I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs , but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
New releases
Vinyl
Blu Ray
Shiina Ringo, Seiteki Healing Sono Go~Nana Catalog
CD
Bob Mould, The Last Dog and Pony Show Digital Underground, Sex Packets Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell! Midnight Oil, Earth and Sun and Moon Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz) Old 97s, Satellite Rides Philip Glass, Low Symphony (Brooklyn Philharmonic, Dennis Russell Davies) Roxette, Look Sharp! Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Cast) Sting, If On a Winter’s Night … Tag Team, Whoomp! (There It Is) Taylor Swift, Speak Now Technotronic, Trip on This: The Remixes Various Artists, Living In Oblivion, Vol. 2 Various Artists, Rubáiyát: The Originals Vinyl
Chic, Risqué Conlon Nancarrow, Complete Studies for Player Piano, Vol. 2 Conlon Nancarrow, Complete Studies for Player Piano, Vol. 4 Foreigner, Agent Provocateur Hüsker Dü, Land Speed Record Sonic Youth, Confusion Is Sex Soundtrack, This Is Spinal Tap
Tags: bob mould , chic , conlon nancarrow , digital underground , foreigner , husker du , lana del rey , midnight oil , mumford and sons , nadja salerno-sonnenberg , philip glass , purchase log , roxette , shiina ringo , sonic youth , soundtrack , stephen sondheim , sting , tag team , taylor swift , technotronic , the old 97s , various artists
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs , but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
Catalog
CD
Atmosphere, Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs Bob Mould, Bob Mould Branford Marsalis, Renaissance Duran Duran, “Electric Barbarella” Fantastic Plastic Machine, The Fantastic Plastic Machine Front 242, Front by Front Ingram Marshall, Three Penitential Visions / Hidden Voices Jay-Z, The Black Album Snoop Dogg, Doggystyle Sonic Youth, Confusion Is Sex / Kill Yr. Idols William Orbit, Pieces in a Modern Style Reissues
CD
The B-52’s, Cosmic Thing (Anniversary Edition) Vinyl
Masada, Sanhedrin: 1994-1997 Unreleased Studio Recordings
Tags: atmosphere , bob mould , branford marsalis , duran duran , fantastic plastic machine , front 242 , ingram marshall , jay-z , masada , purchase log , snoop dogg , sonic youth , the b-52's , william orbit
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs , but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
My London trip two weeks ago kept away from the neighborhood thrift shops.
New releases
Vinyl
eX-Girl, “The Crown of Dr. Keroninstein” Catalog
CD
Alison Moyet, Alf Alison Moyet, Hoodoo Bleachers, Strange Desire Bob Mould, Modulate. Calexico, The Black Light Drivin’ n Cryin’, Mystery Road Gabby Pahinui, Pure Gabby Iron and Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin Massive Attack, Heligoland Mr. Mister, Welcome to the Real World Nightnoise, Shadows of Time Paul Motian, Bill Evans Rodney Crowell, The Houston Kid Shakespeare’s Sister, Hormonally Yours The Go-Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane The Xx, The Xx XTC, Upsy Daisy Assortment Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One Soundtrack, The Descendants Soundtrack, The Remains of the Day Vinyl
Easterhouse, Waiting for the Redbird Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine Willie Nelson, Stardust
Tags: alison moyet , bleachers , bob mould , calexico , drivin n cryin , easterhouse , gabby pahinui , iron and wine , led zeppelin , massive attack , mr. mister , nightnoise , paul motian , phoenix , purchase log , rage against the machine , rodney crowell , shakespeares sister , soundtrack , the go-betweens , the xx , willie nelson , xtc , yo la tengo
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs , but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
Catalog
CD
Big Country, The Crossing Bob Mould, Black Sheets of Rain Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac General Public, All the Rage Olivier Messiaen, Poèmes Pour Mi / Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine (Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot) Ornette Coleman, Sound Grammar Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz! Various Artists, The Hamilton Mixtape Vinyl
Killing Joke, Killing Joke The Jets, The Jets
Tags: big country , bob mould , fleetwood mac , general public , killing joke , olivier messiaen , ornette coleman , purchase log , the jets , various artists , yeah yeah yeahs
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs , but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
In addition to big scores at the thrift shops, I headed up to Vancouver, BC to visit Sikora’s Classical Records before it closed down for good.
