Holy Shite... I just spent $100.90 at Tower Records...

Argh. I do care, especially because I'm trying to hone my copyedititing skills... I'm obviously a little careless on ILM, though.

I'm not sure if it's chain-wide, although all the Tower Records stores I've been to usually have something decent on sale. A couple months ago my location was selling, like, fifty copies of Loveless for $6.99... And all the Joy Division albums are on infini-sale.

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Tough Tits, Toots!

I bought

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On the Edge of Town (7.99)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Today's the Day - In the eyes of God
Beatles - Sgt. Peppers

and at Other Music I got
Electric Eels - The Beast Presents...

and when I was there (march 9th), I looked up and who was next to me but the guy from the Counting Crowes! And he was buying a shitload of music. The only one I could see was Lou Reed's transformer

Yea, totally. I never listen to all that old back catalogue crap anymore that I own. I mean, The Pixies are great band, but they're more of a historical artifact almost. Same with Neil Young, too. And the Cocteau Twins. I mainly just buy their records so I can say that I own them and have an opinion of them, but they really give me no pleasure-- at least, nothing on the level of the rapturous, full-body eudaimonia I experience while listening to I am a Bird Now...

Okay, I'm being sarcastic. What are you talking about!? I mean, I understand what you're saying about "back catalogue" indie canon kind of albums, but you really listen to them once and then shelve them? Maybe we just have, er, different, er, taste...?

Anyway, wouldn't pay more than $5 for any of these, but depends on where you shop.

Where would you get these CDs for $5.00? I doubt you could buy any of these used for five bucks unless they were "as is, missing disc" or something. you're reminding me of my girlfriend's tragically hip roommate that's always like, "How much did that tofu cost?...Huh...Oh, nothing. It's just, I know this place in Chinatown where you can get that much tofu for, like, two bucks."

(me in NYC, for this kind of catalog stuff, I go to Academy on 18th)

Like Momus said in another thread, I never go above 14th Street haha, but I will if this Academy place is selling CDs for $5. Sounds great. 18th b/w what and what?

ebay!

(Also, I'm going to Amoeba in SF early next week. Just wait until my post after that. It will be something like, "Holy Shite...I just spent $300.90 at Amoeba Records...Oh yea, still recovering from kidney removal surgery.)

Meanwhile, I can't believe y'all let this go, from the top o' the thread:

> I'm trying to hone my copyedititing skills

:)

Listen, man, you did ask us to name our personal favorites and least favorites.

Oh, my fave of your recent lot is Q: Are We Not Men?.... I only hope it didn't get contaminated by the Joni Mitchell disc on your walk home.

aaaahahahahaha I think it did. I was wondering why mark mothersbaugh's voice sounded so...so...unified and...insightful.

most of the titles you listed are also on sale at my store, only my store being the big rip that it is they're "marked down" to only $9.99. i bought "post" myself!

You may still be on crack, Bimble, but you're right in that the first side is superior to the second. That said, the second side does feature essentials like "Gut Feeling" and "Come Back Jonee". This might be heresy to some, but I've never been a fan of "Shrivel Up".

The first side, though, gives Fun House by the Stooges a run for its money in the six consective classic songs in a row stakes.

Amateur(ist), I GENUINELY dislike Joni Mitchell's warble. Regardless of the fact that she's a boring old hippy and whatnot, I just find her shrill dog whistle of a voice intensely unpleasant to have to listen to. I'm sure she's a very nice person, but keep that fuckin' microphone far away from her, please.

that's quite a claim. i'm on my third listen of the Devo album. I want to check out the other ones, but--holy shit. it's albums like this that make me want to go, "Do you know how many crap records I had to listen to before I found you?!" We're still honeymooning, though, so we'll see... the vocals are unnervingly like David Byrne's sometimes, esp. circa TH:'77.

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I grab catalog stuff when it's been remastered or i have the unrelenting urge to make my own greatest hits album by a particular band.Otherwise i try to stick tp the relatively new.I would be scared to walk into Amoeba with my credit card.As it is online buys kill me.At the same time i bought this i got new stuff online from Eclipse,Crypt Records & Aquarius.
From Eclipse:
Brothers Of The Occult Sisterhood
Terracid-The Evacuation Of Earth
Corsican Paintbrush
Franciscan Hobbies-At The Worlds End
Uton-The August Light
Xenis Emputae Travelling Band-Toadsman's Bell
Matt Valentine-Rural ragas Vol.1
Radio Phnom Penh
Keijo-Unfolding Emptiness
Satwa
Salamander-Bent Hemlock
Hall Of Fame-2 albums
Sunburned Hand Of Man-No Magic Man
Avarus-Ruskeatimanti
The Moglass-Pallcast

From Crypt:
Pow City
Whip,Wobble,& Grind
Jerk,Shake & Vibrate
All Night Soul Stomp
Jump & Shout

From Aquarius:
Various: Total Freakout(freanch 60's comp)
Magma-K.A.(New Album!!)
Jan Dukes De Grey-Mice And Rats in the Loft

So that's everything i have bought in the last week not to mention what i've downloaded off of live torrent sites & soulseek.Now granted money really not an issue but i'm afraid that catalog stuff just wouldn't cut it for me.So i guess i'm with Paulhw on this.Of your list all good tunes but i can honestly say i only wish to hear Devo & the Pavement again.Although nice 80 minute cd's of The Cars & The Pixies are fun.I always thought The Cocteau Twins were music you had to play in the car for your girlfriend so you'd get lucky at the end of the night.Oh & there is definitely a good Bauhaus mix amongst all their albums & singles.
In any case feel free to comment on my musical choices.I'm afraid here in Dallas i don't get much of a chance to share my music buying habits with others.

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"Mongoloid, he was a mongo-LOID!"

That's about £2, isn't it?

you'll be saying "bawbags" next.

And you'll pay the same price poortheater did at Tower for these disks, and they'll be used. Any decent title at Academy is definitely not $4.99, more like 7.99-8.99.

If I lived in the UK I'd buy CDs from US retailers. You'll still save money even with the extra shipping costs. Try alldirect.com, not sure if they ship internationally, though.

These sales are chainwide and available online, too.

my cd copy of Are Not Men .. has a ton of extras .. (Live mini album + b-sides)

or was that not released stateside ?

m.e