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03/26/2007

Good News Everybody

Good News Everybody

I know....another Futurama sculpt.
I actually did attempt a more realistic sculpt, but it went horribly wrong. Possibly because I foolishly started without a reference picture. Anyway, to boost my fallen confidence I played safe and sculpted this. It went pretty well, I thought the lab coat would cause problems, but the hardest part was actually Benders eyes!

Anyway, must get a reference pic and have another crack at something more life like.

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03/13/2007

Country On My Mind

I'm not sure what's happened to my musical tastes over the last year. I used to have a CD collection that did'nt get beyond the 80's.
There were a few exceptions in the pile, including some soundtrack albums, my favourite of which was the 2 albums for the "Any Which Way" films with Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke and of course Clyde. I loved the songs by Charlie Rich and also the ballad "Your the reason God made Oklahoma"

Anyway, early last year, I had a few spare quid, and thought I'd try something different. I'd been buying up old Blancmange albums and Divine Comedy CD's but thought I'd try a different genre, so bought the Dixie Chicks Album "Home" under the Contempory Country genre.

I felt like I'd hit gold. Travellin Soldier is still one of the most listened to and favourite songs in the house.

Also hit gold with Reba McEntire and "He gets that from me". I liked these artists so much I bought as much as I could find at the time and then started branching out a bit.

I had some good recommendations from friends so tried Kellie Pickler, Brad Paisley and Alison krauss. Well, I burned them all to MP3 CD's for listening to on my LG CD/MP3 player and ended up with 5 discs of about 90 tracks each! And these 5 discs have'nt left the player for a year now. I just keep listening and listening to them.
My wife Nicky has got hooked too, and the kids walk around singing the tunes (even if the words are completely wrong)

I think the big appeal with Country or Nashville music is the story telling. I'm not a big fan of repetetive music which is all just Baby Baby, a few lines and then repeat it all again. It seems that music can be as bad as possible, but if there's a sexbomb singing it, well that's OK?
It seems, first thing with Country is the quality of the material, followed by its presentation. And you know your getting quality when you listen to some of the stories they tell.

So if your a bit fed up with all this modern dance/rap stuff and feel like you want to go back to a music that's honest, fun, compassionate and above all full of feeling, then give Country a go.
I know old die hard country fans dont much like these modern artists, but for me they take some beating.

The collection so far:

Reba McEntire Reba #1`s 2005
Reba McEntire Room To Breathe 2003
Reba McEntire Starting Over 1995
Reba McEntire — If You See Him 1998

Steve Earle Guitar Town 1986

Shania Twain Greatest Hits 2004

Alison Krauss So Long, So Wrong (With Union Station) 1997
Alison Krauss Lonely Runs Both Ways (With Union Station) 2004

Tim McGraw Not A Moment Too Soon 1994

Lonestar Coming Home 2005
Lonestar Lonely Grill 1999
Lonestar From There to Here: Greatest Hits 2003

Faith Hill Faith 1998
Faith Hill Take Me As I Am 1994
Faith Hill It Matters To Me 1995
Faith Hill Cry 2002
Faith Hill Breathe 1999
Faith Hill Fireflies 2005

Brad Paisley Mud On The Tires 2003
Brad Paisley — Time Well Wasted 2005
Brad Paisley — Part II 2001
Brad Paisley — Who Needs Pictures 1999

Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces 1998
Dixie Chicks Taking The Long Way 2006
Dixie Chicks Home 2002
Dixie Chicks 6 albums Fly 1999

Nanci Griffith Storms 1989

Trisha Yearwood Inside Out 2001
Trisha Yearwood Where Your Road Leads 1998

Lee Ann Womack Greatest Hits 2004
Martina McBride Greatest Hits 2001