The intense lack of funds that seems to be part of the graduate school experience, even worse than those early 20s undergrad years, has had a negative effect on my music buying, it's all but cancelled it out. I've bought maybe 5 LPs since August & only one at a record store. They include: Panda Bear's solo debut (which I've misplaced somehow), the s/t Donovan record from 1977 (which stinks, sorry Drew), the Pointer Sisters 1973 debut (a clean duplicate), an unplayable copy of Charles Lloyd's Forest Flower & Rod Stewart's Never A Dull Moment (1974). I am not whining. I only want to give thanks. In addition to catching up on forgotten chestnuts in the stacks & the potent pile of our neighbors' duplicates that I got for my 30th birthday, the kind souls who operate what they're calling "audioblogs" have kept my head above water. Here are a few that I like:
Fluxblog - The grandaddy of them all.
GabbaPod Also one of the old kids on the block.
Oliver Wang's Soul Sides - Get the hot soul, jazz & funk tracks while they last.
'Buked & Scorned - Only a month old & already chock full of sweet soul, gospel stomps & scratchy, right off the cylinder blues.
Number One Songs In Heaven - The name says it all.
Moistworks - More soul, jazz & funk, from good people on the other side of the Atlantic.
Posted by Rob at December 28, 2004 5:18 PM | TrackBackI know what you mean about not having the $$$ to buy new music. Thankfully, the audioblogs are keeping me informed and happy. I also like (sorta) the iTunes music store, which lets you buy albums for $9.99.
Posted by: scott at December 29, 2004 5:14 PM