Birthday Wishes

I’ll be turning 33 in just a couple of weeks, on May 3rd. This year I only really had one thing on my birthday wish list, and that’s already arrived, thanks to my wonderful girl (doubly wonderful, as she’d already spoiled me once!). I’ve even received another early birthday present from Royce, in the form of another year’s membership to Flickr (keeping me at the ‘pro’ level until November of ’07)!

I am incredibly spoiled.

However, I have had the occasional “so, what do you want for your birthday?” inquiry. At this point, I’m pretty much set, so kind wishes will do me just fine. But…if someone’s determined to spend a little money on me (okay, not terribly likely, but you never know), books and music are always appreciated. I’ve got a bunch of each saved in my Amazon Wish List, but there are three CDs that I’d like to call special attention to.

Back in March of 2003, I stumbled across a series of discs from Sony called the ‘Soundtrack for a Century‘, celebrating 100 years of music recordings and releases from the Sony family of record labels. Over time I’ve collected eight out of the eleven pieces of the series, and any (or all) of these last three would be greatly appreciated:

• R&B: From Doo Wop to Hip Hop
• Country: The American Tradition
• International Music: Sony Music Around the World

Other than that…(shrug)…as I said, I’m not too greedy. Well-wishes and kind words will work just fine.

“Atom Bomb” by Fluke from the album Risotto (1997, 5:45).