Uncle Roger's Notebooks of Daily Life


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Score!

I had to mail out the taxes and deposit a couple of checks today and both the post office and the bank are right near the thrift shop... Of course I stopped in! I got a few interesting albums -- ones I didn't have on CD by The Rolling Stones, Genesis, and the Dave Matthews Band, along with a half price ($1.50) copy of music from the Lillith Fair. While those are cool, they aren't the awesome score I scored. And no, that's not redundant.

I also picked up the soundtrack to The Wild Thornberrys Movie. This is something I've wanted for a while, primarily because of the song Father and Daughter by Paul Simon. With the CD selling for nearly twenty dollars, I never could justify it. For a mere three dollars, however, it's mine.

Here's the complete rundown of what I found:

Out of Our Heads -- Rolling Stones
This album, apparently from July 30, 1965, includes the classic Satisfaction -- a song I've always wanted to spoof with lines like "I can't get no credit cards."
Abacab -- Genesis
"No reply at aaaaa-aaallll"
Busted Stuff -- Dave Matthews Band
This one was brand new in the shrink wrap. Unfortunately, it still had the damned spine label on it as well.
No Foolin' -- Tommy Castro Band
Tommy Castro is a local boy done good. This is an album from his early days before he was known. This is a great find.
Lost Songs 95-98 -- David Gray
I'm familiar with some of David Gray's more recent songs, but I don't recognize any of the titles on this album. Interestingly, there is a sticker on the back indicating the album cost 17 pounds; I guess it must have been imported after it was first sold.
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music -- Various Artists
Not only was this album half price, it's actually two CD's. This disc had a hand written note on the front of the booklet: "Hope You Like Some of These songs Linda". I'm sure I will.
The Wild Thornberrys Movie Soundtrack -- Various Artists
"As long as one and one is two, there could never be a father who loved his daughter more than I love you" -- how could you say it any better?



Journal Description

My life is, to me, ripe with frequent challenges, occasional successes, spontaneous laughter, adequate tears, and enough *life* to last me a lifetime. To you, however, it surely seems most pedestrian. And therefore, I recycle the name I used previously and call this my Notebooks of Daily Life. Daily, because it's everyday in nature, ordinary. These conglomeration of events that are my life are of interest to me because I live it, perhaps mildly so to those who are touched by it, and could only be of perverse, morbid curiosity to anyone else. Yet, I offer them here nonetheless. Make of them what you will, and perhaps you can learn from my mistakes.

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