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Thread started 09/10/04 5:11pm

Anxiety

Anxy's Wrecka Stow Bonanza!!!

It's Friday, and that means Payday, and that means Anxy once again gets sucked into the heady maw of his local WRECKA STOW!!!! woot!

This week I was good. I firmly declared that I wouldn't buy ANYTHING that wasn't in the used bin. That said, here's what I got today:

Faithless: No Roots


The Killers: Hot Fuss


Laurie Anderson: The Ugly One With The Jewels


Liam Lynch: Fake Songs


Jarboe: 13 Masks


Le Tigre: Remixes


Tricky: A Rough Guide





...ok, so i mighta gone a little overboard. redface
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Reply #1 posted 09/10/04 5:14pm

jerseykrs

The Killers album was in there?!?! WTF?!?
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Reply #2 posted 09/10/04 5:34pm

UncleGrandpa

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" Somebody told me, you had a girlfriend who looked liked your boyfriend somebody had in Febuary of last year " or something to that extent. The Killers seem like a worthy group to listen to, tell us more when you hear it.
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Reply #3 posted 09/10/04 6:01pm

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UncleGrandpa said:

" Somebody told me, you had a girlfriend who looked liked your boyfriend somebody had in Febuary of last year " or something to that extent. The Killers seem like a worthy group to listen to, tell us more when you hear it.


i just gave the first half of the album a cursory first listen today - i had no idea what to expect, but i was a little cynical given that i'm pretty lukewarm about most of the new-wave inspired bands coming out lately (interpol, hot hot heat, franz ferdinand, etc.)...and i was kinda sorta on the fence when i started listening to the killers - they're certainly cut of the neo-new-wave cloth like those other bands - but when i got to the "girlfriend who looked like your boyfriend" song, they got me. i LOVE that song. i can kinda sorta see what all the hooting and hollering is about with these guys - even if they're just a one-hit wonder, that song alone is badass and very much worth a bit of hype. i'm all for it. thumbs up! i'll have to tellya more about the album overall once i've given the whole thing a few more spins.

meanwhile, of all the goodies i got today, the faithless album is in the lead by leaps and bounds. nod more details later, but this album is kicking my ass.
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Reply #4 posted 09/10/04 6:09pm

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I loaded Faithless and The Killers albums into Rhapsody, so I'll let you know what I think! nana
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Reply #5 posted 09/10/04 6:22pm

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Anxiety said:

UncleGrandpa said:

" Somebody told me, you had a girlfriend who looked liked your boyfriend somebody had in Febuary of last year " or something to that extent. The Killers seem like a worthy group to listen to, tell us more when you hear it.


i just gave the first half of the album a cursory first listen today - i had no idea what to expect, but i was a little cynical given that i'm pretty lukewarm about most of the new-wave inspired bands coming out lately (interpol, hot hot heat, franz ferdinand, etc.)...and i was kinda sorta on the fence when i started listening to the killers - they're certainly cut of the neo-new-wave cloth like those other bands - but when i got to the "girlfriend who looked like your boyfriend" song, they got me. i LOVE that song. i can kinda sorta see what all the hooting and hollering is about with these guys - even if they're just a one-hit wonder, that song alone is badass and very much worth a bit of hype. i'm all for it. thumbs up! i'll have to tellya more about the album overall once i've given the whole thing a few more spins.

meanwhile, of all the goodies i got today, the faithless album is in the lead by leaps and bounds. nod more details later, but this album is kicking my ass.



Oddly enough, Interpol, Franz Ferd and Hots are groups who like. They certainly aren't ground breakers or original, but they're campy and cool. Maybe when they have some more work behind them, I can see if I'll still like them.
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Reply #6 posted 09/10/04 6:27pm

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I saw ELO on VH1 today and thought of you!
let me come over it's a beautiful day to play with you in the dark
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Reply #7 posted 09/10/04 6:37pm

Anxiety

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I saw ELO on VH1 today and thought of you!


