Crime and Punishment Down in Tucson

It's the usual story.

This time I'm shelving CDs and lo and behold!, there is one in my hand I recall from years ago.  I pause and say, "Awe, gee, that was a good album."  Then it occurs to me that this record, Wrong Way Up by Brian Eno & John Cale, is forever relevant to those of us living here in the Old Pueblo, if only for the opening line from the ninth track on the disc, "Crime In The Desert":

"Crime and punishment down in Tucson
Back to normal in the sun."

Then I take a closer look and I realize this is a remastered version which includes material not available on the original release back in 1990.  At this point Wrong Way Up becomes a blog item....

David Bowie Returns

David Bowie is back. The legendary innovative British musician and actor has a new album and it is available now from the library. It has been nearly impossible to avoid David Bowie's presence as an iconic artist for the past 40+ years- he has been on the radio, on music videos, in movies and in 1995 to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Bowie's new album is "The Next Day" and will only add to the some 140 million albums he has already sold