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That's the logical conclusion, but my records tend to stay in the condition they were in when I got them (aside from the rare accident). I've always been careful with my records, even if they're beat up.

I was always more of a Y&R/B&B guy.

I've never really thought about it, but I'm kind of the same way. I have beat records and pristine records, but most are somewhere in between. The pristine ones almost always wind up being listened to the least.

Build it up slowly and it won't fell like you're spending tons of money. Yard sales can be a good place to find vinyl. I think I got extremely lucky whe I first started accumulating LPs. One day my friends and I were sitting on the curb in front of Eat More Records in Atlanta whe a guy walked in with a stack of classic rock LPs to sell. Eat More took none (or very few) of them, and on the way out he gave the whole stack to us kids rather than take them home. We split them up between us, and all the ones I ended up with still play perfectly, and still get played regularly.

I'll tell her about it. I probably had 1,000 albums before I graduated from high school (there used to be a killer 25 cent section in a local store here), and I only had part-time grocery store and busboy jobs during that time. She probably thought I was a drug dealer or something to be able to afford all those valuable records.

It's probable that the greed comment had to do with the $64 Fugs record which ViaBuffalo linked to, and not used record sellers in general. I know for a fact that SOME used record sellers are greedy. The greedy ones prey on people (like my mom) who think all LPs are rare and valuable collectors items, just based on the fact that you can't buy LPs at Sears & Roebuck anymore.

Didn't we just try that for eight years?

I don't know if I'd take it that far. If Neil Young sells Ohio for a National Guard ad campaign (which I definitely would NOT put past him), I'd consider that a sellout.

Maybe the problem is that they're not weird enough.

Yeah, in that case, I see your point.

That's bizarre.

Biggest Loser is probably the worst offender of all. They started doing product placement long before DVRs became the norm and it became so easy to skip commercials.

I feel the same way. The romanticism we place on songs is of our own doing and an artist has zero responsibility to protect our emotional attachment to their work.

Damn right we do. Black Flag's First Four Years is one the the most gloriously rocking albums ever. I stll find Wonderful to be the best Circle Jerks album, but most people seem to think that was one of their worst.

Clever, but assuming Ron Paul has never told a lie while holding political office, that only goes to prove that there is an exception to every rule.

Me too. All politicians lie, but I don't know of anything the Dems campaigned on in any recent election that was anywhere close to as disgusting as the swift boat attacks.

That's a good point. The GOP is never quiet. They were bat-shit insane with all thier asinine, flat-out obvious lies during that campaign. I should have said Democrats aren't as vocal in their support of incumbents. NO WAY will Obama get the support this time taht he had last time, but he's still almost guaranteed to win.

I think people tend to be quieter when supporting an incumbent than they are when trying to unseat someone like GWB. The entertainment industry in general was extremely vocal in their support for Kerry.

I predict they'll support Obama, but their support for him will be less noticable than it was last election.

I don't know how hard it is to find Ground on CD, but I was able to find the triple 7" version pretty easily, and for only $15. Sad and Chest have alweays been readily available.

"Silencer", the debut album by the Nels Cline Trio has been reissued. I like all the Trio albums, but I think this one is the most consistent and enjoyable from start to finish. From the Downtown Music gallery mailing list: NELS CLINE TRIO With MARK LONDON SIMS/MICHAEL PREUASSNER - Silencer (enja 9568; Germany) Essential reissue from guitar god Nels Cline's incredible (jazz/rock) power trio. I caught this trio at the old Knitting Factory in the late eighties/early nineties and both Thurston Moore & myself were completely blown away by their colossal performance. All I can sa

Yeah, that's probably it.

I've had worse thoughts when listening to music.

Well then we probably live near each other. I live near Brockett Elementary.

Sounds like they're palying at least some of the instruments on it, which is 80% of what I like about them.