Buying music when drunk

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On the article which inspired this thread there's a quote describing the typical 'fifty quid man'. This is the guy we've all seen in Borders or HMV on a Friday afternoon, possibly after a drink or two, tie slightly undone, buying two CDs, a DVD and maybe a book - fifty quid's worth . Despite being pissed many times and buying cd's many times, I've never combined the two. Has anybody done so and what were the results?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Personal 5 Worst of all Time

True for 3 of 5. The day Tower Records in Piccadilly stopped opening until 1 was a happy day for my record collection.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

had a great one at amoeba in sf with a friend (it is very close to this bar called, i think, the trophy room). popol vuh "einsjager" may have been one of the purchases. emperor comp was one for sure. classic, even if i cannot remember what i picked up...

― marcg (marcg), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

ditto on sf amoeba. whiskey in golden gate park. $100 of ruins cds.

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

dean! i kiss you.

i've bought loads of records at shows while drunk, but never been drunk in a record shop. i originally regretted buying the new Lotus CD, but it's grown on me immensely, and it's value for irritating my suitemates is high.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I buy records drunk online all the time. It sucks.

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I tend to find really great deals on eBay when I'm drunk.

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i once went sic' with an electroclash article and gemm.com once when extremely drunk. i actually ended up with some pretty neat stuff after all that..

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)

hahahahah dean!

I get stoned at Ian's house and end up with handfulls of crap from Newbuy Comics a lot.

― LITTLE LAMB [Jon Williams] (ex machina), Thursday, 11 March 2004 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)

This is a tough one, since the record store where I work is across the street from two bars. I've kicked a few drunks out (I don't think they were planning to buy anything anyhow). Though one is likely to spend a little more when lubed (can't argue with that), I'm a little annoyed when I can smell alcohol on their breath.

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Thursday, 11 March 2004 01:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Just don't go vinyl shopping fucked up. Everything suddenly sounds great on headphones. "Hey, I never knew I liked hard trance."

― Lukas (lukas), Thursday, 11 March 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Felt the need to purchase Blondie's Parallel Lines during a moment of drunken ecstacy after hearing "Heart of Glass" in The Keg. Happily, the record store was only a few stores away in the mall. Unhappily, it wasn't until 24 hours and $12.99 later that I remembered already owning (& rarely playing) the vinyl.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 11 March 2004 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I got The Chronic at a used store that my friend worked at when I was earthspinningly drunk. Best eight dollars I ever drunkenly spent.

― Sym (shmuel), Thursday, 11 March 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Matos sold me a copy of a Gilberto Gil album when I was drunk.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 11 March 2004 04:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll allow my drunken self to put things in my Amazon shopping basket, so I don't forget what a brilliant idea it would be to buy them.

I won't allow my drunken self to actually purchase anything.

Of course this also means that my sober self gets make the final decision as to whether it really is as brilliant an idea as it seemed at the time.

I figure that when my drunken self actually starts to earn some of the money, my sober self might give him a bit more say on how to spend it!

I tend to think it's best to only ever attempt to manage one obsessive behavioural trait at a time.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 11 March 2004 10:50 (twenty-one years ago)

"I won't allow my drunken self to actually purchase anything."

Well, apart from another couple of rounds, a packet of fags and a curry on the way home, obviously.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 11 March 2004 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)

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