Gwyneth B. McGlinn

Last weekend J.P. and I made a trip up to Bellingham. We saw a speaker at Linuxfest NW and picked up a little cool schwag. That was J.P.’s fun. We got some neat pictures of the Bellingham Technical College campus. The were various sculptures and flowers.

Since we went up there for him I wanted to do something that I would enjoy. My idea of fun was to go music shopping. I was in need of some new vinyl. I’d looked up the address for Everyday Music and had it handy. We dropped in and browsed. The store was in a pretty good location. It was on a corner with street parking. We parked about two blocks away.

When you walk in the whole right wall is filled with bins of Vinyl. The first little section is new vinyl. That’s where I started. They had a pretty good selection. My mistake was not taking a list of artists I was looking for. I ran across a lot of names I knew but I didn’t remember if they’d made it through the selection process. I was going to buy The Decemberists but they didn’t have the new one.

I’ve been listening to Modest Mouse a lot on Betty this past couple weeks so I did buy their new one. I’ll post a review soon. I’ve only listened to it once so far. It is pretty cool though..80 gram vinyl.

I picked up a record with Mono and someone else, but decided not to buy it. I should see if I can listen to it online. I also considered buying Camera Obscura but again they didn’t have the album I wanted.

From there I moved onto the CD section. I’ve been trying to find Cibo Matto. So I hit the C section and there they were. I got Viva La Woman!. There was also a greatest hits with b sides and bonus tracks. I decided against it. Not only was the one I got used (aka cheaper) but I wanted to experience the music in the way the artist or someone wanted me to hear it.

I looked around for some vintage Nerf Herder but they didn’t even have their newer stuff. That was a bit of a letdown. I spaced and didn’t look for any Sprung Monkey. It would have been sweet to get them used too.

The significance of those three bands is that they’re all on Buffy. Nerf Herder did the theme song, Sprung Monkey is the band who’s songs are used for Oz’s band Dingos Ate my Baby, and Cibo Matto is in an early episode.

Important things:
Everyday Music