NMT 32

Where the Wild Things Are

Meredith, Alex, Izzie and Cristina compete in a surgical contest, with Bailey judging; George and his new roommate, Lexie, adjust to their squalid apartment; and Callie finds a friend in Erica Hahn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Holy hell. I'm bored just reading that. This does seem like some sort of important plot point though: The episode takes place six weeks after Derek and Meredith ended their relationship and Derek began dating Rose.

Didn't Derek leave to be the head of Pediatrics somewhere or something?

Saturday was National Record Store Day. Independent record stores across the country held special events with some bands signing autographs, some artists doing DJ gigs at the stores and a few bands, including R.E.M., putting out record store only available singles. (NYTimes article about it Here).

This is something near to me. The record store gig I had was the best job I've ever had. I used to bitch a lot, but it really was the best thing for me. If you could make a living doing it (and trust me, you can't), I would still be doing it.

Talking to people, having in depth discussions about a band or how they were good until more than five people like them, then they were no longer your precious find (you get over this quickly as you get older). Discussing the WJRR playlist and realizing that the top 5 songs are played about ever 4 hours (no shit). Helping someone find something you also enjoy and maybe turning them on to something else that they may like. (and then making fun of them when they leave. And we did. Sorry, but it's still retail and stress must be relieved). And of course answering the time honored question; "When that new Dre album gonna drop?" (Remember that Hannah?)

Playing something in the store, because you knew, if only people would hear it, know it was out there, they would want it. Sounds silly, but it works. You remember that scene in High Fidelity, you know this one, it's not crap. It totally works that way.

I enjoy the ease of finding almost anything online. Some hard to find stuff and it's really convenient when you live in a shit hole like this town, but there's something about touching the product and searching through the racks. See, the finding wasn't always the point, it was the looking. Searching for the lost, hidden gem. That one piece that maybe completes a section of your collection.

I don't think the kids today do that enough. You can just go online and download it somewhere. You don't build that connection with other like minded searchers. Not directly anyway. There was that feeling of accomplishment when you finally found something after searching for it. Kids today don't have to do that and I think it's one more thing that has cost them some soul. You don't get attached to anything, because it took zero effort to find it. That's sad.

Sometimes, it's good to just go look. Just look through the racks and see what is in there. You never know what you'll happen to stumble upon.

Which leads us to our pick for this week (cause trust me, I could go all day on this and maybe someday I will).

These guys opened for The Tragically Hip in Orlando when I saw them back in 2002 at HOB. Great show and I was right on the barrier in front of the stage. Never heard of this band before, but I did when they finished. Very good band. Good voice and catchy songs.

I didn't buy their album then, but went looking for it a few years later and nothing. Not on Amazon, not on iTunes, zip. I think the band has since broken up, so no web site.

Went to Vinyl Fever here about two years ago, went flipping through the 99 cent leftover cd's and lo and behold there it was. Snatched it up and it was every bit as good as I had hoped. Which is sad, because this band should have been more well known then it was.

So, in this one (and probably final) instance, the record store won. Small Victories.

I don't know anything about this band, but I think they're from Alabama maybe. Not sure.

So, from Parts unknown (like all the cool wrestlers of your childhood):

Wayne - "Be This Way":



Bonus Tracks:

Here's a band I wrote about on the old blog, way many years ago (Here and then scroll down to April 27, 2004 or hit ctrl+f and search the page for Hate Bombs)

and in keeping with the Record Store Day theme, the drummer is a Peaches Alumni

Hate Bombs - "She's the Girl":



Random pick of the week:

Allison, we were there!