What does that mean?
It means that this blog is going to contain reviews about whatever Tom (in this case, Tom Carroll, artist, writer, marketer, entrepreneur) gets. What Tom Gets may be music, software, movies on DVD, hi-tech gear ... it could be anything! Whatever Tom gets -- regardless of how -- Tom reviews ...
For instance ... over the 2014 Christmas holidays, Tom got a CD of blues standards performed by English actor and musician, Hugh Laurie. Released in 2011, it is called "Let Them Talk." Laurie, a fabulous actor from way, way before becoming the surly Dr. Gregory House in the TV series of the same last name, was first associated with two other programs: Jeeves and Wooster and Fry & Laurie (both alongside actor Stephen Fry). In the latter program (or programme) Laurie was often seen playing piano and a wide variety of other instruments and singing comical numbers. But in the liner notes of "Let Them Talk," Laurie professes his longstanding obsession with the blues, culminating with his forming a session band of bluesy luminaries and getting down to business. Of the CD's 15 tracks, Tom enjoys three more than the rest: "St. James Infirmary," "You Don't Know My Mind," and "Baby, Please Make A Change," the last most notably because it features vocals by Sir Tom Jones and Irma Thomas. Yes, Hugh Laurie occasionally played piano and guitar in his critically acclaimed turn as House, but a more prolonged exposure to the man's musical talents doesn't require a second opinion.
Here's hoping someone gifts Tom with a copy of Laurie's reprise CD from 2013, "Didn't It Rain."
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