Our trip down to Portland in early September for Music Fest Northwest was admittedly just as much a trip for the record stores as it was for the live music. They are all over. Mississippi Records in North Portland's Mississippi district was probably the most interesting place to us with a varied selection that doesn't [...]
In August, I admitted budgetary defeat and greatly limited my purchasing. So there are only four vinyl finds this month. A roadtrip south to Mississippi Records this month and a special column coming soon, I hope, make up for that. 1. Le Sang Song - s /t Where: Sonic Boom (Capitol Hill) How Much: $7.99 (and 25% off) [...]
As promised, here's my five best vinyl finds of July. Thanks so much for the positive response on June's. I'm hoping to get you August's done for you well before October roles around and hope this was worth the delay. What were your best vinyl finds last month? 1. Mexican Beatles EP Found: Sonic Boom Ballard Cost: 7.99 [...]
As promised, here's my five best vinyl finds of July. Thanks so much for the positive response on June's. I'm hoping to get you August's done for you well before October roles around and hope this was worth the delay. What were your best vinyl finds last month? 1. Mexican Beatles EP Found: Sonic Boom Ballard Cost: 7.99 [...]
There are few things in the world as calming and invigorating for me than digging through the used bins of my favorite local independent record stores. The act alone turns me into an explorer and when my thumb flips to the record I've been hoping to find, that buried sonic treasure, my creaky knees and [...]
It's been a while, but this one's a rull good one. Lollygagging 'round the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn last weekend after seeing Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart 's Heart & Soul Tour (which was simultaneously fantastic and amazing, thank you for asking), my boyfriend and I happened across a series of vinyls against the wall of an apartment, lazily stacked next to a trashcan. And while I'm not personally one for bed bugs, he had no problem diving in headfirst to see if there were any gems hidden in [...]
Various Artists Empire Records soundtrack (A&M) Price: RM9 Oh, the pleasures of reliving those lost days vicariously through a bargain bin. As I rummaged through this particular bargain bin, countless items brought back all those memories from my youth: fragments of pigeon intestines, worn out nunchucks wwrapped in barb wire, Autobots and GI Joes glued together and making out, a bloody fan blade, and strands of Mr Ricardo's chest hair. And yes, this soundtrack. I miss those days. Oh Hi, Mr Ricardo! Long time no see! My, you've lost weight. Neat! Ooo, [...]
Tori Amos Under The Pink (Atlantic) Price: RM9 I would like to counter Tori's advice and say that if you want to be a real man this year, you shouldn't get under the pink. but get under the blue and black. I'm telling you, every real man this world should endeavour to colour his whole life blue and black. Look at me: my grenades are blue and black. My venus flytrap garden is blue and black. Even my Backstreet Boys wallpaper is blue and bla... whoa, did I say wallpaper? [...]
Badly Drawn Boy Have You Fed The Fish? (Twisted Nerve) Price: RM9 I love my pets. I try my best to take care of them. So one day, I'm hanging around this pawn shop, and I spot this album. And so I bring it to the counter, dig into my wallet, and suddenly something dawns upon me: I forgot to feed my fish! Silly willy, me. Good thing Kermit came over for tea a couple of minutes after that. He brought his nephews. And one of his nephews [...]
Grade Under the Radar (Victory) Price: RM 4.95 So once in awhile I see things that remind me of a time in the past, when I was someone different. Like this album for example. As soon as I caught sight of it, I was immediately transported back to 2001, back to a time when I loved going to the zoo and seeing the animals, loved painting (I would paint for days) and running shamelessly in open fields, basking in the sun and the smell of grass. Ah, that was indeed a good [...]
Various Artists War Child presents Heroes ( Parlophone ) Price: RM9.90 My uncle Arnold was a hero to me. Why? Because he killed about 2,536 people in his lifetime including Satan. That and he once carried a huge tree trunk with one hand and he spoke like Hitler. The only problem I had with him was that whenever he visited (which was often), he would just stand behind my room door, flexing his biceps, not saying a word and just holding that pose. In fact, if I did not knew [...]
