What a weekend – canoeing in the rain! Driving in the rain! Shivering in shorts at Riverfest watching Nickel Creek! Sharing it all with Tara made it somewhat less painful. Plus we watched Almost Famous Saturday night and had brunch Sunday afternoon with the Morrisseys at Loca Luna. Monday DeLaine came over and we watched Hurlyburly which was really hard to watch so we stopped and watched the "Shoe Money Tonight" episode of Sports Night.
Dear god, save me from myself. Djangos.com had a $4.99 CD sale (plus free shipping over $50).
Here’s what I got:
Tears for Fears : Seeds of Love
Springfield, Rick : Best of Rick Springfield [UK]
Violent Femmes : Viva Wisconsin
Redding, Otis : Love Man
Oingo Boingo : Boi-ngo
U2 : Rattle and Hum
MC Hammer : Let’s Get It Started (the record he made before he went pop)
Third Bass : Derelicts of Dialect
X Ecutioners : Built From Scratch
Campbell, Glen : All-Time Favorite Hits
Harris, Emmylou : Pieces of the Sky
Invisibl Skratch Piklz : Shiggar Fraggar Show, Vol. 5
Anthrax : Persistence of Time
ABBA : Gold: Greatest Hits
Bissonette, Gregg : Submarine
Curfman, Shannon : Loud Guitars Big Suspicions
Incubus : Make Yourself
Chevelle : Point #1
the Churchills : You Are Here (yes, I already own it, but it's *that* good)
the Corrs : In Blue
Astley, Rick : Whenever You Need Somebody (not sure why I bought this…nostalgia maybe?)
Fishbone : Reality of My Surroundings
Devo : Greatest Hits
Kool Moe Dee : How Ya Like Me Now
This is purely for my own amusement and is not intended as any great refutation. Just a resigned "whatever" to the people that enjoy these kinds of email forwards. The best part is it pretends to have been written by Andy Rooney, who despite being a mean, clever old crank, is still a much better writer than this tripe:
