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Gadget lust overwhelmed me. Fedex says my Ipad has left Hong Kong & is en route. Looking forward to watching porn on it. #lust

My friend Mark posted on Facebook. #meta

I mentioned earlier that I had finally received my Audrey Kawasaki print (I chose “Hyakki Yakou”), and that it was beautiful.  Now it’s time to honor it with my typically half-assed framing job.

But, before that travesty occurs, see it for yourself:

Hyakki Yakou

Aside from the obvious aesthetic boost this will add to the house, it felt good to spend a little money on Art, instead of the usual consumables.

So…there were two great acquisitions last Friday that I forgot to talk up.

One was the a print from Audrey Kawasaki that I had purchased in February (picture in an upcoming post) that finally arrived, and it is beautiful.

But, what’s been burning up my CD /mp3 players this week is the latest album from Galactic, Ya-Ka-May. I’ve got a nostalgic bent for the band from my days at Tulane, when we’d book them for shows here & there (I’m going way back there, btw).

Anywho, Ya-Ka-May kicks some serious ass. My favorite track so far is “Heart Of Steel” a collaboration with the incomparable Irma Thomas, which has commandeered the ‘repeat’ button on my radio for days.  There’s a Trombone Shorty track that’s almost as awesome, so I’d say the whole album is worth your time.

I went in search of some sheet music or midi files of the this oh-so-beautiful tune from Yann Tiersen (heard in Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain), and was sucked into the youtube vortex of (mostly) endearing alternate versions:

• for solo guitar
• a wild version for ringing bells (yea you heard me right) — gotta make it 2:00 into this one for the full effect to hit
• two guitars
• a  “metal” version
• flute and whistle

And the original….