So I went a little crazy this evening (for me at least) and went on a bit of a shopping spree. (I gave my 2 weeks notice at the record store and am moving on to new employment so I need to take advantage of my discount before I go.)

Anyone else go on a spree lately? Maybe a 'spree' for me is just a regular day at the record store for others here?

today:

+ Hanne Hukkelberg - Little Things
+ Stevie Wonder - Original Musiquarium I ($25.00)
+ Goldfrapp - Supernature (import... normally $34.99 canadian)
+ George Faith - To Be A Lover (limited edition... normally $36.99 canadian)
+ VA - JazzActuel: a collection of avant garde/free jazz/psychedelia (3 cd mini boxset) ($35.00)

Yeah you've got nothing on Hideous Lump.

Speaking of which a friend of mine who works in FYE is going to be letting me in on Friday for a 50% off family and employee only sale. Any ideas what I should tell him to pick me up? I'm think boxsets, as most of their cds are too high anyway.

TUESDAY:

My spree includes:

Radiohead - Live at Astoria DVD
System of a DOwn - Hypnotize
Fort Minor - s/t
Death From Above 1979 - Romance Bloody Romance
Some sort of Horror DVD box set for $19.99
and a 250gig hard drive.

woot

Yeah, I went a little apeshit about a week or two ago when we had that 20% off coupon from Tower:

new Franz Ferdinand (no, wait, that was from the used store)
Velvet Teen, Out of the Fierce Parade
Leaves' Eyes, Vinland Saga
Foetus, Love
Adult., Gimme Trouble
Tatu, Dangerous and Moving
Gravenhurst, Fires in Distant Buildings
Buckethead and Friends, Enter the Chicken
God Module, Viscera
Decadance Records Compilation Vol. 1
Negative Format, Moving Past the Boundaries
Kaiser Chiefs, Employment

I don't think I can buy anything again for another month, at least.

I went on a deepdiscountdvd 20% off spree (and I love no tax and free shipping):

1 ABD011588 DVD : GOING PLACES $ 9.59 In-stock
1 HBD092430 DVD : DEADWOOD-1ST SEASON $ 55.91 In-stock
2 HBD092433 DVD : DA ALI G SHOW-2ND SEASON $ 15.31 Backorder
1 HBD099180 DVD : CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM-1ST SE $ 21.90 Backorder
1 HVD001716 DVD : UN DEUX TROIS SOLEIL $ 11.48 In-stock
1 KCH003044 DVD : KINGDOM-1ST SERIES $ 20.77 In-stock
1 PRD031384 DVD : WARRIORS (ULTIMATE DIRECTOR $ 10.84 In-stock
1 WBD065146 DVD : FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS, T $ 10.60 In-stock

Merchandise Total: $ 171.71
Tax: $ .00
Shipping & Processing: $ .00

Total for this Order: $ 171.71

In Austin last month I got the following:

Can - Tago Mago
Morphine - Good
Bill Hicks - Rant in 'E' Minor
Basehead - Plays With Toys
Interpol - Antics
DM & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life
Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust
Idlewild - Hope Is Important
Loveage - Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By
Eric B & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique
Bob Dylan - Hard Rain
The Go-Betweems - The Friends of Rachel Worth
Bonnie Prince Billy - I See A Darkness

I think that's it. Clearly, Waterloo Records is one of my favorite spots on the planet.

Not quite lump territory but in the last five days, I've bought:

The Saints "Nothing is Straight in My House"
Gilberto Gil S/T (1968) which replaces a cd-r
Horace Silver "The United States of Mind"
Joao Gilberto "Ela e Carioca"
Black Renaissance "Body, Mind & Spirit"
Andy Bey "Shades of Bey"
V/A "Nicky Siano's legendary The Gallery: The Original New York Disco 1973-77"
Bebeto S/T
Vicki Anderson "Mother Popcorn"
The Buddy Miles Expressway "Expressway to Your Skull"
James Mason "Rhythm of Life"
Archie Shepp "For Losers"
Clayton Downie "Black Slavery Days"
Nacao Zumbi "Futura"
Bo Diddley "Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger"
Zombies "Odyssey & Oracle" LP

About $220 + or -

What's that Jazz/psych box?

This past week in the used bins at $3.00 each:

The Delays - Faded Seaside Glamour
Franz Ferdinand - s/t
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Lanterna - s/t
Beck - "Loser" cd single
Monster Magnet - God Says No
Beck - Guero
R.E.M. - Around The Sun
William Orbit - Strange Cargo III
Muslimgauze - United States Of Islam
Pure Chill Out compilation cd
Roni Size - Fullcycle Through The Eyes
Caetano Veloso - Greatest Hits



It's been a good week.

