An Old Friend

Before I start this blog, I just wanted to say I feel a lot better now. I'm trying to get a grip on my exaggeration and maybe I'm more interesting than I think I am. In any case, some of you have expressed concern and I appreciate it. I'm feeling very good now.

Now, moving on!

Before we went out this weekend to the chili cookoff and Ellijay, Kim lost her camera. It might not be the best camera in the world, but Kim loves it and is a shutterbug, especially when it comes to Annie (which is MUCH more exciting to look at than her huge catalog of the cats' pictures) and she was freaking out.

I found it for her, of course. She said she really, REALLY appreciated it and she'd give me a prize for it.

Turns out it was a gift card for iTunes.

I love iTunes. Love it. They might not be the most fair when it comes to artist payments and shares, but they do have a ton of music in their catalog for a fair price. Most times I buy a CD in order to hold on to it, see the liner notes, etc. but this is a great time to try out new music that I might not have been willing to pay more for just to see if I like it or not, you know?

But everything I thought of, I'd be willing to buy in a tangible form.

Except for one CD. I was looking at it on Amazon for a very long time but the price was almost 40.00 and that is a TON of money for a CD. I didn't check cdbaby.com where apparently I should have gone a long time ago, but on iTunes it was the normal 10.00.

So I bought it and from what I've heard it's good stuff.

By the way, it's Volume 1 from the Seatsniffers (great name, eh?).

But I also bought a Flight of the Conchords song that was STUPIDLY left off of their CD since it's one of their funniest but also most catchy and melodic called "If You're Into It."

Check it out. Just buy the song before you listen to it. Trust me. If you don't like it, you're only out a buck, but if you listen to the sample you'll ruin the build up.

The last thing I bought was something I've been looking for at CD shops for a while and have never found. I used to own it, I'd say it was the fourth CD I ever bought (in order: Crossroads by Bon Jovi, Bad Hair Day by Weird Al, Daydream by Mariah Carey (ugh) and this one. After that I lost count what was bought when).

A Fistful of Alice by Alice Cooper. What an amazing CD. I have stuff of his that isn't live, stuff from his real CDs and I prefer this so much more. If you read reviews they say stuff like he's not as powerful of a singer in '97 but I disagree. I think it's awesome. There's so much energy to it, the songs are all amazing, the production quality is stunning for a live album and it's one of my favorite CDs of all time. I didn't so much buy it in place of a physical CD, but more to get me by until I can find it in a shop because it is something else. There are only a few albums that I can listen to from front to back and love every song and this is one of them.

This album made me want to play guitar, it made me want to get into music, it made me interested in theatrics and fun horror stuff. I tell you, this album is an underrated gem of musical history that no one seems to know about so I'm here talking about it. If you've ever liked Alice Cooper or want to give him a shot, THIS is the one to buy, not a greatest hits album but THIS one. Everything you need to know and like him is right here.