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Should we talk about the weather?

Goodbye endless summer! Hello early winter. Yep, fall never showed here on the coast, as morning temps dropped from the mid 70s to the low 40s, seemingly overnight. On the upside, we had no hurricanes this season. Even tropical storm Ida played nice as it passed directly over the Terri!

Wow! That was some boring shit. I sound like that chick from The Onion who goes on and on about her “hubby.” But, seriously, it was 7 degrees colder on the Gulf Coast than in N.Y.C. this morning. Must be somethin’ afoot in the world. Oh, I know…

My NY pals, Faith and Tony (a.k.a., Todd), got involved with some weird NPR Scam over the weekend. The creative result is an original tune name’o "Japan," a most welcome return to the recording world after Faith’s tussle with a taxi a few months back. After Round One, it was a draw. But I’m betting on that “l’il ole pea picker from Pennsylvania” to lick ‘em real good from here on out!

I’ve listened to "Japan" -- Faith’s signature bong-n-jangle guitar is back, plus some autobiographical taxi-wrestling lyrics… You can hear it at Myspace, or (pirated) above in this week’s Soundtrack to Wednesday playlist.

"Japan" on Myspace

NPR Scam

(Note: “Scam” is a term of endearment. I have no idea wtf this NPR thing is.)

Adios,

JH