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Monday, March 21, 2005

Dirty disco twelve-inch hands

So yesterday there was an ad in the paper saying that some resale shop downtown just opened this 'vinyl room' that has like, 10,000 vinyl records. So I went today and it was unbeleivable. I mean, you've gotta understand, like, this is my thing.

So I spent two hours today scrummaging through half of their collection, maybe 5,000 records, most of which were old 45's. At five when the shop closed, I had already found these:

-Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" LP
-"Saturday Night Fever OST" LP
-Michael Jackson - "Thriller" LP
-David Bowie - "We are the Dead" 45
-David Bowie - "Sound and Vision" 45
-Yes - "Owner of a Lonely Heart" 45

but these ones are what made me want to piss myself:
-Elvis Costello - "Watching the Detectives" 45 (b/w "Alison")
-Soft Cell - "Tainted Love" 45 (amazing....)
-Bob Dylan - "Tangled up in Blue" 45

and this one was the best find of the day, I seriously was caught so out of my element when I saw this:
-Beastie Boys - "It's the New Style" 45 (b/w "Paul Revere")
Like, honestly, you don't just waltz around Roseburg and accidentally stumble upon a copy of the Beastie Boys' first vinyl single.

The Soft Cell 45 and the Beastie Boys 45 are my favorites, but the Bowie singles are also really great. Tommorow I am going back to sift through another five grand records, so my hopes are high to find some more great stuff, hopefully some more Beasties or Bob Dylan. If I stumble upon a copy of Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" 45 then I will literally start crying.... but it isnt likely.

Monday, March 07, 2005

Waking Life

Last weekend I rented the film "Waking Life." It was realeased in 2002, and I have been meaning to see it ever since it came out. Anyway, this movie is amazing. The animation in it is incredible, it must be one of the most beautiful films I have seen.
Through all of the visual excitement, "Waking Life" is thematically overwhelming. It gave my mind much excercise.
This is one film that I will purchase and watch religiously.