An album by album inventory, review & commentary of my music library. This will take a while.

Friday, August 18, 2006 Allright/Not Quite

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - The Secret Of Glen's Tomb - Interscope - 2003

Still in its cellophane. This was a freebie from one of our MD's at KAOS. It still has the post-it on it that he commented "(this album is actually good!)". I liked the guy, and respected his taste in music, but I was never moved to open in it up.

The Apples In Stereo - The Discovery of A World Inside The Moone - SpinART/Elephant 6 - 2000

I really like this album. My fave is "I Can't Believe" which leads off Side Two. I imagine there is a vinyl version somewhere, but perhaps they were just being funny. I was talking about music with a friend in college who was into Slint, and he was calling some band "bubblegum". I whipped out this CD and put it on, saying "no, this is bubblegum". He listened for a minute, and then looked at me and said, "You really like this, don't you..." "Yes," I replied, a bit sheepishly.

Arab Strap - Two Songs From Monday at the Hug & Pint - Matador - 2003

I got this as a giveaway at their show with Bright Eyes at the Showbox in Seattle. It's a little 3 inch cd, which I really like. I often mused if I ever put out an ep, it would be on these little cds. I'll play anything if it's one of them. I have a copy of the full length of this somewhere. Nothing strikes me particularly about either of the songs.