SHOWING UP DAILY: Been on a real tear the last bunch of days gobbling up records off eBay and whatever the hell else. “It’s just about my birthday, and I’ll buy if I want to.”

Shit’s been showing up every day for the last bunch of days. Stuff like:

01. Mercury Rev - Boces (So incredibly good. All these years later…)
02. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
03. Sebadoh - Bubble and Scrape
04. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space (Fuckin’ splurged.)
05. Calexico - Hot Rail
06. Scud Mountain Boys - Pine Box

Sure you are thinking, “That fucker is stuck in the ’90s…” and, you are pretty much right. That was my time. All these smart, ironic, witty, cool, nice, funny, wacky, juvenile, mature, up-side-down, right-side-up, charming, ugly, wild, down-tempo, up-tempo, emo, screamo, Icelandic, Nü-Wave, Nü-Metal, Old-Wave bands these days just “grab me” less and less, and I’ll be damned if a nice, unruly, way-too-loud playing of an old Mercury Rev album from back in that day doesn’t hold it’s own to whatever riff raff is being peddled these days. My thoughts on the matter.

And I’m “real glad” that was my time. Phew.

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STERN WORDS: And Chris Coyle, if you are reading this, there’s a good chance you are shaking that head of yers going, “Draplin, goddammit, eBay is for dicks!” Well, Mr. Coyle, why don’t you march yerself right down to the DDC Factory Floor and I’ll offer you up a very-gnarled middle finger-right up in yer grill. Then, after our discussion, I’ll take you out and buy you lunch. On the house. Just like that. Goddammit.