Well, I should wrap this up. I was delayed in posting mostly because Saturday and Sunday were such hectic days that I took Monday off to try and recuperate. But that took until Tuesday. And here we are on Wednesday, and I'm still feeling the burn.

It appears (before expenses) that we did better this year than last year. Which is a Good Thing seeing that Friday turned out to be rained out and Sunday had enough rain to make the day slow. I still cooked a lot of food. I had some good volunteers working for me and some so-so volunteers.

The shuffle threw in a surprise on occasion, such as a George Harrison followed by a Beatles song, or two Brian Eno tracks in a row. Still seemed to be a preponderance of R.E.M. tracks. Considering that there are multiple days worth of music on the iPod, and some groups have significantly more tracks in the current load of songs, I dont' know why it seems to "hover" around certain groups.

And the musical mix ended with... The Beatles: "Come Together" (Abbey Road). "I'll Cry Instead"; "Tell Me Why" (A Hard Day's Night). "Happiness is a Warm Gun"; "Savoy Truffle" (The Beatles). "Maggie Mae" (Let It Be).

David Bowie: "Blue Jean"; "Rebel Rebel" (ChangesBowie). "Ziggy Stardust" (Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars).

(Take a look at the science fiction of Alastair Reynolds for some spider references...)

Jackson Browne: "Cocaine" (Running on Empty).

David Byrne: "My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)" (The Catherine Wheel).

(An album that was always the first, or among the first, to be played on a new device when I got one.)

Channel Light Vessel: "Fish Owl Moon" (Automatic).

(An effort headed by Roger Eno. Good stuff.)

Collection: "An Ending (Ascent)" (Brian Eno) (Ambient: A Brief History of Ambient). Running on Empty" (Jackson Browne) (Forrest Gump). "Entrada and Shootout" (Heat).

The Clash: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" (Combat Rock).

Dire Straits: "New" (Communique). "Expresso Love" (Making Movies). "My Parties" (On Every Street).

Electric Light Orchestra: "Tightrope" (A New World Record). "Confusion" (Discovery). "Sweet Talkin' Woman"; "The Whale" (Out of the Blue).

Brian Eno: "King's Lead Hat" (Before and After Science). "Events in a Dense Fog"; "Inland Sea" (Music for Films).

Eno Moebius Roedelius: "Base & Apex"; "Tzim N'arki" (After the Heat).

Eno, Roger & St. John, Kate: "Heartland"; "Mr. Bosco" (The Familiar).

Peter Gabriel: "In Your Eyes" (So). "Only Us" (Us).

Genesis: "Dodo/Lurker" (Abacab).

Philip Glass: "Dracula Enters" (Dracula).

(I'd like to find a DVD of the film with the Glass soundtrack.)

George Harrison: "I Live for You" (All Things Must Pass).

Elton John: "Levon" (Greatest Hits, Volume II).

King Crimson: "Entry of the Crims"; "Three of a Perfect Pair" (Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal, 1984). "Elephant Talk" (Discipline). "21st Century Schizoid Man, including 'Mirrors'" (In the Court of the Crimson King). "The Letters" (Islands).

Mark Knopfler: "Stand Up Guy" (One Take Radio Sessions).

(Knopfler is an amazing guy.)

Annie Lennox: "Primitive" (Diva).

Sarah McLachlan: "Good Enough" (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy). "Full of Grace"; "Sweet Surrender" (Surfacing).

Tom Petty: "Free Fallin'" (Full Moon Fever).

Pink Floyd: "When You're In" (Obscured by Clouds).

The Police: "Rehumanize Yourself" (Ghost in the Machine).

R.E.M.: "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1"; "Nightswimming" (Automatic for the People). "Burning Down" (Dead Letter Office). "Oddfellows Local 151" (Document). "Wendell Gee" (Fables of the Reconstruction). "This World"; "World Leader Pretend" (Green).

Robert Rich: "Dervish Dreamtime"; "Oak Spirits" (Sunyata).

(O.K., I cheated on this one. I took the iPod off of shuffle and played the album straight through.)

Steve Roach: "The Dream Circle" (The Dream Circle). "Towards the Dream"; "The Continent"; "Songline"; Airtribe Meets the Dream Ghost"; "A Circular Ceremony"; "The Other Side"; "Magnificent Gallery"; "Truth in Passing"; "Australian Dawn—The Quiet Earth Cries Inside"; "Looking for Safety"; "Through a Strong Eye"; "The Ancient Day"; "Red Twilight with the Old Ones"; "Early Dawn" (Dreamtime Return).

(Partial cheating here. "The Dream Circle" is an album-long track. I took the iPod off of shuffle for the second album, to get the full experience while washing up one night.)

Todd Rundgren: "Good Vibrations" (Faithful).

Paul Simon: "Under African Skies" (Graceland).

Steely Dan: "Parker's Band"; "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (Pretzel Logic). "The Royal Scam" (The Royal Scam). "Jack of Speed" (Two Against Nature).

Sting: "Ghost Story" (Brand New Day). "Love is the Seventh Wave" (The Dream of the Blue Turtles). "You Still Touch Me" (Mercury Falling). "Island of Souls"; "Saint Agnes and the Burning Train" (The Soul Cages).

Suspended Memories: "Mutual Tribes" (Forgotten Gods).

Talking Heads: "Animals"; "Building On Fire" (The Name of This Band is Talking Heads).

(For some reason, I never liked the song "Animals". "Building on Fire" is a good track, and smokes in the live version.)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: "Big Boss Man" (Playback).

U2: "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" (Actung Baby). "Do You Feel Loved" (Pop).

Utopia: "The Matyr" (Oops! Wrong Planet).

Steve Winwood: "Real Love" (Junction Seven). "Holding On"; "Shining Song" (Roll With It).

XTC: "Chalkhills and Children" (Oranges & Lemons).

Hans Zimmer: "Tribal War" (Blackhawk Down).

(Have the book coming into rotation for a re-read...)

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