The Stills Logic Will Break Your Heart (Warner) Price: RM9.90 Look at the cover. Just look at it. I've been. And you know what it tells me? It tells that The Stills believe that logic will break your heart through the power of shuriken rain. What is shuriken rain? No one really knows cause no one's lived to tell the tale. Why I believe it's shuriken rain? What is your problem? Don't you know? Come closer, I'll tell you ... ... God is a ninja. The Stills - [...]
Foxboro Hot Tubs Stop Drop and Roll!!! (Jingle Town) Price: RM10 Have you ever bought something just because it had some mild connection to some pleasant memory you had of your youth? Yea, so have I. Which was why I bought this album. It reminded me of when I was 13, and discovered that if you put a fox in a hot tub, it would actually come out really soft and tender, and you could then use the boiled fox for a great fox stew. Yeah, I was making stews at 13. [...]
Black Kids Partie Traumatic (Almost Gold) Price: AUD$9.99 This album makes me happy when I listen to it. That saying, many things do make me happy as well, besides this album. Shooting chipmunks off trees with an AK47 is one. Drnking a jug of beer with a thin straw is another. Dropping TVs from the 47th floor and trying to hit people below is a big one. But the thing that makes me the happiest is flying around town using my recently grown wings. Yeah, like actual bird's wings. Just came on [...]
The Teenagers Reality Check (XL) Price: AUD$9.99
Grandaddy Just Like the Fambly Cat (V2) Price: AUD $9.99 This one helps me more or less complete my collection of their discography. In some ways, buying this album was like fitting in the last piece of a 10,000 piece jigsaw. Or touching up the final empty patch of a wall you are painting. Or eating the last morsel of meat from a pork leg. Or finally settling on the right nipple shade for the Adriana Lima fembot you are constructing. Ah, the pleasures of completion. [...]
Jamie T Kings & Queens (Virgin) Price: RM9.90 I love my British accent. It's so darn authentic. I am also really proud to have students such as Jamie Carragher and the Korean Clock Lady . Anyways, I'm offering a new yearend package for you. For onlt $3,999 a month, you can take 5 lessons a month from me, where I will demonstrate to you precisely how to speak like a fine English gentleman. An because I'm such a heroic do-gooder, I have decided to throw in a free class [...]
Foals Antidotes (Transgressive) Price: RM9.90 So this CD appears in the bargain bin one evening. And so I'm staring at the CD, and then I stare at the mouth of the dude on the cover. And I realise that the dude is actually a zombie. And then I turn around, and realise I'm not in a record store, but a zombie den. And there is a whole army of zombies rushing towards me. And then I realise that this is not a CD, but a ninja star. And then I realise my [...]
Loney, Dear Dear John (Polyvinyl) Price: RM9.90 Dear John, It has become apparent to me that you do not like my pumpkin pie. This really hurts, you know. When I served it to you last night, the first thing you did was throw it. And then you had the gall to tell me that it was because 15 masked men were climbing through the windows. And then when the masked men were rushing at us with their katanas, you had double the nerve to tell me to pick up the [...]
Ryan Adams 29 (Lost Highway) Price: S$3.95 I decided to feature 'Nightbirds' as the token mp3 here because rumor has it that it's Ryan Adams' 1,789 876 song written. What significance does that number have in general? Well for one, it's exactly the amount of times I've played poker with a Cheetah, as well as rode a camel in a Camel Grand-Prix. Ryan Adams - Nightbirds (from 29 )
Sound On The Sound
MuuMuse
Pirates of the Bargain Bin
The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
Ladyhawke - Black White & Blue
Clive Davis Cancels Pre-Grammy Party After Whitney Houston’s Death
Diplo & Don Diablo “Make You Pop”
Watch: Trailer for Dave Grohl’s documentary, Sound City
Red Axes – Tour De Chile
