We’re toast here. On the homestretch of prepping for nearly a couple weeks worth of down time that will be lots of driving as we hate airplanes and like the road. Having stopped fooling myself that eight-year-olds can appreciate scenery I’ve been stocking fodder for the portable DVD player…plus we’re passing through Texas. Twice.<\/p>\n
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Packing, for H.o.p., means two bags full of toys. And then there’s a third bag full of drawing paper and pens (done). And a fourth bag for his clothes (done). He figured out (he thinks) a way to get around my not letting him bring a third bag of toys. He pulled a number out of one bag that he says must come along but can’t be bagged “as they must be able to breathe” and refilled the bag with others that haven’t such delicate constitutions. I try to pare down and consolidate but we’re still going to be stuffing half the household into the car.<\/p>\n
H.o.p. is so excited he’s literally bouncing off the walls like an old-fashioned pinball game. Pow, pow, pow from one end of the apartment to the other he ricochets. “We’re going on vacation!”<\/p>\n
It never occurred to me that the nearest Borders wouldn’t have Ennio Morricone (none!) and our old CD of it is shot. So I’ve ordered through Amazon 2 volumes of Ennio and Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio which will be waiting out West for us by the time we get there. Besides our having satellite radio this time around, here’s what else we’re packing music wise:<\/p>\n
Cannonball Adderly – Country Preacher
\nJames Brown – 20 All Time Greatest Hits
\nTelegram – Sessions at 800 East
\nRoy Rogers compilation
\nTom Waites – Mule Variations
\nHeston – Storybook (unreleased)
\nDoc Watson compilation
\nYo-yo Ma – Bach Cello Suites
\nYo-yo Ma – Mozart Quartets
\nWuTang – The W
\nKanye West – Late Registration
\nCommon – Be
\nMos Def – The New Danger
\nOutkast – Idlewild
\nBusta Rhymes – Greatest Hits
\nBob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
\nWood Brothers
\nChinese Music compilation
\nMoroccan Street Music
\nThe Musicians of the Nile
\nGnawa Music of Marakesh
\nReny Ongala – Songs for the Poor Man
\nPaula Pima
\nGrupo – Fundo De Quintal
\nDave Bartholomew Collection – Volumes 1 and 2
\nWu-Tang Clan – 39 Chambers
\nKing Curtis – Live at the Filmore West
\nJimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
\nJimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced
\nDavid Bowie – Heroes
\nElvis Costello – My Aim is True
\nBollywood compilation
\nNina Rota compilation
\nYo-yo Ma – Brahms Cello Sonatas
\nRza – Bobby Digital
\nJerry Cantrell – Boggy Station
\nTom Petty’s Greatest Hits
\nWhite Stripes – the first two CDs
\nUltimate Petula Clark
\nBrian Jones presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka
\nIsaac Hayes – Black Moses
\nCatastrophic Audio
\nCarl Perkins and NRBQ – Boppin’ the Blues
\nLed Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
\nBob Dylan – Modern Times
\nBob Dylan – Love and Theft
\nBob Dylan – Another side of Bob Dylan
\nBob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
\nBob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
\nBob Dylan – Desire
\nLed Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
\nThelonius Monk – This is Jazz 5
\nEugene IV – Starving Artist
\nArvo Part – Misere
\nTom Waites – Bone Machine
\nSasha – Percussionata Project
\nTom Waites – Real Gone
\nBrian Eno – Ambient 4
\nDavid Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
\nDavid Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World
\nSteve Earle – Jerusalem
\nSteve Earle – Revolution
\nNeil Young – After the Gold Rush
\nNeil Young & Crazy Horse – Weld
\nJohnny Cash – American 1 – 4
\nSly & The Family Stone Greatest Hits
\nRobert Palmer – Sneakin Sally Through the Alley
\nNatasha Atlas – Halim
\nNatasha Atlas – Gedida
\nSergio Mendes – Four Sider and Fool on the Hill and Timeless
\nThe Very Best of Ray Charles
\nRay Sings Count Basie
\nJames Gang – Rides Again
\nDead Presidents soundtrack
\nReservoir Dogs soundtrack<\/p>\n
My plans are to eat my fair share of good southwestern food, ogle rocks, and somehow avoid bad coffee.<\/p>\n
Ciao until When.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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