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Day Two Hundred Twenty Four (Year Two)

Today was an epic day.  I went to ZZZ Records for the first time ever.  Can't believe I've been living in WDM for almost four years and I hadn't been there yet.  I spent $18, and made a considerable haul.  Here's what I snagged:

1) "Rock & Roll" by John Lennon on LP
2) "Inside" and "Earth" by Matthew Sweet on CD.
3) The Soundtrack from The Usual Suspects

SL Went along with me, and her pile of finds (much of which I imported into itunes so I could listen to it before the next time I see her) included the following records:

4) "Hey You, Yes You" by Ben Lee
5) "Could We Survive" by Joseph Arthur
6) "Space Cakes" by Alanis Morissette
7) The selftitled release from Low Stars

I feel the need to point out that the two Matthew Sweet records are his first 2 indie albums that have been out of print for time out of mind.  They were also the only two records of his that I was missing.  And oh yeah, they were in the clearance racks.

As for the soundtrack, I didn't even know they made one for that movie, and it's one of my favorite films ever.  Awesome score indeed.  (Pun intended).

Ben Lee's was a name I had heard, without hearing any of his music.  Listening to it as I write this.  Incredible stuff.

Same situation with Joseph Arthur.  I've heard a lot about him, but haven't really heard much by him.

The Alanis record was live acoustic stuff that never got released here in the States.  Probably radio performances and such.  I'll do some research on the origins of that.

And finally, the Low Stars disc has Immy and Charlie from Counting Crows on it, and will therefore be awesome by default.

All in all, an amazing day for music, and not much of it got played by me.  That'll happen for sure in the next couple of days though, don't worry.

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