We had an extremely good CD coupon at work (27-30 March), so I bought several CDs I’ve had my eye on for a long time, plus a newer one I recently decided I couldn’t live without:
The question now is which one to listen to whilst I receive the early morning shipment at work tomorrow. Hm…
That’ll be Buddy Holly and the Crickets, ma’am.
I worked the opening shift in the Music/DVD Department today. Before I left, I quickly listened to a few seconds of each of the tracks of a Putumayo bossa nova compilation CD at one of the listening stations, which took me less than half a minute to judge, and I turned to Jeff (who is working the closing shift) and said, “I’ve just learned something about myself: I love bossa nova when it’s sung by women, but I detest it when it’s sung by men.” I considered it a minor epiphany, but Jeff and the customer he was helping thought it was hilarious.
Speaking of compilation CDs, we have a promotional copy of a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, We All Love Ella, which I played in the store today, and I can say that it is predictably and uniformly unimpressive in its “tribute” except for the final track, “Airmail Special” by Nikki Yanofsky. My response to that track is “Wow!” and thanks for the goosebumps! I look forward to hearing more by this singer (and hopefully soon).