I knew well before Christmas time that my grandfather was going to get me some kind of gift card. That's what he always does. He asked me what kind of gift card I'd like and I mentioned Amazon to him. I guess he couldn't figure out how to do that so he got me one of those cash cards instead. $50. Not too shabby. But anyway, I knew something like that was coming, so I've been trying to put together a list of what I'd like to spend it on. Of course, records were tip-top of the list. I also got from my Dad a $50 Best Buy gift card. I needed to get a USB 2.0 card for this old computer I'm scrapping together to use as a desktop, but after that it's all going to music. THEN, my mom gives me this birthday card from my brother from 4 months ago that I had left at her house and forgotten to get back. And somehow I never realized there was another Best Buy gift card in that! Another $20. So I am trying to maximize my music getting with these now, and I thought I had a good plan. I was going to get two Tribe Called Quest records, The Low-End Theory and Midnight Marauders with the Best Buy cards. It made sense because it adds up to about what I have left between those two cards and for some reason Low-End Theory is significantly cheaper through Best Buy than it is through Amazon. Then through Amazon I was going to get these two Jazmine Sullivan 12-inches, go and buy an LP copy of The Milk-Eyed Mender through a third-party seller on Amazon, but after that I've been confusing myself endlessly. How to make the most of it?! I kind of want to get the Janelle Monae Metropolis EP. A portion of it is kind of off-putting, but it also has some really gorgeous vocals on it. Like it a lot. Then there's Jazzanova. I've been putting off listening to that entire album because I really want to buy it before I hear it all, because what I've heard so far has absolutely blown me away. Blown away George! Blow-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoan! But I can only get it on CD! Do I really want to use precious Amazon free shipping to get a CD? AND there are ways I could get it on vinyl, but it would cost close to $30, and I think would be shipping from overseas. So torn! And another album that I'd really like to get before I listen to it all, Reel People's Seven Ways To Wonder. Also only available on CD, and LUDICROUSLY priced. $22.98 for a single CD?? A CD?!?? You must be kidding me! (Actually I think I can get it for far cheaper if I go through a third-party seller on Amazon, even when the shipping is added.) Same situation with Little Dragon's album. So all of that's been floating through my head since before Christmas. And today, add more! I'm reminded today that Platinum Pied Piper's Abundance and A.C. Newman's Get Guilty are both coming out on LP next Tuesday. I don't think I can pass those up! Not only because they're pretty sure to be excellent albums, but as far as I can remember it would be my first experience getting brand new albums on brand new records. Also, apparently there's going to be a release in the next month or so of Van Morrison's recent live performance of the entirety of Astral Weeks. ON RECORD. Something else I don't have money for. How can I possibly choose?
Also, a guy at work showed me these two websites the other day: Global Electronic Music Marketplace and MusicStack. Oh geeeeeeeez.
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