Ditto. Waaaaah!

I sent on all my stuff to tina. And I get stuff from Hayden and I don't think he's gotten anything new recently.

And I get stuff from Hayden and I don't think he's gotten anything new recently.

My bad. I have a few CDs I need to pass on.

t hangs-head-shamefully

As long as someone is shamed, we're all good.

Did Joe get the Angus/Moonlit set yet?

I got them this weekend. Haven't had a chance to copy them, but will do so this week.

Steve Earle will be performing today on the Leonard Lopate show. Show starts at noon. Looks like he's up second, so maybe 12:30. WNYC is really good about archiving its shows, so it should be available later this afternoon if you can't hear it while it's on.

I'm about to see Butterfly Boucher at Borders. Whee! I've had "Another White Dash" stuck in my head ever since I heard it on the cruise.

hangs-head-shamefully

Don't make us pull out the wagging fingers of shame, Jon. My other round robin has been fitful, too, though.

There was a very small crowd, maybe ten or twenty. I wasn't too surprised, since how would they have heard of her?

Butterfly is her real name (there's an amusing story on her website about how her mother came to the conclusion that it was the right name for her), and Boucher is pronounced to rhyme with "croucher." She's Australian, complete with accent, and very pretty. In her video and on the CD, her hair is always up, but this was my first time seeing her with her short hair down, and I think it looks better.

She did a sound check and then did a short acoustic set consisting of "Another White Dash," "Life Is Short," and "I Can't Make Me." She's got a great voice. She's touring with Sarah McLachlan, and I suppose their sounds are similar, but Butterfly is more upbeat and alt-poppy (I like making up genres).

Afterwards, I got my CD signed (ten-dollar CD, woo!), and I also got her to sign something for my brother, who already loves the CD. On a blank sheet of paper, I wrote, "My brother saw Butterfly Boucher and all I got was this stupid autograph." I told her she could draw something if she wanted, since the whole rest of the paper was blank. She drew a little picture of the mini-concert, with her onstage, her signature becoming the guitar, and little circles to represent "thousands of fans." I asked her to point to me, and she remembered where I was sitting and drew an arrow to my circle and gave me a happy face. It was the bloody coolest signature ever. I don't want to give it my brother now. But I will. I think.

I also took a picture with her and got her to sign the actual CD and not just the booklet. She's very nice, and fun to talk to. I like musical artists like that, who are just so happy to get their music out, for whom Borders appearances aren't a chore, who enjoy interacting with fans.

So she gets my thumbs up. Check her out.

So I have a little extra money this month and I got the AMG release e-mail today and thought I might drop some on cds. I listened to what samples I could on Amazon, but they're horrible quality, and too short to really get a feel for the cds.

Here's what I'm considering-
Drive by Tuckers- Southern Rock Opera (Liked what I could hear from the samples)
Dirty South (no samples)

The Unbroken Circle-Various artists doing good old country stuff- thinking of this as a gift for my cousin too

Geri Allen- Liked some of the samples- but wayyyyyyy too short for jazz. Would make an excellent gift for Mr. H

G Love- Hopefully there's a fuller sound than on the samples Could only listen to Yeah, It's That Easy, and Greatest Hits

Wiley- no samples, but it sounds interesting

Any thoughts?