Gah. I have a copy of the Kaiser Chiefs I would have given you. Awful.

And how's that Buckethead? I've seen it at the used store- it's got a few special guests on it, dozen it?

fp

Yesterday at Cheap Thrills (all 5$ each):

Abandoned Pools (Armed To The Teeth)
The Dandy Warhols (Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars)
The Magic Numbers (The Magic Numbers)
Marjorie Fair (Self Help Serenade)
Neverending White Lights (Act 1: Goodbye Friends Of The Heavenly Bodies)
Ok Go (Oh No)

I am quite pleased.

I'll check with you first, next time I make a whimsical purchase.I'll let you know after I listen to it. Yeah, it's got quite a few, hence the "...& Friends".

my parents were here recently, and they went shopping at hmv while i looked around. BIG mistake. i raided the bargain bin, and found some good stuff.

the b-52s - the b52s (i love rock lobster so much the rest of the album could suck and i wouldnt care. luckily, its an excellent album)
john lennon - imagine (heard more than a few times but never bought.)
eric b & rakim - paid in full
nick drake - five leaves left
k'naan - the dusty foot philosopher
ice-t - original gangsta
mr bungle - mr bungle

all but two were under 10 bucks.

Nice haul. I think I'm going on a jag this week, as the big box is selling some fairly good stuff for $7.99: U2, Queens of the Stone Age among others.

Nothing too crazy....

last week in LA:
Jeffrey Foucault - Stripping Cane
The 88 - Over and Over
The Clientele - Strange Geometry
Marah - If you didn't laugh....

this past weekend in PDX:
Madonna-- guilty as charged, but I only paid 9.99 for it
Tom Vek - We Have Sound (promo copy for $5)

Oh... I totally neglected to mention that I picked up

Love - Love Story (mini boxset)

just last week.

Whoa, this is turning into a confessional.

I'm trying to be good...

Though I picked up 5 CDs at Amoeba 2 weeks ago (Sun Kil Moon, Bellini, Explosions in the sky, Wolf Parade, & something else)..... Kids in the Hall season 3 w/the DeepdiscountDVD sale last week... and will be picking up some Best Buyage on Friday - supposedly $20 Seinfeld sets and $80 160 GB external hard drives...

but, since I splurged on a Roland 404 this week, the "spree" tag must remain off for a while. Just a "jaunt" now and again...

last week was my annual end of uni/final chance to be near decent music stores for 3 months binge. Most of these were $10 Aus deals

Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have Had It So Much Better
PJ Harvey - 4 Track Demos
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Neko Case - The Togers Have Spoken
Elbow - Cast Of THousands
Sleater-Kinney - Call The Doctor
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn
Beck - Mellow Gold
Beck - Mutations
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted reissue
Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock

I was busy on my day off this week:

System Of A Down - Hypnotize ($7)
Fiona Apple - Tidal ($7)
Jerry Garcia - Reflections ($5)
Jerry Garcia Band - (some double-disc live set) ($9)
Grateful Dead - s/t (a.k.a. Skull & Roses) ($6)
Neil Young - Harvest ($7)
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps ($7)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road ($6)

I passed up on the live Mars Volta for $7 and Springsteen's Born To Run for $3. I'm thinking of going back next week if I can get out of jury duty.

I did some more shopping today..big week for me


MOnster Magnet - Spine of God
Monster Magnet - Superjudge
Sponge - the Man
Cave In - epicenter


all in the purchase thread...

I ordered 2 Andre Williams cd's from Amazon the other day.

that stormtrooper makes it look like shiv is really enthusiastic about all his posts

last week's haul:

leaf- made into itself
endless blue- smoke through it
colored shadows- tiger mask ep
cranes- population four
cranes- forever
costanza- zerOKilled
the concretes- s/t

Just got back last night from a trip to Vegas... Hit Big B's and Zias and came away with the following on my shopping spree... Almost all used, and the new stuff was reasonably priced

Lovemakers - Times of romance (new for $7
Thumbsucker soundtrack
Ike Reilly Assasination - Junkie Fathful (ok bastards, I bought your hype)
Jason Falkner- Bliss Descending ep
Jane Siberry "Love is Everything" anthology
The Dears - Nor the Dahlias
Church - el momento descuidado
Material Issue- Goin' through your purse ep
Grandaddy- a pretty mess ep
Kingsbury Manx - fast rise and fall of the south
Fiery Furnances - rehearsing the choir (curious despite the bad feedback)
Unbunny "Typist" (new $9
Abandoned Pools -Armed to the Teeth
The Rakes - Retreat (new 9)
Hold Steady - Almost Killed me