These days I rarely listen to mainstream music. There are a few artists out there that I think are really good -- one being last year's American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry. I'm actually glad in a way that he didn't win cause he's been able to go his own way and break free from the American Idol stigma. But I am really getting off my original subject. I am not a fan of the current hip-hop, gangsta rap, R&B, screechy-Beyonce-to-the-left-hoochie-mama music that's currently being broad casted across my local Top Twenty stations. Instead I usually listen to CDs from my extensive collection that includes everything from the Beatles, John Mellencamp, Aerosmith and Alan Jackson to Dean Martin, Neil Diamond and AC/DC among many, many others. One of my absolute favorite series is the Ultra-Lounge series that my long-time friend, David, turned me on to. It takes you back to days of dry martinis, the atomic age of the 50s, cool cats, Martin Denny's Exotica, Vegas baby and cocktails for two. There's a total of 28 CDs
in the series. I don't have all 28, but I have acquired quite a few. My favorites are Mambo Fever, Bossa Novaville and Mondo Exotica. Another great CD in my part of the collection is Christmas Cocktails. It has a lot of the classics such as Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Winter Wonderland, Jingle Bells but they are jazzed up. Other CDs in the collection that I have are Space Capades; Organs in Orbit; Bachelor Pad Royale; Wild, Cool & Swingin'; Bottoms Up; Vegas Baby and Ultra-Lounge Fuzzy Sampler (a great way to be introduced to the series). I just love this series and I mainly listen to them in the car which is where I spend most of my listening time because once I get home either the TV is blaring with Cartoon Network, Nick or some Samurai movie the Husband may be watching. So check out the Ultra-Lounge website or go to Amazon.com where you can listen to the sound samplers. I guarantee you won't be disappointed!
in the series. I don't have all 28, but I have acquired quite a few. My favorites are Mambo Fever, Bossa Novaville and Mondo Exotica. Another great CD in my part of the collection is Christmas Cocktails. It has a lot of the classics such as Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Winter Wonderland, Jingle Bells but they are jazzed up. Other CDs in the collection that I have are Space Capades; Organs in Orbit; Bachelor Pad Royale; Wild, Cool & Swingin'; Bottoms Up; Vegas Baby and Ultra-Lounge Fuzzy Sampler (a great way to be introduced to the series). I just love this series and I mainly listen to them in the car which is where I spend most of my listening time because once I get home either the TV is blaring with Cartoon Network, Nick or some Samurai movie the Husband may be watching. So check out the Ultra-Lounge website or go to Amazon.com where you can listen to the sound samplers. I guarantee you won't be disappointed!
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