Just home from London - Rough Trade west advertised itself as opening at 10 am, but actually opened at 8.30. Being a total anorak I was there for the early opening time, and had the place to myself for 15 minutes. Bought the SY splits (which they were selling on a first-come-first-served basis, unlike their backward eastern cousin) and Thrill Jockey compilation LP, and got given four free compilation CDs. Happy happy happy.

I went and bought a used 2pac cd for $5, put middle fingers in the air and yelled "Fuck the world!" as I exited the store and no one noticed. Good day.

Just met Kim and Kelly Deal at Shake It Records!! couldn't buy anything though, I'm broke. But I want that sonic youth/beck thing..

Just wanted to list my scores here to all my SY mates...

Yes - S/T
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Modern Jazz Quartet - The Last Concert
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (180g Capitol re-issue)
Nico - Desertshore
Snoop Dogg - Paid Tha Cost to be Tha Bo$$
Lenny Bruce - Thank You Masked Man
Brian Eno - Before and After Science
Brian Eno / David Byrne - My Life In The Bush of Ghosts
Sun Ra - The Nubians of Plutonia (180g)
John Fahey & His Orchestra - Old Fashioned Love
Roger Waters - Radio KAOS
Talking Heads - True Stories, Little Creatures (promo)
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (12" single)
Willie Nelson - Hello Walls

+ a stack of records that the store are holding for me. So, my record store day is not over yet. ;-)

Just got back from Disc Exchange. Wilco was having a signing but they'd only sign one copy of the DVD that just came out and you had to buy that DVD. Fuck that noise!

Purchases:
SY/Beck Split
SY/Jay Reatard Split
(the store only had 2 copies of each split. Which promptly made their way into mine and my friend's hands, leaving some insane hipster that was kissing the camera's ass to ask if they had any more.)
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez-Cryptomnesia (LP-regular release isn't until May)
Pixies-Come on Pilgrim CD
Blonde Redhead - Slogan/Limited Conversation 7"

The Thrill Jockey compilation is fantastic. REALLY fantastic.

I didn't buy any records today. I made a racket with a mate though, which was awesome. I don't really see the need for this when I've got a standing order at a record store (that's really tragic, isn't it?).

I went to the only records store in my town yesterday and there was nothing particularly interesting there so I didn't bother going today. Last week tho I bought four records from there so I've done my share of supporting the fucks at the local for a while.

Here is my haul from 3 different stores.

CD'S

MELVINS - Gluey Porch Treatments (w/ 11 extra tracks)
LEE RANALDO - Dirty Windows

7" SINGLES

REM - Superman
DEPECHE MODE - Strange love
LOW - Venus
BLONDE REDHEAD - Signs Along The Path
SY/BECK split
MADNESS - Our House

ALBUMS Vinyl

TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS 60 - JOHN FAHEY - Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues 1-4
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON - 2 LP European press
OZZY OUSBORNE - Diary of a Madman
P.I.L. - Happy?
P.I.L. - Second Edition
PAVEMENT - Live in Europe import
BORBETOMAGUS - Snuff Jazz
BLACK SABBATH - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
BLACK SABBATH - Master of Reality
MONO - You Are There (double LP)
SONIC YOUTH - Goo (4 vinyl re-issue)


I've only gotten this much stuff at one time once, and that was a record convention.

Cactus Music (where I got the Fahey clear vinyl)

Soundwaves on montrose where the Goo deluxe was selling

Went to the latter and it turned out that they weren't participating because there was some deal about having to change distributors or something.

Going to Salonen conducting Stravinsky instead.

An exceptional alternative I'd say.