I decided to partake in a little retail therapy on a lovely Saturday in the city. At the splendid WFMU CD Record Fair I managed to buy a bunch of stuff while meeting up with the lovely Christine and the esteemed Ken Goldstein, Esq. Nothing is better on sunny autumn afternoon than CD purchases followed by maple syrup candy at the Union Square Greenmarket and capped off by the season's first soy eggnog latte.
CD purchases were complete insane...
"Funeral" by Arcade Fire Arcade Fire have generated more hype amongst the New Yawk indie rock hipsters than anyone since The Strokes (before their second album sounded exactly like their first which sounded like exactly 521 bands that had spawned between the two releases). Lemme tell ya, it's deserved. It's dark but uplifting. It's loud but quiet. It's completely indescribable and completely brilliant. Run, don't walk.
"In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3" by Coheed & Cambria Because I keep hearing that I would like it. (addendum: Whomever told me that should be shot. It's like Metallica meets Rush meets Queensr˙che. I'll be giving this shit away. Seriously effing awful.)
"Sung Tongs" by Animal Collective I've had this album in MP3 form for some time and love it.
"Vintage Slide Collections From Seattle 1" by Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players If you don't know what this is then I'm not about to explain it lest you think I'm a bit "touched."
"Branches and Roots" a two disc FatCat records compilation.
"Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town" by Emmylou Harris Probably the least acclaimed amongst the early albums recently re-released by Rhino. It's my favorite, though.
"Lo and Behold" a sampler from the weird ambient label Lo Recordings.
and some crazy Cornelius thing that I thought was an album but it really half of some sort of effed up aural project. That kooky dude.
So. Lots to listen to and forget about the end of the world as we know it...
Posted by mikewolf at November 06, 2004 06:25 PMWow. I didn't think that anything could possibly sound more disgusting than egg nog. However, I think "soy egg nog latte" may be just that.
Posted by: K.Britt on November 6, 2004 08:06 PMThe Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players used to be the dog walkers for some friends of mine in Seattle. In fact, I believe they attended several of our parties. Their annual holiday show was a classic. It was called The Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players On Ice and they would come out and skate around in their socks. So only the *suggestion* of ice was involved. They skated off for intermission too. Great stuff!!
Hope you managed to stay within your recently enacted cd budget!
Posted by: Leigh Anne on November 7, 2004 12:30 AMYou forgot to mention ESPN's Jock Rock 2000.
Posted by: Ken Goldstein on November 7, 2004 04:35 PMHello-"CD buyers annonymous?" I have a little bit of an obsession....You blew your budget dude.
And I quote: (from October 24, 2004)
"* Those of you who know me will be shocked and ashamed to discover that I'm now operating on a budget. I have to. I mean, we all know how much my rent is and I'd like to, um, save a bit. Those of you who don't know me will be shocked and ashamed to discover that said budget includes $150 per month for CDs. Even then it's often pushed to the limit. "
Posted by: Holly on November 7, 2004 10:05 PMUh, no, but thanks for the concern.
1) It's a new month.
2) It was the Record Fair. The entire booty was less than $70.
Well, since all is in the budget, you should enjoy with Reckless Abandon! I Like Laika...
The song I have been grooving on for the past week (Thanks to Benjamin Moore guest blogging for The Fish: "Mad World (Alternate Version)" by Roland Orzabal http://www.benjaminwagner.com/mp3/mad-world-remix.mp3
Posted by: Holly on November 8, 2004 08:59 AMOkay, that's dandy. I'm sure Benjamin is a nice fellow. I've enjoyed much of his time filling in for the lovely Heather, too. However, that song is entirely mis-tagged. It's not Roland Orzabal remixed. It's Gary Jules from the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack. Hell, Roland wishes it were him because it would be a bigger hit than anything off TFF's disappointing new album.
Posted by: mrw on November 8, 2004 11:27 AM