Collection Update 7.0

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Photo by Tina Angelos

I kinda forgot to update my tape and vinyl collections for the past few months. I haven’t spent as much money on record lately. I get the occasional pre-order I made months ago and Amazon points I’ve accrued each month. Got Hotelier’s Goodness basically for free with my points. I got Mew’s Frengers on the way from last month. Hopefully I can pick up Home, Like Noplace Is There later this month if it’s back in stock. Shows me to wait picking something up I want badly.

Got really lucky to snag a tape of Pompeii’s last album Loom for the original sales price. Only 50 copies were made. Incredibly joyed to have that one. Wish those guys were more active, more popular. They have three incredible albums yet don’t know another fan but myself. My Julien Baker pre-order arrived a while ago. Enjoyed it immensely. Waiting on a Hodera pre-order. The label sent me a letter stating their was a pressing issue and my order would go out as soon as possible. They also sent me a CD of the album signed by the band. We’ll see how long that takes’em.

Also picked up some sweet 7″ singles we’ll perusing Spin in Carlsbad. Found an unofficial release of a Nirvana “Your Opinion” single with a Velvet Underground cover. Also got a reissued of Black Flag’s Six Pack EP and the first demo from Henry Rollins’ first band S.O.A. Greg was kind enough to hook an extra copy he had of The Growler’s Glided Pleasure EP. That’s it for now. I’m gonna try to better keep up with this.

Check out my vinyl & tape collections here and on Discogs.

Collection Update 6.3

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I’ve been feeling like crap this week. I’m not gonna explain it in depth right now, or ever, but I’ll just say I’ve had some professional and personal frustrations. After this week I march to my bed and lay down to decompress myself. Thankfully today was just an average day and some co-workers invited me to see the premiere of IT tonight. Nice to get the invitation and do something social. Normally scary movies aren’t my thing but this one looks too good. I watched IT YouTube videos all of yesterday evening. I thought I’d wait a bit before seeing it but a great opportunity presented itself.

Patience, a practice I need to continue embrace and commit even more. I talk and think about it but I need to just fucking do it. Patience with work and achieving the goals I want. Patience in making friends. Finding a companion. Wait for the opportunities and seize them. Have faith they’ll present themselves. Perhaps that’s why I really enjoy this vinyl crusade I’ve been on. When you walk into a store and see something you didn’t expect I get that wonderful feeling of wanting to take that record home. Tonight I grabbed some great records for a great deal. Got a reissue of The Stone Roses debut and Turnover’s new album Good Nature, hot pink vinyl too.

I wasn’t planning on spending any money really at the store tonight, but I say that with every post I make updating my collection. Normal almost always has something I just have to have in that moment. I feels good to have something nice when I’m not feeling a 100%. Treating yourself feels good.

You can check out my vinyl collection here.

Collection Update 6.2

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UPDATED @ 4:33 PM: Just got Texas is The Reason’s Discography 2 x LP set. I’m set for life.

Finally got a couple of purchases to come my way today. I ordered Tall Friends first release which was on tape almost a month ago. Picked up Youth by Citizen on Amazon after waiting for my reward points for a month. Youth was my 5th favorite album in 2013. It still holds up so well almost 5 years later.

Check out my vinyl & tape collections here and on Discogs.