Sunday, December 26

[Piracy]

Probably serves me right that Franz Ferdinand didn't work, but I just bought another copy. Also got DJ Shadow's Endtroducing, 4 Hero's Creating Patterns and Sneaker Pimp's Becoming X which is such a wonderful album but sadly my copy doesn't play properly.

The pitfalls of shopping in Asia...

posted by pete at 23:57

[Paper slips on walls]

Who other than record companies and struggling artists wouldn't love Hanoi's pirate CD shops?

I bought Franz Ferdinand (and feel no guilt), Radiohead's Hail to the thief (buying a ripoff is strangely appropriate given their whole anti-consumer thing, so no guilt) and U2's latest (as if they need the financial assistance, therefore guilt free).

Now all that's left to find out is whether the CDs actually track properly...

posted by pete at 17:32

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Saturday, December 18

[Stockpiling]

I bought a Soul Coughing album, the title of which I cannot recall. I also bought Joni Mitchell's Mingus, Crowded House's Together Alone and Supergrass' I Should Coco. Is there no end to the fun?

posted by pete at 16:23

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Tuesday, December 7

[Spin me a live one]

Forever Changes by Love is my most recent olden days psychedelic obsession, although the last few tracks on the disc don't really interest me at all.

As for live music, well I don't really see it all that much anymore. Last concerts were in Australia (New Buffalo and Doug Ashdown), and of course the freaky Shinjuku modern classical music thing, but what I did do was go to see a DJ set in a deserted part of Shibuya on Sunday night. I have always maintained and even asserted that progressive house is lame, and I think it is, but when blended with electro or pseudoindustrial clanking sounds I can really really dig it.

So that was fun.

posted by pete at 11:28

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