Here’s what I’ve been listening to:

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I know a lot of people went bananas for Dylan’s latest CD. . .and I like it, honest I do. . .but there’s a sameness to it that just irks me — especially in light of his last one. It’s a good album, but when you listen to an album like Nashville Skyline it’s just, like, woah, man, this is a GREAT album, ya know?

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There’s a song on the Nonsuch World Explorers CD “The Real Bahamas” called “God Locked The Lion’s Jaw” that I’ve been listening to over and over again. I can say quite honestly that there’s no other song like this in the world. The whole album is great, but that song just takes me to some special place.

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And “The Real Bahamas Vol. 2” isn’t bad either.

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I don’t know what’s better, the bass fills on “Wasted Years” or the second guitar solo. I’m gonna’ say the solo — and I’ll do you one better: the second guitar solo on “Wasted Years” is the best hammer-on trilling solo not performed by Eddie Van Halen or Frank Zappa in all of recorded rock music. So there!

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Very dramatic music. Been making my way through all of Mahler’s symphonies. . .just digging into this for the first time now.

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Name me a better song to listen to at the gym than “Enter Sandman.” I don’t care how silly the lyrics are.