New releases
CD
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENEARTION, Hometown
Wayne Horvitz, Those Who Remain
Catalog
CD
Alarm Will Sound, Modernists
Anton Webern, Complete Webern (Pierre Boulez)
Bob Mould, Workbook
Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas
DJ Shadow, The Private Press
Fugazi, Instrument Soundtrack
George Antheil, Symphony No. 4 ‘1942’ / Symphony No. 5 / Over the Plains (John Storgårds, BBC Philharmonic)
ISIS, Panopticon
John Adams, Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music (Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony)
John Rutter, Requiem
mclusky, mclusky do dallas
The Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton, Irony Is a Dead Scene
The Mars Volta, De-Loused in the Comatorium
Tweet, Southern Hummingbird
yMusic, Balance Problems
Soundtrack, Star Wars: A New Hope
Soundtrack, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Soundtrack, Wolf Hall: Tudor Music
Vinyl
Giovanni Palestrina, Missa Papae Marcelli / Missa Brevis
The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet, Voodoo
William Byrd, Mass for Five Voices / Mass for Four Voices
Witold Lutoslawski, Concerto for Orchestra / Funeral Music / Venetian Games
Witold Lutoslawski, Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Witold Lutoslawski, Symphony No. 3
Reissues
Vinyl
Kate Bush, Remastered in Vinyl IV
Tags: alarm will sound , anton webern , asian kung-fu generation , bob mould , cocteau twins , dj shadow , fugazi , george antheil , giovanni palestrina , isis , john adams , kate bush , mclusky , mike patton , purchase log , soundtrack , the dillinger escape plan , the mars volta , the sonny clark memorial quartet , tweet , wayne horvitz , william byrd , witold lutoslawski , ymusic
A decade ago, I wrote a series of entries ranking my favorite albums from 1985 to 2004. My collection has expanded greatly since then, particularly in the last five years. So I wanted to see what has changed in 10 years.
I remember not being much impressed with 2005. So much so, I made a half-arsed attempt at a Favorite Edition list and didn’t even call it such. It’s taken a lot of sifting to arrive at the present form of the list.
Sigur Ros, Takk …
Antony and the Johnston, I Am a Bird Now Ann-Sally, Brand-New Orleans Kate Bush, Aerial
… And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Worlds Apart
Bob Mould, Body of Song
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Yorico, Cocoon Duran Duran, Beautiful Colours Kawai Kenji, TV Animation BLEACH Original Soundtrack 1
Other favorites of the year:
Enya, Amarantine
Grizzly Bear, Horn of Plenty Levi Kreis, One of the Ones Madonna, Confessions on a Dancefloor
The list goes through much shuffling due to some late discoveries. I didn’t pick up Anthony and the Johnsons till 2006 and Ann-Sally much later. BLEACH wouldn’t be appointment viewing till the following year.
The extended list gets pared down a lot. Fuji Fabric, Sasagawa Miwa and toddle make room for Grizzly Bear and Levi Kreis.
I was so desperate to find entries, I included catalog titles from Gang of Four and John Zorn. In hindsight, that was the signal my priorities were starting to shift.
Toward the end of 2005, I relaunched this site as a traditional blog instead of the interactive zine it had been. My interest in Japanese popular music started to wane, and I reached an age where the music of my youth was being reimagined — some would say misinterpreted — by up and coming bands.
2005 marked the beginning of the end of Musicwhore.org ver. 1.0.
Tags: ann-sally , antony and the johnsons , bob mould , duran duran , enya , favorite edition , grizzly bear , kate bush , kawai kenji , levi kreis , madonna , rewind , sigur ros , sleater-kinney , yorico
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