Tuesday: I Want To Rock And Roll... until about 2 o'clock

So today we got to go to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum. It is always an interesting experience, especially since I've only had a fleeting interest in so-called "classic" rock. I still find lots to be interested in there, from their stuff about old folk and blues singers to the part on the San Francisco Sound. I've always preferred the artsier side of rock (I'm a Beatle, not a Stone). I like me some soul as well when I'm in the mood, but I've always been more interested in more modern styles, specifically electronic genres. Even so, I always like to see the roots of the music I listen to. I enjoyed seeing the sections on the British Invasion and Los Angeles Folk styles (I need to get myself a copy of "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks and of "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and The Papas), and seeing the outfits of some of the singers of the soul era is always... interesting. I also really enjoyed the inscription on the back of the massive 30-foot-tall replica of Pink Floyd's The Wall. It was a really interesting glimpse into Waters' mind and the questions he dealt with in the writing of that album, even if he didn't search the right places for the answers. I also didn't see the Grateful Dead exhibit because I was struck by a terrible case of couldn't-be-bothered syndrome.

I picked up a new hat and the family picked up four new albums to listen to on the ride: Bob Dylan's Planet Waves, Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, a greatest hits album of bluesman Howlin' Wolf, and The Essential Mahalia Jackson (pretty diverse genres, ay?). I've discovered (again) that I really enjoy Paul Simon's songwriting, especially on the songs "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Keeping My Customers Satisfied".

After that, we ended up going to a Honda dealership to have our A/C looked at, since it had been acting up lately. It turns out that one of the coils is leaking freon or something... I know that there is a thing that is leaking another thing and the thing that's leaking needs to be replaced in the near future and is expensive (but then, what isn't on a car?). After an hour of boredom, we drove to New York, stopping for lunch in a little pizza shop in Frewsburg, NY. The pizza was pretty good, but I'm always partial to meat lovers. After that, we had another long, boring drive to Binghampton, where we are right now. We'll set off for an afternoon at Cooperstown in the morning, but now, I need to sleep. Zzzzzzzz....

RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Frewsburger Pizza Shop

Frewsburg, NY

Food - 16

Atmosphere - 10

Price - 12

Service - 12

TOTAL - 50 (Average)

Me at the Pizza Shop.

Mom at the Pizza Shop.