400 GB of music loaded onto the hard drive

Almost 46,000 songs and 126 days of music. This is getting hard. Just loaded in Elton John's Empty Sky, 1995 Rocket (Universal) reissue.

Reasons to be Cheerful The Life and Work of Barney Bubbles

Excellent career survey of one of the greatest LP/record sleeve designers of all time by Paul Gorman.  Published last year by Adelita Ltd. in the UK.  It's coming out in the US on August 9.  Here is a blog that has alot of background and some images not in the book.  

http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/

Last Man in the Hammersmith Palais

I just finished watching Richard Weller's BBC documentary about The Hammersmith Palais.  Narrated by Suggs (Madness), there is some amazing footage, including Ross McManus (Elvis Costello's father) talking about playing there and a funny interview with Mick Jones (Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon).  The last concert at the Palais was on March 31, 2007.  If you can track down this film it is well worth seeing.

Memorial Day Yard Sales

Inflation in Columbia County in New York is really hitting. CDs 25 cents. DVDs 25 or 50 cents.

Here we go:

Ry Cooder -- Paradise and Lunch
Leon Russell -- Leon Live
Don Henley -- Building the Perfect Beast
Dr. Hook -- Dr. Hook
Dr. Hook -- Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
Glenn Frey -- Glenn Frey Live
Glenn Frey -- No Fun Aloud
The Eagles -- Desperado
ZZ Top -- Greatest Hits
Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet -- The Best of Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet
The Animals -- Original Hits (Disky)
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends -- On Tour With Eric Clapton
ZZ Top -- One foot in the Blues
The Monkees -- Missing Links Volume 1
The Monkees -- Missing Links Volume 2
The Monkees -- Missing Links Volume 3

DVD

Nightshift (1999)
The Wicker Man (1973) NTSC regular edition

Books

Las Vegas Then and Now by Su Kim Chung (Thunder Bay Press)
The Munsters Television's First Family of Fright by Stephen Cox (Contemporary Books)