tired of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season? need to get away, even for just a minute? the quiet american web site has a series of “one-minute vacations”, which are one minute ambient recordings of a certain place, a certain time. the quality of some of the recordings, which anyone can submit, vary in quality, but sometimes i prefer the imperfect recordings, which can really amplify the nostaglic feelings that some of these recordings invoke.

according to the billboard top 40 in this week’s rolling stone magazine…
barry manilow
the who
meat loaf
tony bennett
george strait
rod stewart
alabama
jimmy buffett
bob seger…
are all in the top 40?!?

Alice & I were wandering around Shibuya on our honeymoon and we wandered into a cool little sunglass store. The stereo was blasting a crazy punked up version of Disney tunes. I asked the cashier the name of the cd but she didn’t really know…just told me it was “di-su-ni-ra-n-do” music (disneyland music)…that didn’t help…but…I found it! The name of the cd is “Dive into Disney”…it’s even available on Amazon (47 bucks though…whew…). Here’s the first track from the cd…(click on the picture)