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Wednesday, October 9
I just picked up VAST's 2004 album Nude at a used CD store, as well as a collection of the Police's greatest hits.
Shiner - "The Egg"
I'm trying to rebuild my collection after selling most of it off when i moved to new york 2 years ago.
i just bought keyshia cole 'the way it is' this morning. it was certainly long over due.
i also bought fat joe - 'make it rain' and franchize boys - 'i think they like me'. both also overdue but not albums per se. its funny how few full albums i buy anymore.
cursor miner - danceflaw
I stole KISS ALIVE from K-Mart in 1976
neon bible by the arcade fire, along with everyone else.
stole? umm.... i can't answer that on my work computer. ;)
"O Melhor de Tim Maia", by Tim Maia, and "Transfiguration of Vincent" by M. Ward.
The latest Heartless Bastards record.
Next up will be the new Ponys record.
I think it was Joanna Newsom, "The Milk-Eyed Mender." It's been some time since I've gotten a full album, though.
CD - the Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Vinyl - Mint copy of Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
Nas - Illmatic
It wipes the slate clean, end of story. Plus, the man's going to be shakin' the Congress soon.
Do they actually mean "album"? As in vinyl? A copy of the King Pleasure/Annie Ross dual album from the Newberry Library book sale. if they mean CD, probably that Stereo MC's CD from the Brown Elephant in Andersonville....
Oh, and WAY TO GO, CHARLIE!!! Stick it to the Man!!!
last cd bought- (at same time)
iron maiden "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
miami vice (sntrk. from tv show)
last cd stolen while over-served and lost on a college campus, tackled by store employees out the door but get away, then run around the block and take off shirt (for a disguise) and walk away while whistling - goodie mobb "soul food"
last tape stolen- temple of the dog "temple of the dog"
last cassingle stolen- danzig "mother"
last record purchased- liquid liquid "liquid liquid"
last tape bought w/ shoveling money, taken away by parents for questionable content, then stolen back from parents' dresser- big daddy kane "it's a big daddy thing"
worst tape purchase- that dude who constantly walks around selling his "mixtapes" saying his main influences are the Four Fathers of philosophy and it consists of him talking in muted tones with wu-tang playing on a radio in the background
I finally just bought David Bowie's Low (well, the 1999 Virgin CD remaster).
I traded in a bunch of old CDs to get:
The Shins --Wincing the Night Away
and
OK Go --Oh No
i pirated owen's at home with owen and arcade fire's neon bible.
i still feel bad about the owen album, but i'll go see him in april to make up for it.
I moonlight as a music writer. I get a lot of free CDs in the mail, most of them not so hot. It might sound like a good scam, but I've heard it compared to being a geologist... "You get all those free rocks!"
Last DL'ed:
An amazing Colombian psychedelic record from '68 by a band called Speakers, via these guys:
http://fm-shades.blogspot.com/
Last actually bought:
A collection of bits from Joe Frank's various radio shows.
days to come by bonobo
Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
Frog Eyes—the future is interdisciplinary or not at all
-Neon Bible
-Peanut Butter Wolf's Jukebox 45's
Last 3 records:
velvet underround and nico
can- rite time
donna summer -greatest hits
I downloaded Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer and loved it so much I went out and bought the LP for the 4 bonus tracks. And so I could blast it super-loud when my neighbors are having the loud sex they always seem to have.
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (of course)
My most recent 3:
- Amon Tobin "Foley Room"
- Drop The Lime vs. Syrup Girls "Shotgun Wedding, Vol. 4" mix-cd
- OOIOO "Taiga"
Um,...stole? Please define your terms.
BORAT (Stereophonic Musical Listenings that Have Been Origin in Moving Film). Frenetic gypsy beats to set your pelvis afire. I've also purchased some children's alphabet disco albums.
Make Another World by Idlewild.
It's, like, 50 percent less REM-ish than the last one. In a good way!
The Good, The Bad & The Queen – self titled
Lucinda Williams - West
Eleni Mandell - Miracle of Five
ok... stole?
new albums from: feist, battles, maximo park.
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
Given my love of the Flaming Lips, I have no idea how this slipped by my collection for so long.
Printdude, I lifted my dad's vinyl of Hot Rats the day I moved out of the house.
stealing implies it belongs to somebody - and i don't buy that
Slum Village S/T 2-disc. I also bought a molemen record that hasn't arrived yet. Hey, Molemen, don't make me get my torrentspy on.
Die For Your Government - Anti-Flag
I feel like I'm back in high-school!
Last bought: Shut Yo' Mouth! (Slam Stewart, Majoy Holley, Dick Hyman)
Last downloaded: Roberto Menescal e Seu Conjunto - Bossa Nova (1964).
I don't remember actually stealing a vinyl/tape/CD, but my memory can be spotty, as my friends will attest to.
I mostly download out of print or hard to get music, so I don't feel bad about that. I also buy a good number of CDs, mostly used, so I think one feeds off the other.
I "retained" my former partner's CD---Blood on the Tracks (Dylan). He moved out. Blood on the Tracks stayed. And I'm not sorry. And I'm not bitter.
Last two I bought: The Rza "Afro-Samurai Soundrack" & Vusi Mahlasela "Guiding Star"
Next two to buy: new albums by Modest Mouse and Andrew Bird on March 20
"Once Again" by John Legend. I love that guy.
Stole my first ever illegal album off the net yesterday:
Counting Crows- Desert Life
I'm so high off this new jam by White Stripes (the slow song that picks up!lol!) I forget its name! tsk tsk!
Funny, last album I actually bought was D12 world!
Thanks to numerous iPods, i am constantly "buying" from other iPods, and no credit cards down here in Africa, so iTunes store, though tempting, is useless...
+44!!
Blink 182 lives on....
Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
Urban Ethos [26]
What is Chicago's "urban ethos"?
Cool Glass of... [16]
What're you drinking?
Supreme Decision [22]
What's your reaction to the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act?
Taking it to the Streets [20]
Chicago Street Fairs: Revolting or Awesome?
I Can Be Cruel [9]
Be real: what is the meanest thing you've ever done?
Shylo / March 16, 2007 11:54 AM
Rhymefest's "Blue Collar." Back it up, back it up.
And Cut Chemist's "The Audience's Listening."