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Reply #8 posted 09/10/04 6:39pm

UncleGrandpa

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madartista said:

I saw ELO on VH1 today and thought of you!


" MR. blue sky please tell us why ". " Its the living things. What a terrible thing to do ".

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Reply #9 posted 09/10/04 6:44pm

Anxiety


hey you with the pretty face
welcome to the HUMAN RACE
dancing jig
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Reply #10 posted 09/10/04 6:52pm

GangstaFam

Cool that you're digging the Faithless. I've actually been eyeing it for awhile myself. I love that song they've got out now.

Good tie-in with Tricky. I always thought of Faithless as Tricky-lite. wink
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Reply #11 posted 09/10/04 6:52pm

GangstaFam

Reckless?
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Reply #12 posted 09/10/04 7:38pm

Anxiety

GangstaFam said:

Reckless?


You bet yer booty. lol

Someone unloaded some prime goods over there this week or SUMPIN'...they have the Wattstax DVD used over there...I'm trying to tweak my budget to justify going back for it AND get Laurie Anderson tix, on top of the little binge I went on today...redface
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Reply #13 posted 09/10/04 7:39pm

Anxiety

GangstaFam said:


Good tie-in with Tricky. I always thought of Faithless as Tricky-lite. wink


They kinda are, heh. I described them in an e-mail today as "trip-hop meets Norah Jones, only far better."
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Reply #14 posted 09/10/04 8:43pm

endorphin74

My bf picked up the Killers a few weeks ago. It sounds alright but, alterna-radio is KILLING the single and I can barely stand them right now. I hate when radio does that.

anyways, FUN haul you got there!!

I still won't allow myself any purchases lol
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Reply #15 posted 09/10/04 8:47pm

GangstaFam

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My bf picked up the Killers a few weeks ago. It sounds alright but, alterna-radio is KILLING the single and I can barely stand them right now. I hate when radio does that.

anyways, FUN haul you got there!!

I still won't allow myself any purchases lol

I'm kinda in the same boat. Of all the post punk/new wave revival bands, I'm feeling them the least.
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Reply #16 posted 09/10/04 8:48pm

GangstaFam

Anxiety said:

GangstaFam said:

Reckless?


You bet yer booty. lol

Someone unloaded some prime goods over there this week or SUMPIN'...they have the Wattstax DVD used over there...I'm trying to tweak my budget to justify going back for it AND get Laurie Anderson tix, on top of the little binge I went on today...redface

Honestly, that's still one of the best record stores I've been to. Back when I was visiting Chicago on a nearly monthly basis, my best friend and I would go every time. It's dangerous financially, cuz I'd always leave with about 10 more cd's and 100 less dollars than I came with.
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Reply #17 posted 09/10/04 8:49pm

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And nothing by Talking Heads? Shame on you. disbelief
NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
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Reply #18 posted 09/10/04 9:08pm

Anxiety

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And nothing by Talking Heads? Shame on you. disbelief


whaddaya expect - i already HAVE everything they've done!!!

though there's a song on the liam lynch album called "fake talking heads song" where he pretends to be david byrne, so there. mr.green
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Reply #19 posted 09/10/04 9:30pm

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Anxiety said:

NWF said:

And nothing by Talking Heads? Shame on you. disbelief


whaddaya expect - i already HAVE everything they've done!!!

though there's a song on the liam lynch album called "fake talking heads song" where he pretends to be david byrne, so there. mr.green


guitar whistle "Look at the city with all of the peopllllle....."

