Amoeba Run!
So I picked up some CD’s at Amoeba a few days ago:
Bellini: Norma (Callas 1961: Conducting La Traviata is pulling me deeper into bel canto. Can we think up some modern version of this kind of singing?)
Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca (yes yes they are amazing and melismaTASTIC)
Sonic Youth: Goo (apparently I’m supposed to like them, and I’m giving it another shot. I already like this better than Daydream Nation)
Fennesz: Endless Summer (not as good as the movie, but nice nice atmospheric electronica)
Pet Shop Boys: Very and Alternative (only $4.99 each! and Alternative is a 2-CD set! Very comes in a rubbery orange case with NUBS. Sample lyric: ”I’m gonna take off all my clothes / And dance to the Rite of Spring / I don’t normally do that kind of thing” These should be much more expensive. Clever fun and DANCEABLE!)