Going Straight

i've downloaded muchos music(os) over the last ever, always with the thought:

'i'm too poor to buy it. if i love it, i'll buy it when ich habe das moneys.'

which has turned out to be true for a few things. Dear Hunter, at least. and the Divine Comedy, when it comes to charity shops. but NOW, i have a job. so i need to actually do this and start buying some CDs.

there's not loads of stuff i want on CD, but then again, there might be.

i'll mainly stick to inspiring musicians who don't sell millions. plus i need to get my incubus back-catalogue back up to (not scratched) scratch.

i'm going to buy a CD every month. that's no big deal, so i won't be tempted to miss it if i need to buy other things. it'll be like having a One Man Christmas every month.

IN FACT::

The 21st of every month (like today) is now, officially, One Man Christmas Day. i'm going to buy myself a CD that i want on the 21st of evry month. i can't wait.

February will be GavCaz, obv.

Potential artists to buy are Gatsbys, Manchester Orchestra, earlier Castleton, Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes, Good Old War, Faker. other stuff like Apes and Androids, Bend Sinister.

this might carry on for more than a year.

and hey, i can buy more than one a month if i decide to. like rich kids at Christmas.

if i hadn't started this thread, though, this would never have got beyond the planning ('hey, i want music') stage.

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i want to hold you to this. what did you buy today?

bear in mind that you'll constantly be finding new stuff you want on cd, so don't go thinking the list is finite. good idea though.

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absolutely. it's gonna be fun balancing newer stuff with older stuff-- older stuff is more guaranteed to be as good as i think it is, there'll be no six-months-later selling the cd to Cash Converters. (they convert Things into Cash, and vice versa. this is somehow unlike other shops.). newer stuff is more exciting, and gonna spend more time in the actual CD player immediately.

please keep me to this.

today i ordered Volcano by GAD.

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serious skills bro. hard-copy pwns digital music hardcore.

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Volcano arrived today!

SWEET.

and it has pretty artwork.

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really, i should do this tomorrow, but i got paid today, so i thought 'what the heckandjeff'.

i just ordered:
Faker- Addicted Romantic
Bright Eyes- Cassadaga
Manchester Orchestra- I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child

for a grand total of £20.36 inc. p&p.

i got a bit carried away, but still, that's pretty cheap. i would've got a GavCaz one too if a) the shipping from the Gruvis store wasn't rediculous and b) CDbaby don't take Maestro.

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i forgot about this yesterday. so i'll do it today... no idea what's lined up though.

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Blackened Sky- Biffy Clyro, In Rainbows- Radiohead. £10. safe.

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nice. i'll warn you though, the album art for blackened sky is terrible. music = good though.

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that's a shame. i like album art. best artwork so far of One Man Christmas Day 2009 are Volcano and I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child.

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This Month.

pre-ordered Manchester Orchestra's Mean Everything To Nothing. out next week in the UK. i also pre-ordered |Home a while ago (it hasn't come yet... ) but not for One Man Christmas Day. just because.

and bought Gatsbys American Dream and I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes.

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coolio dude. im glad you're keeping up with this

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Kid A- Radiohead. £3
Plunder, Beg and Curse- Colour Revolt. £7
Sam's Town- The Killers. £4

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who are colour revolt?

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a good band. slightly philrock, but in an AP.net way. kinda riffy guitars, and singer with a great gravelly voice.

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Planet Of Ice- Minus the Bear.

and Act III, blates.

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just keeping track:

Metric, Grow Up And Blow Away.
The Divine Comedy, Absent Friends.
Desaperacidos, Read English/Speak Spanish.

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i think august was Empire Theory by Tides Of Man.

this month was Abbey Road, and The Monsters Of Folk, self-titled.

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