Friday, December 22, 2006
CDs Bought at the East Village Tower Records’ Next-to-Last-Day 90-Percent-Off Sale
Yeah, I was able to make one last stop at Tower Records, where they had all their CDs at 90 percent off…because Tower is going out of business tonight. Whooha! We’re supposed to shed tears about this? Tower Records, if you picked a corporate strategy that ultmately backfired, you have only yourselves to blame. But I’ve got to be grateful that I got a few decent CDs there at 10 percent the price (everything cost somewhere between $1.60 and $1.90). I had only half an hour to shop before going to work (yeah, I got a shift last night too – whooha, again!); if I had longer, I might have gotten more. This is what I got:
Heavenly Grooves – This is really nice stuff. Going back to 1996, described accurately on the inside cover as “A very special selection of female ethereal vocals in modern electronic music compiled by Oli Rosch of Hyperium Records.” Yes, it is heavenly; I would have been happy with this even if I’d paid full price for it.
Lycia – Compilation of Appearances Vol. 2 – I saw this group at the Projekt Records Goth festival at Irving Plaza in 1999 or so (a freebie that I got from being on an old CD reviewer’s list)… Next to Black Tape for a Blue Girl, they were probably the most interesting thing there. A few years ago, I was looking for them at full price. Right now, I’m not in the mood for this heavy, heavy darkwave/ethereal material, but sometime soon I will listen through the whole CD, and I’m glad I have it. And the picture on the CD cover is probably the best takeoff on Grant Wood’s American Gothic that I’ve ever seen (American Gothic, indeed!).
Distance to Goa 2 – Yep, psychedelic Goa trance, from 1995. Nothing spectacular here; I would have liked it more in 1995. But not bad for the background, and speedy enough. It kind of kept me awake during a proofreading job. Only complaint is that all the songs are too long. I guess people don’t notice when they’re on Ecstacy.
Dzihan & Kamien – Refreaked – Decent mixture of Latin beats and some Middle Eastern sounds, along the drum’n’bass continuum. It will take a few listens to decide if I love any of this. But so far, not bad.
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P.S. Nothing, of course, like getting music for free. Many thanks to Durruti at Love & Rage for sending me some very nice Brazilian electronic lounge music and drum’n’bass. Tomorrow or the next day, I’m off to asfo_del’s to sit for an old cat and maybe download some mp3s on the Living on Less computer. If I get a little more work in, maybe I’ll get a better computer and start doing this at home. (Though how long have I been saying that?) Then, if/when that happens, I might start a music blog too. A thought – that’s where I’m gong right now. (Of course, I will keep the commie blog going, but it might be nice to have something else out there.)
Heavenly Grooves – This is really nice stuff. Going back to 1996, described accurately on the inside cover as “A very special selection of female ethereal vocals in modern electronic music compiled by Oli Rosch of Hyperium Records.” Yes, it is heavenly; I would have been happy with this even if I’d paid full price for it.
Lycia – Compilation of Appearances Vol. 2 – I saw this group at the Projekt Records Goth festival at Irving Plaza in 1999 or so (a freebie that I got from being on an old CD reviewer’s list)… Next to Black Tape for a Blue Girl, they were probably the most interesting thing there. A few years ago, I was looking for them at full price. Right now, I’m not in the mood for this heavy, heavy darkwave/ethereal material, but sometime soon I will listen through the whole CD, and I’m glad I have it. And the picture on the CD cover is probably the best takeoff on Grant Wood’s American Gothic that I’ve ever seen (American Gothic, indeed!).
Distance to Goa 2 – Yep, psychedelic Goa trance, from 1995. Nothing spectacular here; I would have liked it more in 1995. But not bad for the background, and speedy enough. It kind of kept me awake during a proofreading job. Only complaint is that all the songs are too long. I guess people don’t notice when they’re on Ecstacy.
Dzihan & Kamien – Refreaked – Decent mixture of Latin beats and some Middle Eastern sounds, along the drum’n’bass continuum. It will take a few listens to decide if I love any of this. But so far, not bad.
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P.S. Nothing, of course, like getting music for free. Many thanks to Durruti at Love & Rage for sending me some very nice Brazilian electronic lounge music and drum’n’bass. Tomorrow or the next day, I’m off to asfo_del’s to sit for an old cat and maybe download some mp3s on the Living on Less computer. If I get a little more work in, maybe I’ll get a better computer and start doing this at home. (Though how long have I been saying that?) Then, if/when that happens, I might start a music blog too. A thought – that’s where I’m gong right now. (Of course, I will keep the commie blog going, but it might be nice to have something else out there.)
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I got like 15 CDs for under 30 bucks...good stuff. Some of it wasn't even all that obscure, which surprised me.
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15 CDs? Did you also find all that at around the same time? Well, maybe I might have that night if I had more time, and I was more willing to part with money. (Big bargains can be very tricky especially when the money is tight - because no matter how much you save in the bargain, you do end up spending money that you wouldn't have spent before.)
By the way, I checked out your last.fm list. Last.fm, like MySpace, is maybe something I don't completely get right now. But it is kind of interesting to see people's lists.
At least when it comes to rock and punk music, we share two favorites, Wire and The Fall.
And I'm realizing, by the way, that it's close to 30 years since I first became a fan of these two bands (well, maybe 29 for Wire, 28 or 27 for The Fall)... Which reminds me that we're on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the big punk rock explosion. I imagine we'll hear more about that in the coming months.
By the way, I checked out your last.fm list. Last.fm, like MySpace, is maybe something I don't completely get right now. But it is kind of interesting to see people's lists.
At least when it comes to rock and punk music, we share two favorites, Wire and The Fall.
And I'm realizing, by the way, that it's close to 30 years since I first became a fan of these two bands (well, maybe 29 for Wire, 28 or 27 for The Fall)... Which reminds me that we're on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the big punk rock explosion. I imagine we'll hear more about that in the coming months.
Hey Rich
Thanks for the nice words, my pleasure mate ;)
The 30th anniversary thing's already started here. ITV (UK commercial TV station) did a reasonable 'Story Of Punk' documentary a few weeks back, to coincide with the release of 'New Rose' by The Damned. There were some pretty interesting interviews (as well as a few facile ones!), and it was interesting to see and hear from some of the old boys 'n' girls.
I've also just got a copy of 'The Day The Country Died', a history (of sorts!) of the UK anarcho-punk scene from the early 80's. It's almost like reading my own biography! If nothing else, the research the guy's done to track down folk from bands who, even at the time, were generally playing to no more than a few dozen folk in a church hall or scout hut, is mightily impressive!
I'll get you some more tunes together soon, hopefully the Tower bargains will see you through the long nights until then!
And here's to a grand 2007. Salud!
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Thanks for the nice words, my pleasure mate ;)
The 30th anniversary thing's already started here. ITV (UK commercial TV station) did a reasonable 'Story Of Punk' documentary a few weeks back, to coincide with the release of 'New Rose' by The Damned. There were some pretty interesting interviews (as well as a few facile ones!), and it was interesting to see and hear from some of the old boys 'n' girls.
I've also just got a copy of 'The Day The Country Died', a history (of sorts!) of the UK anarcho-punk scene from the early 80's. It's almost like reading my own biography! If nothing else, the research the guy's done to track down folk from bands who, even at the time, were generally playing to no more than a few dozen folk in a church hall or scout hut, is mightily impressive!
I'll get you some more tunes together soon, hopefully the Tower bargains will see you through the long nights until then!
And here's to a grand 2007. Salud!
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