When the little one took the mic, I knew I'd fallen.
Today was so beautiful that I went outside and worked out in my front yard. I did a bunch of walking lunges up and down my driveway and did a lot of sit-ups, too. I'm sure my neighbors will want to be friends with me now that they know I have perfect walking lunge form. I'm expecting a knock at the door any minute now.
After that I was feeling so good that I went up to Everybody's Records and threw $80 on the counter in exchange for a whole bunch of new music. My logic was: It's a lovely day out. I should buy some music to celebrate. Of course, next week when it's nasty again my logic will be: Ooh, it's icky out. I should buy some music to make up for it. Either way, it costs me.
But anyway, here's everything I've purchased recently neatly arranged on the floor and photographed:
- the Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath - The Clientele is my favorite music to listen to while walking to the library in the rain.
- Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall - I didn't know Rufus Wainwright was gay until I saw him in concert and realized I was the only guy there who didn't have another guy with him.
- Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Superwolf - I can't think of anything to say about this one. It was only $3.99.
- Bangles - Different Light - It has recently come to my attention that the Bangles are awesome. I had to rush out and make up for the fact that I only owned five of their songs.
- Leonard Cohen - The Essential Leonard Cohen - My dad called and asked if I wanted to go see Leonard Cohen with him up in Columbus next week. I have no idea where this came from. I didn't even know my dad knew who Leonard Cohen was. I'm not one to turn down a concert when someone else is footing the bill, so I said yes. I bought this collection the next day to make up for the fact that I only have his first four records.
- Bangles - The Essential Bangles - Once again, it has recently come to my attention that the Bangles are awesome.
- Kingsbury Manx - Ascenseur Ouvert! - I used to follow these guys pretty closely, but they fell off my radar a couple years back. Their song "Piss Diary" (off their self-titled debut) remains one of my all-time favorites.
- Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence - Quiet is the New Loud was an important record to me when it came out. It was so important, in fact, that I've felt obligated to buy everything these guys have released since.
- the Smiths - The Name of Our Band is The Smiths: May We Have a Record Contract, Please? - I bought this at Half Price Books yesterday just because it looked mysterious.
- Múm - Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know - I bought the first Múm CD in Iceland in 2002. It didn't do much for me, but I recently heard Homebody playing this one and liked it a lot.
Comments
The Rufus Wainwright bit made me chuckle.
I wish someone would foot the bill for me to go see Leonard Cohen and I only have 2 of his records. on vinyl. And I hardly ever listened to the second one.
If you'd seen this Rufus album first, that woulda tipped you off as well.
I heard Superwolf once when it came out, but it didn't do anything for me back then. I'm willing to try again at $3.99.
The early Bangles are awesome. "Eternal Flame" makes me cringe.
Me too.
By the way, the studio version of "I'm in Line" is great. I can't tell if they're bah-ing in there or not. It's on the bubble.
I don't have their first EP and it's not available in mp3 format, so I'd love for you to include it with Rainy Day. Thanks!
the SO had the reverse of your experience when he went with me to see ani difranco. somewhat surreal, but he recovered. eventually.