You know, sometimes I wonder how I've survived this long. I obviously live in the dark.

I've never paid any attention to Carole King or her music. I've heard her songs. Mostly on easy rock radio stations or movies that use retro soundtracks. Sung by her and by others. But I never paid attention. A couple of months ago I was in Best Buy and they were selling a remaster of Tapestry for pretty cheap. I figured that it was one of those albums that everyone should own, even if they never listen to it. So, I picked it up. Threw it on a stack of disks that I'll get around to some day and never gave it another thought.

Well, I threw it in the player this morning and HOLY CRAP I've been missing out. This is a superb disk. The lyrics are well written, the melodies are beautiful, the arrangements are outstanding. I don't know what the original recording sounded like back in 1971, but the remaster is spectacular. Crisp, clear....like she was sitting right in front of me.

I've listened to this disk three times this morning and I expect that it'll spin a few more times before the weekend is over. It makes me wonder what else I've wrongly been ignoring while living under this rock of mine.