Top-Ten Non-2011 Music Purchases.
I still buy music. Some new, lotsa old. Here’s some of the best old things I bought this year and where they came from. Every day can be record store day!
Ramouns. “Rockaway Beach Boys (2009
Does what is says on the tin and it was only one dollar from the dump bin of our local political-metal workers collective, War On Music.
Darren Hanlon “Hello Stranger” (2006)
Great punk-powered indie-folk from Down Under that I got from the dump-bin of my local indie-centric store, Music Trader.
The Pointed Sticks “Waiting for the The Real Thing” (1978-2006)
Old-school Vancouver power-pop bought for the full ticket price from the surprisingly well curated (thanks Andy O.!) punk section at Music Trader.
M.O.TO. “Battle of the Band” (1988-2005)
Special ordered from Australia by the aforementioned political-metal store, War on Music.
The Subhumans “Same Thoughts, Different Day” (2010)
Grizzled Canadian punk that I was proud to pick-up (once again) from that well-tended punk section at Music Trader.
Graham Parker “Stick To Me” (1977)
An under-rated classic dose of Parkerilla purchased new for a modest prize from Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store (a.k.a. The Folk Store).
God’s Little Monkeys “New Maps of Hell” (1989)
English Folk-punk from the personal collection (I’m guessing) of the proprietor of Sonorous Music, which deals primarily in vinyl, books and collectibles.
Jesse Malin “Glitter in the Gutter” (2007)
A $5.00 used promo copy of this great album by singer-song-writer/punk survivor, which I plucked from the racks of Planet of Sound, a used CD/DVD store.
King Apparatus “S/T” (1988)
$1.99 for this ska-punk classic from the depths of Value Village
Jackson C. Frank. “Blues Run the Game” (1965)
Wildy-depressing acoustic singer-song-writer stuff, bought (alongside a slew of Oysterbad CD’s) from the more vinyl-focused store Into the Music after they did a massive buy of folk CD’s.
