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Journal claudia's Journal: Music Reviews for Y'all 10

Journal by claudia
I finally did it. I traipsed over to Virgin to splurge on some new CDs. I've been holding back due to fears of being laid off, but aching for some new, gorgeous tunes. I won't be doing that again (holding back, that is), so I thought I'd start a music review journal, especially for those short on bucks.

Virgin only had three of the nine CDs I was hoping to purchase. I missed out on Suicide and Space Brothers and Archive.

The rating system:

10 run home and slap your momma
9 crawl on your knees for it. are you begging yet?
8 pee in your pants or skirt or kilt or lederhosen
7 unicorns. daisies. a Democrat Senate Majority Leader.
6 calm down, it's all relative. no need to drool yet.
5 steal it from Wal-Mart
4 steal it from an aquaintance who won't care it's gone
3 GDMFSOB. Whatever.
2 borrow it from someone you like and throw it out the window, for their sake
1 a very bad one-night stand who stalks you for eternity singing Whitney Houston tunes

What I bought:

Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights : 8 (it's an 80's thing)
Zero 7: Simple Things: 9 (lush. friendly. soothing)
DJ Shadow: The Private Press : 8
Autour de Lucie: to be reviewed (thanks PMF!)

Got suggestions?

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  • I've been into my local Virgin Megastore a few times. Never again! Now I go straight to Amazon when I'm looking for music. Advantages?

    • No crap lighting.
    • No frustration trying to work out where they put the CD you're looking for.
    • No bumping into other people.
    • No strange looks, just because you're not looking for the latest Kylie CD.
    • No queue to pay.
    • No bored teenager at the counter, who takes ages to find the disc from the shelves at the back.


    Just thinking about those makes me shiver.

    On the other hand, your rating system rocks! :)
    • I like Amazon a lot and feel slightly guilty I don't throw more dollars their way as I do get good results with their recommendations engine and the "customers that bought this also bought this". Virgin, however, plays on my natural inclination to instant gratification as they're a few blocks away from work (new tunes to listen to in the afternoon!).

      The store in SF is not all that bad as far as crowds and lighting except if you're looking for a French electronica CD that might be filed under World --> France or Electronica. Customer service can be kind of iffy, but the people in the Electronica section seem to know their stuff. Plus, they actually have some good sales that beat Amazon. For obscure hard-to-find stuff though I always go Amazon.

      My favorite though is Amoeba Records [amoebarecords.com] on Haight Street. OMFG. If ever in SF, it's a must-do. Everyone that works there clearly does so because they can't imagine not having music in their life. I'm really hoping they build up more of an online presence. Okay, yeah, now I'm feeling guilty for shopping at Virgin.

      • Well, if it's nearby and convenient, that's a different matter. Just make sure you don't over-exercise your wallet! :)

        If you've got a specialist store in your neighbourhood, so much the better.
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      • I used to go to CDNow. Great search engine. Great display of artists, coupled with actual release dates of albums, all easy to see, etc etc etc.

        True. I used to be a regular customer of CDNow, too, back when there was precious little in the way of online music stores in the UK.

        Now, CDNow has been swallowed by Amazon. Who knows, maybe they farmed out to Amazon because they don't have to pay programmers. Anyway, the search function sucks now. I like Amazon, don't get me wrong, but the old CDNow was better.

        I stopped using CDNow when I found that Amazon.co.uk could get me most of the stuff I wanted, without the extra cost of shipping over the Atlantic, and without the risk of Customs slapping a charge on it if they were feeling in a good mood that day. :(

        Then again, what the hell do I know. I get most of my CDs from stupid music clubs. That's how lazy I am.

        Ugh! Tried those for a while, and gave up eventually, as it was very hard to find anything that I actually wanted to buy. Nowadays, I listen to the radio to find out about new stuff, then search online - a far superior arrangement for me.

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          • And Hall and Oates greatest hits. I am 32 for christ's sake. :)

            SO? I'm 34 now. That's no excuse not to relive the glory days of your youth. Besides, now you can afford to buy music and keep a roof over your head! :)

            In the last year, I bought :

            Grandmaster Flash's Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel (3 CD Box-set)
            Afrika Bambaata Looking For The Perfect Beat
            Heavy D & Da Boyz Heavy Hits
            Big Daddy Kane The Best Of Kane

            plus *three* Jean Micheal Jarre CDs (Oxygene, Equinoxe, Magnetic Fields).

            Add that to my box-set of Steve Reich stuff, old Kraftwerk albums (including Autobahn!), Giorgio Moroder's From Here To Eternity), and my set of Mantronix re-issues (wish there were more of them out there!)

            Track down those memories now, whilst you still can, and whilst you can afford to. Yes-yes-y'all! :)

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