play of "Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White."
Running with Scissors is a classic, as every Weird Al album is destined to be.
This week's LOSER:
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime II. I like Queensryche. I love Geoff Tate's voice. I'd heard Operation Mindcrime was pretty good, but neglected to see the II on this one. Yeargh. All I can say about this one is, take the title literally. Except for the II.
Can anyone refer me to any good authors who don't write about bonnet- wearing girls and horse- drawn- carriage romances, vampires who are hundreds of years old yet manage to be suavishly modern, or talking dragons with tendencies to be either Good or Evil?
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