Them Crooked Vultures and a head cold

That's right. Just look at this nose, a year after my septoplasty to fix the ruckus up there and whooooooat do you know? All back to normal and still funky. Oh well, could be worse, could have eaten some bad bacon and gotten swine flu (da dum chee!)

Maddie is learning to laugh, which is unexplainably awesome. Kylun is also learning his artistic side, which obviously makes me happy. Kid has a great imagination! Krisi is amazing at ever by balancing everything everyday and I learn from her constantly. Overall, very blessed and thankful.

Picked up Them Crooked Vultures album today and have to say it's incredible. Don't take my word for it, just listen to the whole thing up for free on youtube like I did last week. You will run to the store to pick it up or itunes if you are one of those folk. The album is everything, and I mean everything you'd expect from Josh, JPJ and Big Dave. It does lay heavy use on the "Era" & "Songs" QOTSA albums, as well as plenty of Zeppelin and Cream hints all around. Only a smidgen of any Foo refs, maybe just the in your face jamming on a few tracks and Dave's occasional background vocals. Mark Lanegan 'may' be singing on a couple, but as we've heard on "Era", Josh seems to mimic Mark at times. I'm very happy with the outcome here.

As we had with "Songs", Josh seems to try harder at his ideas and not settle when up with his idols on board. JPJ is as active and unbelievable as ever. This is one not to miss and it'll keep you happy, entertained and probably in heavy rotation. It's a rare album that gets even better with every listen (I'm on 8th spin since I bought it this morning including the 4 times I listened through the free stream last week on youtube).

So far this year only 3 other albums have come out that I can say the same for: Gomez: A New Tide; Into the Presence: Into the Presence ; and of course Dethklok: Dethalbum II. So the year is wrapping up pretty good minus the few mega musical disappointments given. Not sure what to expect for next year, but I'm all about super groups that do it right.

I'm always down for other finds, so drop them by me
-Grandad