Today is December 8, 2009. It also happens to be my close friend Jonathan Wershow's 40th birthday. Happy Birthday Jonathan!!This Jonathon is one cool cat. Really. He deserves a quick, thoughtful gift for his 40th. Let's see... his date of birth is December 8, 1969...
OK, here we go... I found a soundtrack that Herbie Hancock performed for Bill Cosby's Fat Albert cartoon show. The album, called Fat Albert Rotunda (cool name), was released on December 8, 1969 - the same day Jonathan was "released". Apparently this is Hancock's first venture into a style of music that's been labeled "jazz-funk". I gotta get this album for Jonathon to show him I'm appreciating the coincidence of two cool, funky works being released on the very same date.
I need to get a little more background on the album so I dig into some posted liner notes on Amazon.com. I read that the album was different than anything Hancock had done previously. Apparently, there are some funky horn riffs that crank. And I read that the album demonstrates Hancock's genius with an electric piano. Some of the selections on the album include "Wiggle Waggle," "Fat Mama," "Oh! Oh! Here He Comes". (Sounds like titles for a Fat Albert cartoon!)
Most of the people commenting on the album rave about a song called "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" so if I'm going to end up buying him just a single song from the MP3 download section of Amazon, that would be the one.
So, let's recap... I can spend $15 on a CD and buy it from Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000056P01?ie=UTF8&tag=gif0c2-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000056P01
... or I can spend $1 and buy him the "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" song on MP3... or I can spend
$7 for all the songs on the album on MP3. This sounds like a better plan because I would then have the option to burn a disk and print him out personalized CD artwork.
I decide to "go for it". As soon as I finish this blog post, I will download the "Bedtime Story" song on MP3 here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012FB4AW?ie=UTF8&tag=gif0c2-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0012FB4AW
I will now say goodbye so I can go burn the song (or maybe the album; actually haven't figured out which yet) to CD and then print out a CD label to affix to the CD.
A thoughtful, meaningful gift for less than $7 and 15 minutes of time. Perhaps if I'm feeling in the mood I might get him a bonus gift and "spring" for a Fat Albert DVD. Couldn't hurt. Everyone loves Fat Albert.
For more ideas what to get a 40-year old turn to www.giftday.com. Enjoy.
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