On a positive note, I’m having a hard time feeling the effects of a downtrodden economy on my God-given ‘consumerial’ propensity to spend my hard-earned scratch on musical entertainment. That being said, I have a long list (read: spreadsheet) that continues to grow as I discover new music to add to our all ready expansive catalog. I seem to add music to the list faster than I can acquire it. Hence, the reason for the spreadsheet.

So I have decided to add a little bit of structure and form into my typically chaotic world of creativity. Now, I am pretty particular when it comes to music. Ask my wife about how I organize our catalog and she explain to you that my methods, while unorthodox, are completely unfounded and make no intuitional sense to anyone other than me. She is wrong. Read the past entries about our catalog and it totally makes sense. Anyway, back to the structure I mean to talk about.

I was talking to Son #1 the other night. I find his opinion on most of the stately issues around the house are pretty educated and spot on. I’d guess this is because he spends nearly every minute of his existence within the walls of his cage. We only let him out for feeding time and potty breaks. In the one-sided conversation, I brought up how Daddy has a plan for music in our house. He looked at me like, ‘What the hell is a plan, and why are you interrupting Yo Gabba Gabba.’ I explain to him that it’s important to have new music that we can enjoy and I am dubbing the last Monday of every month “New Music Monday” in our house. On that glorious day of existence, we will add new music to our catalog. He seemed unimpressed with my declaration and now was annoyed that I stood between him and the glowing digital screen of animated entertainment.

Yes. New music is released on Tuesdays from the industry. I know this and was reminded of this detail by my never-be-wrong loving partner. In my responsible young adult past, I used to refrain from attending pre-arranged educational settings (read: skip class) to be at Sam Goody, Musicland, or Budget Tapes to pick up that must-have album on its release date. Those places are gone these days. But we gots the internets now. So why not pick Tuesday? Well, it’s all about alliteration. New Music Monday not New Music Tuesday. It just doesn’t roll off the tongue. New Tunes Tuesday sounds like I should be watching the Disney Channel and pissing my pants over the Jonas Brothers. But more importantly, it is ‘new’ music being added to our catalog. This doesn’t mean it was just released and is the classic Merriam-Webster definition of ‘new.’ It could very well be this, but I am talking about ‘new’ to us.

Here is where I am going with this. If I’ve lost you in my rambling about Son #1, please let me steer you back on to the dilapidated track of my mind. On New Music Monday, I am going to procure new musical items for the catalog and plan delivering a creative yet compelling opinion of our latest addition for you, the reader. Why? One, I like to tell people what I think. Second, music is very important to MANY people in my life. I hope that I may be able to convey the slightest bit of inspiration to you and maybe influence you to try something new or consider something different when it comes to music. Besides, it’s pretty fun to talk about music anyway.

Don’t think of it as a review. I am not a professional musician or critic. I just know what I like and what resonates with me. At this point, you still must be confused where Son #1 fits into this decision. To be honest, I don’t really know. I just told him I was going to do this and he didn’t argue or whine about it. Knowing Son #1, this means that he doesn’t disapprove of it and by default, I consider this approval. So let’s go with that. So the plan is this: I completely intend on retaining my emotional right to continue to post my inner most thoughts and feelings on life’s impending disappointments. However, I am going to sprinkle in a little more editorial in the form of musical evaluation once a month.