It's true, I've become addicted to buying records. Somehow. It started off innocently enough...just stuff I knew would be good, that I didn't already own, that I found in the store. Only a record every once in awhile...but then...
I don't know, a couple factors I guess spurned this shift. My band's been doing pretty well, and we've been prepping for shows/working on other members' songs, so I've stopped writing new stuff (don't wanna forget my latest one in the meantime - one of the best songs I've written yet!)
So I've just been having band practice a lot, and drinking on my own. No girlfriend, not hanging out with Jacob anymore...basically, a lot of downtime. Which led me to ebay. Which led me to "hey I can buy any record I want, any time I want!" So that was bad.
And then one day I saw a pretty cool album in the store by some artist named Genya Ravan, and she was pretty sexy looking and it was a really obviously '70s-looking album, and I saw she worked with Lou Reed and John Cale on a couple tracks, aaaaand it was pretty cheap, so I was like "oh hell why not!" thinking you know, it was no big deal to experiment on something new, and I was pleasantly surprised, there was some great stuff on it that I never would have found otherwise!
Sounds good, right?
Except now buying music I've heard before is boring. So I just kind of look for artists I've heard of or have heard other material from, or pick up stuff that just looks like it'll be good...which isn't so bad in itself (discovered lots of cool stuff!) but now instead of buying the occasional record I KNOW I'll enjoy simply to say that I own it, I've turned to buying an armful of random records for the thrill of it.
D'oh.
Anyway, I guess it's too late for me now. With like 10 records waiting for me at home in the States, 2 currently en route to my apt, and another 20 I've bought in the past week (!!!) here in person, I'm obviously fucked. But that's ok - in my defense, most have been 7"s (which are [usually] quite cheaper) and the only reason I bought so many this week was because I had Monday off and decided to use it to go record shopping, and then after I bought like 7 records there, I found out there was a record fair today! And of course I had to go to that (even though I didn't really want to...Jenn, of all people, who doesn't even listen to records, convinced me to). Anyway, long story short, I bought a shit ton of records. Said records include:
LPs:
The Beat - s/t LP
The Undertones - Hypnotised
Gene Clark - No Other
10"s:
Germs - Cat's Clause
7"s:
Lou Christie - She Sold Me Magic
The Fevers - Show!
The Fe Fi Fo Fums - Electrofize Me/Wild One
Sweet - Fox on the Run
Ohio Express - Chewy, Chewy
Ohio Express - Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
The Equals - Baby Come Back
Hentchmen - Ypsilanti's newest hit makers
Bare Wires - Voo Doo Doll EP (!!!)
Eric Hysteric & the Esoterics - Tropical Vision
The Cuff Links - Tracy
Tyvek - Summer Burns EP
The Registrators - Monkey/Stupid Girls
1910 Fruitgum Co. - Simon Says
Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs - Lil' Red Riding Hood
Scott Walker - Jackie
I have to give credit where credit is due - of these, an unhealthy proportion have been directly influenced by my friend Miranda (and that says nothing of the Supercharger, Bare Wires LP, and Daisy Clan I picked up off ebay - all direct influences...) But srsly. Ohio Express, Fe Fi Fo Fums, Lou Christie, The Fevers...and all so good! Some of the other more pleasant surprises include the Eric Hysteric & the Esoterics, a 1980 German droning dance-punk record that's way catchier than it should be, and the Registrators, who were apparently a Japanese punk band of the late 80s/early 90s and are totally awesome, released this 7" on Rip Off records, run by Supercharger's old bassist. And I get the added benefit of feeling like I'm "making the most" of living in the country!
So yeah, that's my story. My name is Sean, and I have a record buying addiction. Thanks for listening - now I must be off to go track the Cuff Links' LP, currently trading for only $4.24! Until next time!
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