Keeping my Mind Nimble

I decided that another history class was too much work for this semester. Instead I am going to take a class in digital recording from the local community college. It had a prerequisite of music theory which I didn't have but I spoke with the department chair who considered my many years of guitar playing as good enough. It is on Wednesday nights so I will try to arrange work travel so that I am around then. Unlike my history class, I don't need to feel under pressure to be brilliant. I will again be the oldest person in class and presumably the only one without tattoos or body piercings. :-)

Picture snagged from Amazon

New Shins Album due

I was just thinking about how I hadn't heard from these guys in awhile. So I checked their site and saw that they released a new song yesterday. It's pretty good , I think.

Portlandia

I just finished watching the first season of Portlandia. I had seen it advertised on IFC but never watched it until the article in the New Yorker last week where this segment was described. It sounded very amusing so I watched all 6 episodes on Netflix. It reminds me a bit of the dearly departed Flight of the Conchords. There are some segments aren't all that funny but fortunately they don't last that long. It seems like an interesting place to live . :-)