blatant rip-off of J's blog

Hey all....ok, I have absolutely nothing to write about this afternoon, but I feel this strange compulsion to see my new thoughts on my blog. This whole thing basically serves to feed my ego anyway.....so I must put something down here in order to look at it later. :-) So since imitation is the most sincere form of flattery...here are just 3 cds that I like alot to start your new years collection, (with apologies to J) here's the list:

1) Garden State soundtrack.....very cool collection of songs that are very different but all fit in very nicely to the movie (which was a very good flick, check it out) and any kind of mood that could possibly be in. I can't think of a single song I dislike on it..which is rare...but some of my personal favorites are "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" (Colin Haye) and "Blues Eyes" (Cary Brothers). A very cool song that grew on me is "Lebanese Blond" (Thievery Corporation) and the Frou Frou song isn't bad
2) Straylight Run, self-titled....excellent cd most of the way around (the couple songs with the female singer are so-so), I think that this may be the closest I can get to dsecribing what kind of music I like....some of it can actually be almost cheery (which is not me usually) but thats ok, trying to be more upbeat, check out "Existentialism on Prom Night" (89x has been playing it) and "Your Name Here"
3) Ray soundtrack....this may seem a bit off but its a very good collection of some of Ray Charles' best songs on one inexpensive cd....may not be for everyone, but Ray Charles was pure cool and this a great collection if you like his music, and its hard not too. On a side note....this was a very good movie, great telling of the man's life and Jamie Foxx WAS Ray Charles....it was remarkable, I almost forgot that he wasn't the man, thats how good his performance was.
-I was going to throw Chris Botti's new cd on here.....but SOMEONE said it sounded like elevator smooth jazz!!! (mad face)
OK...so thats all I have right now...was going to go with 5 cds...but it was just too much work....this is a very "lame" post....sorry about that, but I got nothing. later!