I would like to express my love and hate for a few songs that have played in the last couple days. We are reaching the end of the A's with great anticipation of what the B's might hold. The A's have been a wonderful ride. We have discovered that apples are a good fruit to sing about and autumn provides wonderful inspiration for some amazing songs.

Today we finished with the "Autumn" songs with high scores all around, only one 3 was given by me for Captain Beefheart's "Autumn's Child". Matt and I both gave 5 stars to "Autumn" by Mia Dio Todd and "Autumn Leaves" by Cannonball Atterley. I was surprised by the song length of the latter (11 minutes long). In order to achieve a 5 star rating from me, a song cannot be too repetitious and must hold my interest throughout. Atterley did that well. If you evey get the chance to see Mia Dio Todd in person. I highly recommend it. Matt introduced me to her on a total whim. He had heard about her through a friend and found that she was singing at Bimbo's one night...an impromtu date for us that introduced me to one of my favorite singers. Her voice is unlike anyone I have ever heard. It has somewhat of a vibrato aspect to it...simply beautiful and even more dramatic in person.

Yesterday, Matt and I both gave a 5 to Bebel Gilberto's "August Day Song". With her soothing voice and sultry mood, I personally felt like I might be walking through heaven. Unfortunately, I was only walking to work. Directly off of the train, I felt like the screaming guitar of "Atrocity Exhibition" by Joy Division might send me to the looney bin if I listened to it for too long. I should have skipped it in the early beginning, but there was a nice drum beat that kept me sane.