So I picked up some CD’s

Yes, I still buy CD’s. Digital music hasn’t come along enough to really give me the full sound that I seek, so I buy CD’s (for when I buy a great sound system for home). I had to return a Christmas gift, Family Guy volume 5 DVD’s (I got 2 of them this year). So I used the credit from Newbury Comics to pick up a few CD’s.

First, I always peruse their used CD selection (which is actually pretty good and really cheap). I found a few I was interested in, but only got one of them. I got The Samples album Here and Somewhere Else for $2.99 used. The case looks a little beat up (though no cracks, which is nice), but the CD is in great condition. I don’t have any other Samples albums, but I did collect some mp3′s when I was in college. They’re a great laid back band from Colorado.

Then I went through the regular CD’s. Generally, I go to certain bands I’m looking for, but if I don’t know what I want, I start at A and work my way through. There I found Ryan Adams‘ Easy Tiger (it’s not his latest, but it’s the one before that) used for $10.99. It was like $15 or more new, so that was a good find (though the case was cracked in places, which annoys me, but I’ll just swap it with an empty case I have). Continuing through, I picked up Barenaked Ladies‘ Au Naturale Live album. I love BNL and they’re really fun live (I’ve seen then a few times around the Stunt era). Finally, I noticed they had Great Big Sea albums and picked up their live album called Courage & Patience & Grit. This is a band from New Brunswick Newfoundland, Canada that’s absolutely fabulous. I have yet to listen to this one, but I have high hopes for it as they’re such a great band.

As I listen to all the albums, I’ll write more about them. I realize they’re not the newest, but I rarely buy albums right after they come out.