Used CDs

Since I live in a whole 'nother country to my folks, they tend to just give me money for my birthday. Which is fine. :)

I'm **waaay** behind on my CD-buying: My running list (a word processing document) keeps getting longer by the month -- albums ''to get'' and bands ''to check out''. Plus, the only good used CD store I know of is downtown -- and I only get downtown about once a year -- just not on my normal path.

So: djangos.com. Shipping is US$1 per CD -- plus another buck if you're international (which I am). Good selection; **isn't** one of the bigger, mega-sized companies, yet has a good range of selection. And, even including the shipping time (takes about a month to reach me, here in Aussie-land), the price per CD is still cheaper than at the local used CD places -- and **waaaay** cheaper than new CDs 'round these parts.

Picked up a few CDs I've been meaning to get, plus a few others that I can't seem to find, which probably means they were swiped during the burglary three(?) years ago.

For people who are in their mid-30s or thereabouts, I recommend: The Connells, Ring; The Smithereens, Green Thoughts; and The Smithereens, 11 [i.e. Eleven]. Would've picked up the new Weird Al album, but they were out of stock at the time. Did, however, pick up the Lady Sovereign album with the ''Love Me or Hate Me'' song on it; hip-hop, which I'm open to if the lyrics are intelligent and not too cuss-y or misogynistic.

Found out about this song by doing my once-a-month watching of the local music video t.v. shows; trying to still stay in touch with what's going on in pop/rock music, despite my age. Seems like most people's musical preferences freeze with what they listened to in high school or college; I'm trying not to be like that.


--GG