This whole album is packed with some of Mary Prankster’s best work.

Her female angst is wrapped around every tune on this disc like a boa constrictor around an unwitting tree limb. Just waiting for you to walk by and grab you. She will grab you hard and won’t let you go.

The instrumentals are hard, smooth, and slick. It’s progressive rock all the way.

She has been to school and been on stages for years, despite her very young age. She started early. It is clear she studied hard and played hard. She played her little heart out all up and down the US east coast and even made her way up into Canada on occasion.

The lyrics on here seem to chide you and rebuke herself at the same time. The words are what you would expect from one adult to another, and informal without any restraint or apologies. That said, you can be sure that they were penned by an intellectual with some wit – not some redneck or guttersnipe that likes to spit and swear.

I have been lucky to hear Mary Prankster play in: Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. These were some of the best musical experiences of my life. She is definitely one of my favorite rock music artists of all time. For singing, writing, and playing she really does it for me.

Though Mary officially retired her Mary Prankster personna in November 2005 it is clear she will surface again. Her music will live on. Hopefully she will keep her website up for the future.

Her music is still for sale on iTunes music store. I just gave a couple tracks as gifts this week using that swell new feature Apple has added to the iTunes music store.

I listen to her regularly on my Macintosh computer and my Apple iPod MP3 player. She is an unqualified favorite of mine. Listening to her music always lifts my spirits and improves my mood.

I have bought her CDs at the Amazon online store for myself – and as gifts for relatives and friends. I also bought them at concerts and she was kind enough to sign one or two for me. I took my brother, his friends, and a former coworker to her concerts at clubs. They all became her fans.

If anyone from a record label ever reads this entry: shame on you! You missed one of the great acts of the century.

If you are a rock music talent scout now and you are looking for a big win – as in Lucky Strike, El Dorado, the Watusi, the Twist – I suggest you track her down and fine out what her next act is.

I do not know if she – whoever she is – can be had by any big label. If she can, though – brother, what a find and what a coupe!!