Armando Adrian-López doesn’t farm anymore, but he still looks to the natural world for inspiration and materials, using corn husks, dried flowers and found objects to create fantastical winged and horned creatures.

Today we're going to deviate from the train videos and bring a little more music to the channel. When I was living in Arizona for about 2 years, this was my stress relief, playing fun concert band music with the Ahwatukee Foothills Concert Band: www.afcband.org This was recorded at the annual 4th of July Rodeo in Prescott, Arizona. We played in front of the courthouse that was used in the back to the future films. This chart was a complation of 12 beatles charts including: All My Lovin', Hard Days Night, Ticket to Ride, Yesterday, Norwegian Wood, Got to Get You Into My Life, Here There and Everywhere, The Fool on the Hill, Penny Lane, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Lady Madonna, and Something. It's very easy to find me, just listen for the Xylophone and Bells. I was this groups mallet percussionist.

Marilyn Monroe. The Rolling Stones. And Bond — James Bond. What do they have in common?

Here are The Associated Press’ reviews of selected holiday albums:

"Madonnas of Leningrad,” by Debra Dean, paperback 228 pages, is set in St. Petersburg, Russia. The main character, Marina, is a guide at the Hermitage Museum when war breaks out with Nazi Germany. She helps to pack and evacuate the million-plus paintings and art objects in the collection and then, during the first winter of the siege, lives in the cellars beneath the emptied museum, alongside other members of the staff and their families.

"Madonnas of Leningrad,” by Debra Dean, paperback 228 pages, is set in St. Petersburg, Russia. The main character, Marina, is a guide at the Hermitage Museum when war breaks out with Nazi Germany. She helps to pack and evacuate the million-plus paintings and art objects in the collection and then, during the first winter of the siege, lives in the cellars beneath the emptied museum, alongside other members of the staff and their families.

“The River” (9 p.m. EST Tuesday, ABC) — a sprawling new sci-fi mystery set against the backdrop of the Amazon River — looks to be this season’s answer to “The X-Files” and “Lost.”

It's believed that the ancient Babylonians were the first to make, and presumably break, New Year's resolutions because their customary eleven-day celebrations left them with a few regrets and a pile of resolving to do. (You know what they say: "What happens in Mesopotamia, stays in Mesopotamia!"^TM)

Gila Butte Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 2002 by 25 women, and membership has nearly tripled since then.

Old joke: What’s the difference between a Playboy centerfold and a pregnant woman? Nothing, if the pregnant woman’s husband knows what’s good for him.

Old joke: What’s the difference between a Playboy centerfold and a pregnant woman? Nothing, if the pregnant woman’s husband knows what’s good for him.