reorganizing the listening room, phase one

lucky number seven

7. Electric Penguins -- goodbye from the electric penguins

sunday shopping

2. Secret Chiefs 3 -- First Grand Constitution And Bylaws
3. Rollins Band -- Low Self Opinion (12" single)
4. Masada -- Beit
5. Masada -- Hei
6. Susanna Hoffs -- Someday

and it begins again, again

Purchased on Discogs:

1. William Basinski -- Nocturnes

we all have our vices

what the mailman brought today

30. John Zorn -- Filmworks XXI: Belle De Nature & The New Rijksmuseum

chasing the winter blues away

What's a fella to do on a crappy winter's day? Brave the elements, go out, and buy more music, of course!

24. William Basinski -- A Red Score in Tile
25. Faust -- Something Dirty
26. Tim Hecker -- Ravedeath, 1972
27. John Zorn -- The Bribe

Plus two downloads from the comfort of my home:

28. Tim Hecker -- Radio Amor
29. thisquietarmy -- Transmissions

some more for the score

17. Jon Hassell -- Maarifa Street
18. Black Boned Angel -- Bliss and Void Inseparable
19. Agalloch -- The Mantle
20. Rick Wakeman -- The Six Wives of Henry VIII
21. John Zorn / Masada -- Vol. 4: Dalet
22. Rachel's -- Selenography
23. King Crimson -- The Collectable King Crimson Vol. 5: Live in Japan, 1995

on the mend

Whew, still getting over a case of the flu that laid me low for nearly three weeks. I was able to buy a couple discs online:

10. John Zorn / Masada -- Vol. 1: Alef
11. The Lounge Lizards -- s/t

And I was feeling well enough last night to venture out after work and pick up the following:

12. Tori Amos -- To Venus and Back
13. Buckethead -- Electric Tears
14. Erik Friedlander -- Block Ice & Propane
15. Kronos Quartet -- Howl, USA
16. Miles Davis -- Bitches Brew (Legacy Edition with DVD)

Stay healthy, everyone!

eight and nine

8. Peter Gabriel -- Deutsches Album (fourth album, sung in German)
9. Fripp & Eno -- May 28, 1975 (official live download)

two from ebay, hurray

6. John Zorn / Marc Ribot -- Asmodeus - Book Of Angels Volume 7
7. John Zorn -- First Recordings 1973

play it loud

Found at Half-Price Books for eight dollars:

5. Motorhead -- Ace of Spades (DualDisc with 5.1 mix)

thrifty gifty

Thanks to a coupon and gift card, the following purchases only came to six dollars:

3. John Zorn / Masada String Trio -- Haborym: Book Of Angels Volume 16
4. King Crimson -- The Collectable King Crimson Volume 4 - Live At Roma, Warsaw, Poland 2000

and it begins again

Took advantage of a 50%-off Border's coupon and bought:

1. John Zorn -- What Thou Wilt

Went to The Exchange in Medina and found this in the $5.00 section:

2. Diamanda Galas -- Plague Mass

smörgåsbord

A smidgen of acoustic:
181. Rodrigo y Gabriela -- s/t
182. Suzanne Vega -- 99.9 F° (CD single)
183. Suzanne Vega -- Close-Up, Vol. 2 - People & Places

A helping of electric:
184. Fish -- Pigpens Birthday
185. Phantom City -- Shiva Recoil Live/Unlive
186. Black Flag -- In My Head
187. Suede -- Attitude (CD single)
188. The Smiths -- The Sound of the Smiths (2-CD edition)

A dash of electronic:
189. Emeralds -- Does It Look Like I'm Here?
190. Russell Mills/Undark -- Strange Familiar

A splash of ambient:
191. Yellow6/Absent Without Leave -- split release (two 3" discs)
192. Oren Ambarchi -- Grapes from the Estate
193. Eluvium -- when i live by the garden and the sea
194. Gorn, Levin, Marotta -- From the Caves of the Iron Mountain

A dollop of jazz:
195. Either/Orchestra -- Mood Music for Time Travelers
196. Miles Davis -- The Complete Columbia Recordings
of Miles Davis and John Coltrane (6-CD set)
197. Uri Caine Ensemble -- Mahler in Toblach
198. Uri Caine Ensemble -- Plays Mozart

And a heaping plate of Zorn:
199. John Zorn -- The Circle Maker
200. John Zorn -- Angelus Novus
201. John Zorn -- Ipsissimus
202. John Zorn -- Songs from the Hermetic Theater
203. John Zorn -- Chimeras
204. JZ/Masada Quintet featuring Joe Lovano --
Stolas: Book of Angels, Volume 12

Bon Appétit

scratching that itch

176. The Alarm -- Declaration
177. The Alarm -- Strength
178. Scott Johnson -- Rock Paper Scissors
179. Judas Priest -- Stained Class (remastered)
180. Travis & Fripp -- Live at Coventry Cathedral

new tunes

172. eels -- Tomorrow Morning (with bonus EP)
173. Tom McRae -- The Alphabet of Hurricanes
174. hammock -- chasing after shadows...living with the ghosts
175. Peelander-Z -- P-TV-Z

three for me, yippy

169. John Zorn -- Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren
170. Iron Maiden -- The Final Frontier
171. John Coltrane -- Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings
(8-cd set)

used treasures

151. The Velvet Underground -- Peel Slowly and See (5-cd box set)
152. Various Artists -- Hall of Mirrors (acid/space/krautrock)
153. The Dead C -- Secret Earth
154. The Dead C -- Future Artists
155. Human Drama -- Pinups
156. Human Drama -- The World Inside
157. David Bowie -- Thursday's Child (two-disc cd single)
158. The Thorns -- The Thorns
159. Grateful Dead -- Infrared Roses
160. Mastodon -- Leviathan
161. The Church -- Starfish
162. John Zorn -- Astronome
163. John Zorn -- Xu Feng
164. John Zorn/Bar Kokhba -- Masada Chamber Ensembles
165. JZ/Jamie Saft Trio -- Astaroth: Book of Angels Volume 1
166. Midlake -- The Courage of Others
167. Donnie Darko -- Original Motion Picture Score
168. The Smokin' Fez Monkeys -- Live in Their Natural Habitat

he's at it again

135. Electric Masada -- 50⁴
136. John Zorn -- Redbird
137. Herbie Hancock -- Head Hunters (remastered)
138. Cheap Trick -- Cheap Trick (remastered)
139. Tangerine Dream -- Sorcerer
140. Eluvium -- Talk Amongst the Trees
141. The Residents -- Meet the Residents
142. John Lurie -- African Swim and Manny & Lo
143. Traffic -- John Barleycorn Must Die (remastered)
144. Emeralds -- Emeralds
145. Brian McBride -- When The Detail Lost Its Freedom
146. Soft Machine -- Third (remastered with bonus live disc)
147. Prince -- Sign "O" The Times
148. Celtic Frost -- To Mega Therion
149. Tears For Fears -- Chronicles (first three albums)
150. Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa --
Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions