UltraNormal

I frequently whine to anyone who will listen about the lack of good used cd stores in Northern Virginia. But, that's definitely not a problem in the Bay Area, so when I'm out here, I always try to make a run to Rasputin to stock up on cheap tunes. I may have overdone it a bit yesterday. Here's what I got:

• Massive Attack - Singles 90-98: I've wanted this set for years and I found it for $30 (it's $120 on Amazon). It's totally worth the wait. Twelve CD's of the 12 best songs from their first three albums. Each CD is one song, with several remixes. The Teardrop CD alone is worth almost the purchase price.
• Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People: I keep hearing about them on the CBC Radio 3 podcast and decided to take a flyer on this one. I listened to it in the car, and it's good stuff - deep rich layers of instruments, which I can't wait to go over with headphones on and pick out the layers.
• Annie Lennox - Medusa: Two bucks. How could I not?
• Something for Everybody: It's a collection of remixes of songs from Baz Luhrman's movies and stage shows. Yeah, it was two bucks too. Another flyer.
• Wintersleep - Wintersleep and Untitled: I just got their latest album and love it (and now everyone on the project I'm working on does too because I keep playing it for them). I found these in the Indie bin and had to get them. I had to order their new album from Canada, so figured I should get these while I could.
• Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas: I love Get Lonely and the gimmick on this album was too good to pass up (ten songs about seven people from West Texas). I haven't listened to it yet.
• The Clash - Combat Rock: After Tim's Joe Strummer tribute, I had to pick this up. Another $2 steal.
• The Shins - Oh, Inverted World: I love both Chutes Too Narrow and Wincing the Night Away. This one was on sale, so why not?
• Art of Noise - Ambient Collection: The Seduction of Claude Debussy is one of my all-time favorite albums. I'm not a huge fan of their other stuff, but for two bucks, I was willing try this one out.
• New Pornographers - Challengers (Executive Edition): It was only two bucks, so I figured I'd see what was "executive" about it. Turns out, it came out before the album and has a code to download a bunch of b-sides, demos, and live tracks from a super-secret website. Very cool. And yes, I already have the album.
• Kimya Dawson - I'm Sorry The Sometimes I'm Mean: She's all over the Juno soundtrack, and I love her lyrics. A really good angsty folk album.
• Take Action! Volume 5: Yeah, no idea why I got this one. It was a dollar. I think it was because the Dropkick Murphys have a song on it. Yeah, that must have been it.

So, that's a grand total of twenty-four CD's (there are three CD's in the New Pornogaphers set even though you have to burn them yourself) for a little over a hundred bucks. I love used cd stores!