adventures with k**k
yesterday, k**k and i went on our weekly lunch and shopping outing. it's almost always good eats, but yesterday was especially wonderful as we went to the Saskatoon Asian Resturant and had ginger beef and singapore noodle. after that it was off to the Vinyl Exchange to once again be tempted by a bunch of t(i)nc singles (which would ease the pain of the lack of "Armed Love" being available in canada) and a swath of vinyl that reminds me i need a turntable (numark portable - $199 please.) once finished there it was off to A&B where i found the Soundtrack Johnny Greenwood (radiohead keyboard/synth/guitar man) made. i was expecting to have to order it, but they had it. i pondered buying the newest kanye west cd as i am very imperessed with the song "Jesus Walks" and k**k says he has heard other good stuff off it too.but i declined. then we went to L&M to look at chain store music gear, where i found out the mesa-boogie amp i though might be cool is $3695.00. let me just say "F**K That". i can build my dream setup for that much and have leftovers for effect pedals (hmmmm... effect pedals.) k**k found their medium priced soundman headphones, which i need a new pair of too because mine are dying. but again no money was spent by either side. and now for the embarassing part of this story..... whilst at future shop i came across a cd i had been joking with k**k, saying i was going to give in and buy it. i gave it a listen and realized it really isn't as bad as i thought. of course it's a bit like realizing Justin Timberlake is actually pretty good. it doesn't change the fact that you won't be able to get it to the counter without turning red. oh the cd was ........ ashley simpson (before i wanted it for wrong and sexist reasons, but i realized it's not terrible music and could actually be justified as a guilty pleasure.)
oh yes there was a trip to the library in there that produced the borrowing of the newest stereophonics, roots, and parkas, a badly drawn boy live cd i don't much like (i should've gone with the justin cd instead) and a bjork cd which had the pleasant suprise of thom yorke on one song (sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.)
bubye for now...
Comments
that ended up longer than i planned.... sorry folks
Posted by: eustace | August 19, 2004 5:15 PM
I never saw the Ashley Simpson comment coming...
I'm still reeling...
(but if you say she's not all bad, I believe you)
Posted by: Lo | August 19, 2004 5:29 PM
not bad in a pop rock way (ie; exponentially better than her sister or any of those other hacks.) its not really rock music (certainly not rock'n roll.) it doesn't suck that's what i'm saying. all i know is i can't buy it at HMV cause the guy there is very cool and i've tried hard not to ask him for anything uncool or that is popular. future shop it is (maybe if i can deal with the guilt.)
Posted by: eustace | August 19, 2004 5:32 PM
Who cares what people think!?
He's probably not as cool as you think. Nobody ever is, some people are just better at the front. There should never be guilt - it's a useless emotion.
Not all mainstream is the kiss of death.
I have skeletons in my musical closet too.
Posted by: Lo | August 19, 2004 6:43 PM
JT is the shiznit man - in the crappy pop sense of the word. Glad to see someone else finally coming around. (whew, can't believe I finally got that out)
I said "cry me a river" to a jr high girl once and she looked at me and said "do you listen to JT? are you gay or something?"
Posted by: chris | August 19, 2004 7:49 PM
you know it took me probably 4 months of listening to "99 problems" before i could justify buying jay-z. actually, i secretly loved the song "h.o.v.a" for 2 years. i mean, this is jay-z. he's a skilled rapper and i couldn't do it. i know where you are coming from. it's like that brief stint i had listening to len. i've got a better idea for now. check on the library site and try to find out if tthat ashlee simpson cd is coming through. that way nobody will know, or is it already too late?
Posted by: kirk | August 20, 2004 11:54 PM