And now for something completely differen't:

Not a review post at all, but more of a problem that I figure I'll work out here instead of in my head, where it probably belongs. After in alphabetical order in my collection, after The Band, (and sure enough, they weren't separated in my most recent move), lies my collection of Beatles albums. There are 9 of them, 10 if you include "Love" the remastered, re-imagined album that came out last year, and which is actually quite good. But they are all solid because they are, well, the Beatles. You'd be hard pressed to find "bad" Beatles music, with the few exceptions of obvious filler and songs to spite the other members of the band that speckle the otherwise legendary "White" album. So my conundrum is thus: how to approach an artist whose work I own so much of? In the B section of my list alone I have two such artists (Billy Bragg will also be a tough nut to crack in a few posts) and I am not sure whether or not I should cover each album individually, or approach the catalog as a whole and come at in terms of themes and ideas that their music inspires. My friend Matt, an avid reader of this here blog, suggested I cover each album in a small-ish write up, basically just straight forward reviews that cover the music, then finish off with a bigger post about the Beatles as a whole, their influence, their impact on my taste etc.., and I think this is probably the approach I will take. But I will have to be forgiven if I end up going off on long winded posts about "Help!" or "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band." We are dealing with the Beatles after all. So I guess I settled my own problem, didn't I? Starting with my next post, which will be on "Help!" I will work my way through the Beatles. And that should send shivers of excitement down the spines of all three of my loyal readers.

One other thing: if anyone reading this has a blog of their own, or knows people with blogs, feel free to link to this, and I will return the favour in kind. I'm starting to get a little twinge of pride about my posts and wouldn't mind expanding my readership to more than my three buddies who have told me they enjoy. And again, feel free to post comments with requests, or thoughts of your own on the bands covered. Hopefully some bands I'm not familiar with are brought to my attention, and I hope that I can do the same as this little catalog expands. I've got some interesting stuff waiting in the wings, let me tell you.