a slight slight regret.

i was holding a copy of radiohead's now out of print "airbag/how am i driving" ep, a beautiful b-side collection of the magnificent ok computer cd, and i wussed out and decided not to buy it at the last minute right before paying for all my cds. what a nerd i am sometimes.

i scored some very beautiful music recently:

antonio carlos jobim - finest hour [we all know how gorgeous this is...]
awol one and daddy kev - slanguage [a jazzeeeey trip...]
cherrywine - bright black [ugh... a very big dissapointment]
christopher o'reily - true love waits [very damn nice]
cunninlynguists - will rap for food [sick]
dj cam - soulshine [pretty good... not very into it yet]
eels - daisies of the galaxy and more [you all know how i feel about the eels]
flaming lips - jesus egg [chaotic goodness]
madlib - shades of blue [gorgeous...]
medeski, martin & wood - last chance to dance trance (perhaps) [very damn good]
mc honky - i am the messiah [it's ok, fun stuff]
serge gainsbourg - comic strip [sleazy, so i like it.]
sleater-kinney - one beat [fresh]
solesides - greatest bumps [DOPE]
stan getz - mickey one [BEAUTIFUL]

i just hooked up onto soulseek. very fresh. i'm scoring a lot of cds online, which might make buying cds a luxury for me instead of a necessity. i just downloaded a ton of music that i've yet to listen (vince guaraldi's good man charlie brown, nutter 08's butter 08, doves' last broadcast, flaming lips' transmissions from the satellite heart, radiohead's my iron lung, a godspeed you black emperor cd, and james mason's rhythm of life!!!)

ok. this music thing has become a sort of obsession. i've found enough music to last me a lifetime. this is not part of a need to expland my record collection. it's part of a need to find good music. i want to discover beautiful music. the bells, the strings, the howls of desperation, funk songs no one ever grooves to anymore, silky voices of regret, songs of redemption, political prophecies, trumpets, songs that make you dance, songs that make you cry your heart out, songs full of metaphors no one understands, breakdown drum solos, old guitarists crying, and that last laugh at the very end of the track...