You ever get a record on the recommendation of a friend and when you get it home it starts off like the greatest thing you ever heard but by the 3rd or 4th song the singer says something stupid or the music veers into banal tedium?  That happened last night when I eagerly opened up the last (not the latest) album by Viva L' American Death Ray, by the 4th song the singer uttered a line that sounded like "I dress well, but still can't pay my rent"!!!  The missus was like "can we please listen to something else?  This is just stupid".   Being of the same opinion I was already on my way over to the stereo to put on my other new purchase, the Kid Congo Powers retrospective Solo Chollo.  Now Kid Congo is a great player, with impeccable pedigree, but YES! AGAIN! the 4th song came on and it just wound its way down the drain like a floater on a slow flush.  The disappointment was only alleviated when I finally decided to drink beer in silence for a while.  Now I'm going to give these records another chance, they both really sounded good when they started up but really, musicians need to learn some restraint.  You don't have to make a 60 minute recording, music was fine when albums were 35 minutes long.  Artists are not 25 minutes better than they were 30 years ago, and the public's attention span is certainly shorter.  Take a hint, only show us your best.