It’s Like A New CD

So yesterday morning, at 6am, I set out to venture on cleaning out my car. I practically live in my car, and have not cleaned out the glove box since I bought it, and the backseat and trunk were filled with the odds-and-ends remnants of three moves this last year (Gilbert to Tempe, Tempe to creepy east Mesa, creepy east Mesa towards somewhat regular Mesa).

Part of the joy was the resurfcing of several cd’s that I had all but written off to the ends of the earth — cd’s that I loved that I never even copied to my ipod.

One of the finds was Pedro the Lion’s final album, “Achilles Heel.” The lyrics of this album are some of the most tight and beautiful that I’ve heard. I bought this almost a year ago at Zia, and remember rocking it during those cold winter days (with no working heater) at the Mill Avenue house while wrapping up work on “Churches, Pubs & Hostels” during Christmas. This is one of those intensely lyrical albums that I STRONGLY suggest for purchase to add to your music collection.

Other cd’s found? “Clarity” and “Stay on My Side Tonight” EP from Jimmy Eat World, “The Great Divide” from Willie Nelson (this album also rocks), “Rent” soundtrack, and “Songs of Rodeo Life” by Chris LeDoux. Also found “Wounded Prophet: A Portrait of Henri Nouwen,” and “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway. I was reading both these books during my bus riding days up and down Broadway and never finished them. And if I may continue my rant of discoveries, I also found Hemingway’s “And the Sun Also Rises,” his book about running with the bulls in Spain, for a mere $2.50 in Flagstaff (their Starlight Bookstore is among the best I have ever been in).

So conclusion? I shall now live organized and maintained, and no longer loose vital items such as cd’s, books, and proof of insurance in the messy day-to-day of life.