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Oh wait, this was actually supposed to be a post about how I paid $16 for a cd that was $13 on Amazon because I’d rather have it now than two weeks later (free shipping). And some kind of internal debate as to how much *NOW* was worth. $3 at least, evidently. Hopefully a nice illustration of why brick & mortar record stores should not go away.
Of course, I’m sure I could have downloaded it to my phone even faster, but assume I’m still living in the realm of wanting physical cds. Because I am. If I spend money on a cd, I want the damn plastic. I’ve gotten more liberal in my attitudes towards computer games – I’ve purchased one or two of those with no packaging – but the packaging rarely brings anything to the table save waste in that arena.
but then, you know, the blog title just sounded like some kind of title of something somewhat literary, so I went with it.
The album in question was David Bazan’s new one. David Bazan, formerly of Pedro the Lion and, lately, formerly a Christian – for which I find him even more fascinating. That link was running at dead hampster speed last night, with each page taking 5mins to load (no joke), but it is still worth reading.
I’ll post a review once I’ve processed it, probably take a few days. Until then, here are two Pedro songs:
Big Trucks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjWd2rZQp5s
Criticism as Inspiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu_CaAHuVJM
