Wait Til This Year

What, it's 2012 already?

Nothing like getting bogged down in recorded hockey games, some housekeeping matters, a few holidays and a World Juniors tournament. Yes, the time went rather quickly, and we have progressed from mid-December to mid-January with hardly a look at the Lounge, which is looking rather dark and thirsty these days.

For those of you who grew tired of coming to the door to find only a darkened space and no glasses on the bar, well, thanks for coming back one more time.

I've got Spotify serving as the new Lounge jukebox, and I am glad to see that "Dizzy Gillespie: The Verve and Philips Small Group sessions" is now available for listening. A seven-disk set ready for me to listen, all for free. Is this country great or what? And because I was an early adopter of Spotify, I didn't have to join Facebook to listen.



So, the first cut on the first disc, "Sugar Hips," (this is a short clip from allmusic.com; to listen, click on button by the name of the song) goes out to Brad Marchand of the Bruins. He thought his low-bridge hit on Sami Salo last Saturday afternoon was legal. And should I or anyone in the league care to disagree? He doesn't care. Well good for him. It's not my stack of money that is growing shorter.

And with that, I am ready to cue up another Dizzy tune (another short clip from allmusic.com) from that collection, "I Think That Maybe I Should Go Away." And I am out of here for the moment.