Thanks to my absurd buying habits and swell gifts while I was in the hospital I have a horrible backload of things to listen to/watch/read. I know. I know. It's not really a "problem" per se. It's just annoying. Here's what I have in process or needing processing.
CDs
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts... Now
Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (Rhino 2 disc re-issue)
Elvis Costello - Goodbye Cruel World (Rhino 2 disc re-issue)
Elvis Costello - Kojak Variety (Rhino 2 disc re-issue)
Drive-by Truckers - The Dirty South
Bjork - Medulla
Various Artists - Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo (2 discs)
David Garza - A Strange Mess of Flowers (4 CD/1 DVD box set)
DVDs
The Station Agent
Purple Rain: 20th Anniverary Edition (I'm finished with the damn good special features disc)
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Netflix
My Voyage to Italy
Good Bye, Lenin!
Nights of Cabiria
Books
A gigantic stack at my bedside
Someday I'll slog through it all...
Posted by mikewolf at August 31, 2004 02:18 PMA gigantic book stack? So you too bought the Clinton autobio, eh?
My current unlistened-to cd pile:
Rene Lacaille - Mapou (exotic!)
Los Lobos - Ride This (Marie Marie!)
Ray Charles - genius loves company (Ray!)
Tanya Donelly - whiskey tango ghosts (Tanya!)
The Streets - a grand don't come for free (Docklands accents!)
Tahiti - The gauguin years (Aural Tits!)
Donovan - beat cafe (Still So Groovie!)
Tilbrook - transatlantic ping pong (Haven't heard anything new of his in ages. Hope it's ok!)
(ps: yes, lots of over-the-hill stuff. i relate these days)
(pps: i put back the steve earle. sorry. i'm actioning for, not listening to, revolution this month!)
(ppps: has Orrin gone supernova over the latest Sloan?)
(pppps: you're very wrong about Scissor Sisters! They rule my world. Trannie used to live out here, once upon a dreamtime).
I'll vouch for "Ride This," Tanya and The Streets (so interesting as a whole project). I'm very curious about Tillbrook.
Scissor Sisters are just totally beyond me. It's bad ABBA meets bad Elton John meets bad Fischerspooner.
Posted by: mrw on August 31, 2004 06:42 PMohmygod... you people have waaaay too much time on your hands. Do you understand that I have had the same three Netflix movies sitting on top of my dvd player since November 2003. NOVEMBER 2003!!
I can't find time to sit through a two hour movie!
Oh, I think I need to cry.
Posted by: Daniella on August 31, 2004 06:45 PMI'm curious about the "Goodbye Cruel World" bonus tracks. Are there lots of solo live cuts like from the period bootlegs. "Motel Matches" on keyboard, etc.?
Posted by: Jim on August 31, 2004 08:46 PM