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Action packed weekend. Saturday morning I got up and headed toward the lake to meet up with Martin so we could take in the second cubs game of the season. It was alot of fun, it was Martin's first baseball game ever(he's from London if you didn't know) and everything was new and exciting to him. He was amazed that guys walk around selling hot dogs and beer. It was a little tough explaining the game to him, but he caught on pretty quick, I'm sure I wouldn't understand cricket by the middle of one game.
After the game I went record shopping, and on sunday Jess and I went to a record fair, so I got a ton of records this weekend. I got:
LP's:
Secret Affair - Glory Boys : 1980 UK power pop/mod revival. I think this is their second or third album. The second side is pretty good, and it's got an awesome back cover photo.
Rock n Roll with the Modern Lovers : yeah, the one where Jonathan is in hippy v-neck on the cover. I've wanted this record for quite a while and just haven't been able to find it.
The Records - Rock n Roll Love Letter : Three song single with two sub-par power pop songs and one live version of Starry Eyes.
Twist Again with the Low Numbers : Its an orginal press, and was still factory sealed when I bought it, but I opened it so I could listen to it. Somewhere a fat stinky collector is crying.
Green on Red - No Free Lunch & Gas Food Lodging : I got two records by GoR. They're both good if you like Alt-country, or maybe you call it cowpunk.
The Dickies - Dawn of the Dickies : I probably paid to much for this, and it's loaned for promotion so every day I'm going to worry about A&M records knocking on my door to reclaim their record. That's actually Purtle's joke. The last time he was at my house he went though my record collection and told me something to that effect for each and every record that had a promo stamp on it.
The DP's - if you know what I mean : Until I saw this record yesterday I thought that whenever people were writing about the DP's, they just typo-ed DB's. I haven't got a chance to listen to this yet, but the cover is fucking awesome. There's so much going on, and it's a before(front) and after(back) cover, which is something I'm always happy to see.
The Pop - Go! : LA Power Pop. The back cover is dizzying, dalmations laying on wavy horizontal b&w stripes. I listened to the first side and it was pretty ok.
The Plimsouls - self titled first album : I actually found this record at the first booth i checked. It's one of the records that I've been looking for so long that I went all light headed when I found it. I almost bought it off the internet too, I was ready but couldn't find it for a reasonable price.
7" :
The Mo-dettes - paint it black : one of my most hated songs to hear covered is Paint it Black. The A side of this is just that, so by default I hate it. The B side it pretty good though.
The Invaders - Best thing I ever did : One of my favorite power pop songs, B side doesn't hold up.
The Distractions - Time goes by slow - Another of my favorite power pop songs, B side does hold up, but just barely.
The Last - She don't know why I'm here : Like the A side, haven't listened to the B side yet.
Holly and the Italians - Tell That Girl to Shut Up : WTF, how many days ago did I post the cover of this? I got this from the same guy who had the Plimsouls record. The B side is a cover of Chapel of Love which is more than a little disappointing.
After the game I went record shopping, and on sunday Jess and I went to a record fair, so I got a ton of records this weekend. I got:
LP's:
Secret Affair - Glory Boys : 1980 UK power pop/mod revival. I think this is their second or third album. The second side is pretty good, and it's got an awesome back cover photo.
Rock n Roll with the Modern Lovers : yeah, the one where Jonathan is in hippy v-neck on the cover. I've wanted this record for quite a while and just haven't been able to find it.
The Records - Rock n Roll Love Letter : Three song single with two sub-par power pop songs and one live version of Starry Eyes.
Twist Again with the Low Numbers : Its an orginal press, and was still factory sealed when I bought it, but I opened it so I could listen to it. Somewhere a fat stinky collector is crying.
Green on Red - No Free Lunch & Gas Food Lodging : I got two records by GoR. They're both good if you like Alt-country, or maybe you call it cowpunk.
The Dickies - Dawn of the Dickies : I probably paid to much for this, and it's loaned for promotion so every day I'm going to worry about A&M records knocking on my door to reclaim their record. That's actually Purtle's joke. The last time he was at my house he went though my record collection and told me something to that effect for each and every record that had a promo stamp on it.
The DP's - if you know what I mean : Until I saw this record yesterday I thought that whenever people were writing about the DP's, they just typo-ed DB's. I haven't got a chance to listen to this yet, but the cover is fucking awesome. There's so much going on, and it's a before(front) and after(back) cover, which is something I'm always happy to see.
The Pop - Go! : LA Power Pop. The back cover is dizzying, dalmations laying on wavy horizontal b&w stripes. I listened to the first side and it was pretty ok.
The Plimsouls - self titled first album : I actually found this record at the first booth i checked. It's one of the records that I've been looking for so long that I went all light headed when I found it. I almost bought it off the internet too, I was ready but couldn't find it for a reasonable price.
7" :
The Mo-dettes - paint it black : one of my most hated songs to hear covered is Paint it Black. The A side of this is just that, so by default I hate it. The B side it pretty good though.
The Invaders - Best thing I ever did : One of my favorite power pop songs, B side doesn't hold up.
The Distractions - Time goes by slow - Another of my favorite power pop songs, B side does hold up, but just barely.
The Last - She don't know why I'm here : Like the A side, haven't listened to the B side yet.
Holly and the Italians - Tell That Girl to Shut Up : WTF, how many days ago did I post the cover of this? I got this from the same guy who had the Plimsouls record. The B side is a cover of Chapel of Love which is more than a little disappointing.