Yeah, I heard that a while ago. It was pretty funny. lol
NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
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Reply #20 posted 09/10/04 9:37pm

Anxiety

GangstaFam said:


Honestly, that's still one of the best record stores I've been to. Back when I was visiting Chicago on a nearly monthly basis, my best friend and I would go every time. It's dangerous financially, cuz I'd always leave with about 10 more cd's and 100 less dollars than I came with.


the used CD gods were particularly generous today, that's all i can say. but i usually tend to have really good used CD karma...i can find any new release in the used bin for 8.99 or 9.99, usually the week it comes out, or sometimes even BEFORE it comes out. if the ability to get cheep CDs is my super mutant power, i ain't complaining. smile
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Reply #21 posted 09/10/04 9:51pm

GangstaFam

Anxiety said:

GangstaFam said:


Honestly, that's still one of the best record stores I've been to. Back when I was visiting Chicago on a nearly monthly basis, my best friend and I would go every time. It's dangerous financially, cuz I'd always leave with about 10 more cd's and 100 less dollars than I came with.


the used CD gods were particularly generous today, that's all i can say. but i usually tend to have really good used CD karma...i can find any new release in the used bin for 8.99 or 9.99, usually the week it comes out, or sometimes even BEFORE it comes out. if the ability to get cheep CDs is my super mutant power, i ain't complaining. smile

Me too. There's a store in Detroit that gets a lot of promos early. I've had mucho luck getting new releases there.
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Reply #22 posted 09/10/04 10:28pm

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OK, I give up. I'm a trendster. I've bought records from bands just because their songs have been spun to death on radio, but the Killers are not on that list. I want to try them, but like others here, I'm tiring of that " Somebody " song already. Such phenomenons have'nt kept me from later buying such CD's, but I need to use some self control.

As for groups like Faithless, Tricky and so on, I'll leave them for you.
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Reply #23 posted 09/10/04 10:53pm

Anxiety

don't sleep on faithless. they're a really good pop/dance band that SHOULD be overplayed, but aren't.

meanwhile, i haven't been oversaturated by killers yet, because i don't listen to radio (except for what i'm exposed to at work, but that's always the classic soul station, which oddly enough never plays bands like killers, heh). i've heard their one "big" song maybe once or twice, but i couldn't tell you where.
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Reply #24 posted 09/11/04 10:53am

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Anxiety said:

It's Friday, and that means Payday, and that means Anxy once again gets sucked into the heady maw of his local WRECKA STOW!!!! woot!

This week I was good. I firmly declared that I wouldn't buy ANYTHING that wasn't in the used bin. That said, here's what I got today:

Faithless: No Roots


The Killers: Hot Fuss


Laurie Anderson: The Ugly One With The Jewels


Liam Lynch: Fake Songs


Jarboe: 13 Masks


Le Tigre: Remixes


Tricky: A Rough Guide



...ok, so i mighta gone a little overboard. redface



I have been staring at the Killers disc for over a month now. My BF likes them. I've just seen the dang case on the shelf not knowing what the hell it is.

the Laurie disc...good one. Took me forevah to pick it up. I play someone else's dream and white lily back to back in my set all of the time. Works really well with just her voice on top of ambient music. "What flower represents days go by? The pharmacist says...white lily." Yep..that song has made it's mark on me. A good friend of mine liked her to and when he passed recently, I sent a white lily to his parents. Another friend happened to be with them when they got it and she knew immediately what it meant. That flower lasted for 2 weeks.

Ahhh tricky...I couldn't bring myself to get the disk...so I got the DVD. Way cool. Very good Tricky interview.

Which wrecka stow do you go to? just curious as to what your favorite is. Me thinks you go a bit off the beaten path.

Christian Zombie Vampires

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Reply #25 posted 09/12/04 11:25am

Anxiety

i do most of my wrecka stow damage here in my neighborhood in boystown...i usually shop at reckless records on broadway near belmont, but sometimes i'll trek over to evil clown records - their prices are way high, but they get in a lot of obscure yummy stuff - a lot more obscure than what reckless tends to carry. plus whenever i go into evil clown, the gruff but loveable manager always puts on the first suicide record and gives me a little scary grin - it's very cute in a "high fidelity" kinda way. lol
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