"you were my lesson I had to learn, I was your fortress you had to burn"

I've been on a real thrifting and used music kick lately. the good news is that I am pretty cheap when it comes to secondhand and don't spend a LOT of money. the bad news is someday you will probably have to dig me out of a pile of books and records. and also used cds b/c I've been buying them lately too! I am ALL about supporting musicians, I have been an honest music buyer for years and years now. I usually just buy albums through iTunes, and always will if it's an artist I truly want to support. but lately I am in a "new" music mood (I use that term lightly, as it is all old ;)) and I don't have the money, so I have been buying used cds at a fraction of the cost instead. and as always, feeding my vinyl addiction.

when Ang was here, we went to the new McKay store which was unfrickingbelievable. photographic evidence:

that is shelves and shelves of used books! upstairs on the mezzanine (I guess that's what you'd call it) is all of the music. they also have used dvds & video games. we were there for awhile and I never even looked at the books... I was digging through records (which is always time consuming if you are me, and need to look at every. single. one. just to make sure you don't miss a treasure) the whole time! also, my to-read pile of books is big enough. I'm not letting myself buy anymore for awhile... I need to read them and/or trade in some that I've lost interest in. anyway, the old store had a very old school library feel to it, which I always enjoyed. this one doesn't feel quite as old, but there is still funky linoleum on the floor and the shelves are the same. and just LOOK at all those books and cds!

we hit up a thrift store too, and I did get a few interesting items. I was thinking about doing some videos on my vimeo about records I buy or what I find thrifting. if you read this and have a vimeo account, feel free to add me over there b/c my videos are private (aspenglow). but I thought it might be fun to talk about that kind of stuff. or maybe you will just think I'm a weirdo that has one too many Dan Fogelberg records (what.)!

so... what are you listening to lately? anything new or anything you've just discovered? currently I am listening to Madonna's Greatest Hits Vol 2. I know GH albums are a cop-out, but it was only 3.99 (see!) and it has most of my fav Madonna songs on it. I'm not a big fan of hers, but there in the 90's I did dig some of her stuff. Human Nature. Power of Goodbye. Secret. Frozen. Take a Bow. Music.