Highly Recommended

As many of you know, I have an almost unhealthy obsession with John Lennon. He is at the top of my "most respected musicians" list and probably holds close to the top of my "most influential people" list. There is very little that this man has said that hasn't had some sort of profound effect on my thought pattern. I dig him. So, you can only imagine how excited I was when my sister emailed me the following link - Eyes on Darfur - and after a moment of scrolling around (and shedding a couple of tears), I stumbled upon Amnesty Internationals Save Darfur album, Instant Karma. It consists of a handful of phenomenal artists covering Lennon songs. I'll be totally up front with you here, Avril Lavigne covered Imagine and I wasn't too happy about it because I'm not a fan, but you've got to respect the girls taste in music. She didn't totally screw it up either. Actually, it's soothing. (I may have to edit that comment out later).

The reason I blog about it, besides that it is an amazing album, is that it is going to an excellent cause. For all the things that we'll waste twenty bucks on these days, it's good when we can spend it on something worthwhile. I want you all to consider purchasing your very own copy. You can order the cd here - Instant Karma - or for the iTuners, just go to the iTunes store and search for instant karma. Do it for the people of Darfur and do it for the memory of a legend.