heard	Edie Brickell			Ghost of a Dog
			The Rollins Band			Weight
			Sting			The Dream of the Blue Turtles
			Jimi Hendrix			Smash Hits
			Meshell Ndegeocello			Bitter

The perfect second Have you ever seen the blue ridge mountains, boy? (11-10) "The perfect 2nd (or perfect 9th, which is the same note an octave higher) may also be added to a major triad without omitting the third. The resulting 4-note chord is called the added 2nd (or added 9th), and like the added 4th chord, it offers a way of extending a major triad without compromising it's positive atmosphere." Dave Stewart, "Inside the Music" A t the end of the song "10,000 Angels" by Edie Brickell, there is this great moment where she is recanting the main theme of the lyrics just as the music is fading out. And as the music disappears, leaving only her voice, the engineer gradually removes all of the reverb, delay, and compression from her microphone, leaving nothing but the words, the voice, the feeling. In the song "This is the Life" by Living Colour there is a point right after the guitar solo (possibly one of my all time favorite solos by Vernon Reid) where the song moves back into the verse, but changes the motif they've used all along in the lyrics and begin singing lines like "in this other life you're always the victim/In this other life you're always the thief" and as Corey sings these lines out the guitar, bass, and guitar synth play out a slow modal arpeggio that builds up a single moment of tension against the repetitive rhythm figure in a way that just makes me shiver with joy. In the song "Summerland" by Kings X, there is this place right at the beginning of the guitar solo where the band sort of lets all of their instruments ring out just before Ty Tabor launches that one high-pitched bend that marries perfectly with the bass taking over for the guitar chords with heavy whole tones marking out the beats for that section of the song. That part of the song almost always dregs up some serious memories for me just because of the way it taxis onto the runway before taking to the air. At the end of every chorus in the Drivin' n Cryin's classic "Honeysuckle Blue," Kevin Kinney adds in a little "wha-ah-ooooh" right before the whole band hits the main riff… You know, the one that goes like this:   kraang kraang! - whaaoo ba na bwa bwao! krung krung! - whaaoo ba na bwa bwao! kreng kreng! - whaa bwa bwaaaaa!     I'm in an off sort of mood.   There are pressures. But there are always pressures   There are problems… money, lack of money, time, lack of time….   But today I catch myself saying, "We'll get through it. We always do. Things could be a lot worse." Last month's bullet train to the head deadline has past, and even though I was busier than hell I got through it. The reward on the other side? A month where there isn't much work to go around, and lots of free time to catch up on paperwork. I sit at my desk, listen to CD's on headphones, and do my work. Every now and then I take some time to write stories. I've got one in the works that I think could be very good if I can just find the time to finish it. It looks like the weather is going to be beautiful this weekend, and the Jazz festival is in town. I'm hoping to take Kim and the boy out to see John Scofield on Saturday. Maybe try again to jam with Ellerbee, since that fell through last week. But whatever happens will happen. And I sort of like that feeling. I think I'm going to go home and see how Kim is doing. You guys have a great weekend.   Take us home, Jimi... Waterfall Nothing can harm me at all My problems seem so very small With my waterfall I can see My rainbows ahead of me through the misty greens of my waterfall… - Jimi Hendrix, "May this Be Love"