Expanding my CD collection, shrinking my wallet
I tend to swing back and forth on how much attention I pay to music. Sometimes, I just listen to the radio and let what comes come (to the point of only punching out if the song is really horrible). Sometimes I'm excited about music and interested in reading about it, buying it, talking about it, going to shows, etc.
For the longest time, I'd been on the down edge of that particular cycle, mostly listening to the local mix station, Jack-FM, because it was easy, and largely familiar. I hadn't been to a show in months. I hadn't bought new CDs in months. I mostly deleted P2.
I'm starting to kick back into the excitement phase of things again. I've got a list a mile long of CDs to buy, mostly culled from the ads and articles in No Depression (which I wasn't even bothering to find and buy during the lull). I've started reading concert listings again. I spent last night trading MP3s over skype with a friend in England, him sending me Beth Orton and a bunch of weird indie britpop bands and me trying to convince him that Lucinda Williams really is a goddess.
A lot of this very recent upswing has had to do with the This is Americana CD. Despite whatever complaints people may have had about it, it is an interesting and eclectic mix of music, and I've been enjoying listening to it quite a lot. (Well, minus that damned Rivi Airhead piece of patronisingly misogynist crap, but fortunately, I have a skip button.) It's really reminded me why I love the music I love.
Relevent Links:
P2
This is Americana CD
This is Americana Website