the harsh reality

I think I may have a slight obssession with music. It's becoming unhealthy.

Last night I was out with some friends I rarely see and we had a roundtable between bands about what we're listening to, to see if there was something we should be listening to that doesn't suck. I was actually embarassed about how many records I've bought in the last two weeks, and didn't even get into how many rock tickets were in my pocket at that very minute (or that I'd forgotten to pick one up that I purchased online).

The main problem with this is that I'm supposed to be cutting back on superfluous purchases and expenses. It was abundantly clear that I haven't been trying very hard.

So I'm going to have to either start a rock account, from which and only from which I can buy music-related stuff, or write rock into an actual budget. I didn't want it to come to this. Music has become an expense.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if my CD player was trying to tell me something by breaking...

Aw hell, who am I kidding? Putting limitations will just make it more pronounced and severe. I'm going to listen to the crappy crap I want to listen to and if that means not buying groceries or filling prescriptions or taking trips away from the city then that's the way it's going to be.

As an aside, did you see Demetri Martin's Trendspotting segment on Jon Stewart about MySpace? Hilarious.

Also noted in one of the first episodes of "Love Monkey" that, while walking down the street with a new label signee, Tom Cavanagh's character explained that their marketing plan included getting the word out about the guy's music on MySpace. http://www.truevinylrecords.com/ Didn't realise he was from Ottawa, but it explains how he can do CIBC commercials without the union kicking his ass.

Currently listening :
With Love and Squalor
By We Are Scientists
Release date: 10 January, 2006