Which brings us to Straw Dogs, the duo. Their CD ANY PLACE AT ALL doesn't have any really memorable moments. That's not to say it's unpleasant. No, not at all. These are medium- paced songs about love and losing and leaving, with your basic acoustic guitar, piano, and drum arrangements. It's the type of thing y ou'd put on during a dinner date, a first sinner date, where you want to subliminally assure your date that you have no intention of jumping her bones, or that you would play on a Sunday morning after the Saturday night when you finally do. No bear traps here. The problem with ANY PLACE AT ALL is that there is nothing really memorable about it, good or bad. "Out of Breath" is a standout track, a song about running out of road with some interesting chord progressions and sentiments, but even of this track there just isn't much...life. Straw Dogs is from Seattle and though that city has a reputation as the birthplace of grunge rock it also has a lot of coffee companies. And that is what ANY PLACE AT ALL is. Coffeehouse music, well done. Good enough that if the band starts playing in the middle of your latte, you won't leave before you finish it. You might even order another one. But you won't stick around beyond that, or even remember much about the music. You'll walk away with a pleasant feeling, but without a buzz. Other than from the coffee, that is.