Americas – Strunz and Farah

Strunz & Farah are amazing artists. I own several of their albums and each... well they all rival each other for the best among them. The guitar-ing is amazingly well done, the instrumentals this band puts together is among the most intensely technical and passionate music I own. It's good.

Each album has it's own flavour, and this one's kind of jungle-y. There is a rainforest-like percussion that accompanies some amazing guitar work. When I think of this album as opposed to the others, it's a bit more laid back. There's most definitely some rippin' latin guitarin' going on... but it's more lying in the sun music if you ask me.

You owe it to yourself to at least hear some of their work, if you don't plan on going all out and buying the album... it's most definitely worth the listen. Be sure to check out their other albums as well.

The Streets Are Free by Kurusa

This was a cute book about some kids who live in this city that keeps growing leaving them with no where to play, so they play in the streets. People get mad at them for getting in the way on the street so they yell back 'but the streets are free'. But the adults dont listen, so the kids take their problem to city hall, and the mayor ultimately does nothing after promising to build them a playground. So the kids come together and inspire the community to come together to build the playground. It's a nice little story about fighting for what you want and what is important to you, in a realistic setting. It's cute.