Hello Friends:

As promised, a list of my favorite commonly listened to music:

The Lion's share of my listening time is spent with....

Classical - Andres Segovi - classical guitar; Antonio Vivaldi - orchestral; George Gershwin - 20th century classical; Dmitri Shostakovich - 20th century classical; Guiseppe Verdi - romanticism

Jazz - Miles Davis; Duke Ellington; Ella Fitzgerald; Julie London; Theolonius Monk

Classic Rock - Jethro Tull; Yardbirds; Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young; America; Ritchie Havens; Stevie Wonder

Lesser amounts of time are spent with....

Top 40 Classic Pop/Rock - Beatles; Beach Boys; Carpenters

"Modern" Music - Talking Heads; B-52s; Nirvana; REM

Country - Willie Nelson

Rap - Ice-T; Eminem


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One very sad & disturbing news event and one frustrating news event:

VERY SAD & DISTURBING

The horrible massacre of hundreds of people in the school in Russia. Although this has primarily occurred a few days ago, not only is the horror of what has occurred shocking, but in my mind, what is even more disturbing is how LITTLE NEWS COVERAGE the US media is giving this event. This event is a complete and utter horror, yet at most, CNN gives a 15 second spiel on the event every hour or two and of the four newspapers I read daily, three of them have not mentioned the event in three days and one has not mentioned it yesterday nor today. Perhaps I am unrealistic, but it seems that horrible massacre deserves more attention than the nearly 24-hour around the clock coverage the "hurricane" (now a rainstorm) has received these last few days. Granted, the previous hurricane (Charlie) was bad and caused horrible loss of life and damage, but because of that does every rainstorm since Charlie in Florida need to take precedence over other more significant news?

FRUSTRATING NEWS

What is going on with the Kerry campaign? Even though it was anticipated that the republicans would gain a bump in popularity from the convention, what the heck is the Kerry team doing to try to win over voters?!? From my vantage point, it seems they are trying near to nothing. I would very much like to NOT have a second "W" Bush term in office, yet with the weak showings of Kerry, the lackluster performance of his meager efforts, and the fact that Nader is likely to siphon off a few percentage points from Kerry..... and we will once again have "W" Bush as president come January. It is highly frustrating!

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