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to remember what you have actually bought.
I’ve gotten into the habit of buying a few records on payday, as a sort of reward for all the ass I kick around here. Or maybe because I simply can’t help it. Money enters my hands and immediately turns into music.
Because I’m weird, or maybe because my grandparents are Catholics, or maybe because I have a problem with happiness, I inevitably feel guilty after making any album purchase. But in my old age, I’ve made an important discovery: The regret I feel over purchasing records is small and meaningless compared to the regret I feel over those records not purchased. I guess it’s better, then, to be financially poor and musically rich.
I figure I’ll start making lists of the albums I purchase. That way, I can do a better job of keeping track of them, and I can quickly and easily share them with youmaybe you’ll find something you like or maybe you'll have other recommendations for me. I think it’ll also be fun to track the inevitable twists and turns of my own musical interests.
Anyway.
Today’s payday. These are the albums I bought.
Lucrecia Dalt: Commotus (LP, Human Ear Music)
Listen via Soundcloud.
Michael Hurley: Long Journey (LP, Light in the Attic)
Ned Collette & Wirewalker: 2 (LP, Fire)
Listen via Soundcloud.
Nils Frahm: Felt (LP, Erased Tapes)
Listen via Drowned In Sound.
Peter Broderick: These Walls of Mine (LP, Erased Tapes)
Listen via Soundcloud.
I purchased these records from Forced Exposure.
to remember what you have actually bought.
great. Will this be a bi monthlyl event? Hope so. A consumer guide to enjoy..
... at discogs.com or whatever. Everything would be in one place, not scattered over blog page entries.
Keep them coming, I loved Lucrecia Dalt
I just listened to Nils Frahm for the first time today on Headphonecommute.com's best of 2012 survey. Love his work. Here are some other things you might like:
http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2013/01/09/headphone-commutes-best-of-2012-music-for-watching-the-snow-slowly-fall-in-the-moonlight/
Nice pick for the Nils Frahm "Felt". A suggestion for your next record store visit: Bersarin Quartett - II. I think you'll like it. One of my favorites for 2012.
Drove downtown in the rain
Nine-thirty on a tuesday night,
Just to check out the late-night
Record shop.
Call it impulsive
Call it compulsive,
Call it insane;
But when I'm surrounded
I just can't
Stop.
It's a matter of instinct
It's a matter of conditioning
It's a matter of fact.
Tou can call me Pavlov's
Dog,
Ring a bell and I'll salivate -
How'd you like that?
Yep, Barenaked Ladies feel our pain too!
Trey