{"id":533,"date":"2010-01-27T08:59:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T13:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=533"},"modified":"2010-01-27T08:59:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T13:59:51","slug":"a-ray-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"A Ray of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   The gloom of winter:  this morning, the radio newscaster announced that the wind chill factor outside was &#8220;4 below&#8221; and then, not five minutes later, amended that to &#8220;6 below.&#8221;  Yikes.  But things got a little more warm and cheery in Chicago yesterday, because we learned that Ray Davies is  on his way:  a new March U.S. tour was announced.  It includes a March 13 gig here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamusa.com\/Venues\/Riviera\/Concerts.aspx\">the Riviera<\/a>.  The full tour schedule is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raydavies.info\/www\/main.php?content=tour\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>   On top of that, &#8220;Postcard from London,&#8221; Ray&#8217;s new duet with Chrissie Hynde, was officially released in the U.S. yesterday.  You can download it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00353EJVK?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=michaekbourda-20&#038;linkCode=xm2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creativeASIN=B00353EJVK\">Amazon.com<\/a> or at I-Tunes.  <\/p>\n<p>   So I&#8217;m in a pretty good state of mind.  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