Music: More Ripping

Today's additions to the iBorg:

Ride: Going Blank Again
Second LP from the shoegaze pioneers. Not as strong Nowhere, but lead track Leave Them All Behind delivers eight epic minutes of snarling guitars relentlessly pursuing the listener through a labyrinth of distilled white noise. And yeah, that's a recommendation.

The Waterboys: Fisherman's Blues
One of two seminal LPs (along with This is the Sea), summoned from the depths of the garage by Mal's introduction of their Purple Rain cover. Great stuff that deserves a wider audience than it received.

Red House Painters: Songs for a Blue Guitar
Their final LP and one of their best- the rest of their catalog awaits in another box. I broke my vinyl rule (Never Buy A New Record You Own on Disc) for this one- RHP stuff always sounded to me like it should be spooling off a turntable. Many great tracks, my favorite is probably the dour ten plus minute deconstruction of Paul McCartney's Silly Love Songs.

Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra: 1935-1937
Everybody needs a little big band swing in their catalog, and few outfits swung as ferociously as Lunceford.
And say, check out the price tag on this baby! Hopefully I still have the other volumes in some other box.


Speaking of vinyl, some thoughts from the used book scrounger/secondary market guy perspective:

Right now there's a lot of attention on it and it's 'cool' for groups to release stuff on vinyl. What I've noticed is that most of it tends to go out of print almost before its released- they do a run, sell it out (or not), and that's it, it's gone.

Check out the prices for Songs for a Blue Guitar. I picked it up last year, it's not available anymore and it's already selling for more than I paid new. That's the opposite of what you see from CDs, which are way easier to keep in print and whos resale value is supressed by digital availability.
Genuine fans will pay a premium for a satisfying object.

So pick up that LP...not only will it make you happier than a CD, it's also much more likely to make you money down the line.