music collection

It’s a music avalanche. First Marten showers me with albums on Monday, and today my order from Django arrived. Matthew Sweet’s Altered Beast (have it on tape, want it on CD), and Indigo Swing’s All Aboard, to feed my swing obsession. I only ordered two CDs from them because I haven’t used them before, but I’m definitely going to buy more from them – buying their used CDs and paying for shipment from the US is still significantly cheaper than forking out for the UK’s overblown prices, and I’ve had no problems with their service.

This is dedicated to the generous greatness that is Marten. I ended up sleeping at 6 am this morning, gleefully listening to albums I’ve been longing to get my hands on for years, all of which he brought today to lend me in an unassuming green plastic bag that gave no hint of the joy that waited within. Some of them were albums I’d specifically asked about borrowing, and he threw in others he thought I’d like. So far his judgment’s been spot on.

Study of English law will now have to compete with:
DJ Shadow: Entroducing
The God Machine: One Last Laugh In A Place Of Dying
Neutral Milk Hotel: On Avery Island
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Guided By Voices: Under The Bushes Under The Stars
Ninja Cuts: Flexistentialism
Jurassic 5: Quality Control
Quasi: Featuring Birds
Fugazi: End Hits
Flaming Lips: Clouds Taste Metallic
Puressence: Only Forever
They Might Be Giants: Apollo 18
The Velvet Underground & Nico
60 Ft Dolls: The Big 3
Soul Coughing: El Oso
My Vitriol: Losing Touch