15A. Got a picture in my pocket

Oh, hello. I didn't see you there. I am in the midst of going through my CD collection. I do this every now and then, but I have apparently neglected this task for awhile. I'm missing quite a few, and some are so scratched to shit that they won't even play. This is devastating to me, because it reminds me how obsolete hard copies have become. And I love buying CDs. LOVE buying CDs. LOVE. I would actually rather go home and rip the plastic off a new album than go home and rip the clothes off of Benjamin Kowalewicz. Lies and slander, but we will put the two side-by-side. Anyways, going through my collection, I've noticed that my CDs can easily be categorized into the following classifications;

The Necessities

These include the classics. 'London Calling' by the Clash, Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA', U2's 'Joshua Tree', a token Nirvana album. Sometimes the necessity albums reflect what decade you grew up in. It's safe to say that anyone my age will have 'Sixteen Stone' and/or "What's the Story (Morning Glory)?" in their CD collection. If not, well, you're fucked.

The Unconditionals

These are my safety bands, ones that have never let me down. I own every Matthew Good album, and will continue to purchase everything he releases for the rest of his career. Other unconditionals of mine include Joel Plaskett Emergency, Billy Talent, Sam Roberts, and Alexisonfire. Oh, and Matt Mays & El Torpedo. One day I will tell you about the time I interviewed this fine man before he made it to mainstream radio. What a hero.

The Guilty Pleasures

What I am about to tell you, is very well the most embarassing thing about me that you will ever read in this blog. Nothing I have ever done at a high school or college party will ever compare to this admission. Clay Aiken. Yeah, it's in my collection. Untouched (much like himself), but still there. Then there's the usual guilty pleasures; Spice Girls, N*Sync, Aqua. Typical '90s trash. I also seem to have purchased every single Nelly Furtado album. I'm not exactly sure what my obsession was, but I'm now going to take the sleeves out and put them on my walls as encouragement to start going to the gym.

The One Album Stands

These are albums by musicians I absolutely love, but for some reason, have only purchased one CD of theirs. I blame the internet. Richard Ashcroft, for instance. Easily the best thing to have ever happened to the lead singers going solo movement, and yet I have only bought his first album. Interpols 'Antics', The Strokes' 'Is This It?', Bloc Party's 'Intimacy'...I would say this category takes up the largest space in my CD collection.

The Canadian Content

Easily my favorites. When I was 11-years-old, I had a bad report card, and my mom took away my I Mother Earth CDs. These are the bands that made me fall in love with music. Matthew Good Band, Limblifter, Age of Electric, Moist, the Gandharvas. REMEMBER PLUTO? Holy eff. This was about the time I started reading Chart magazine, and that MuchMusic was amazing, because they played videos like this. Please check out the related videos as well, because they're incredible.

So, I'm going to cut myself off here, because I could literally just talk about this for days. That and the fact that I have a bunch of errands to run, and I haven't started them. I should buy a lottery ticket today, so that I can afford a personal assistant. There are some things I just don't enjoy doing, like cooking and blow drying my hair, to name a couple. I would need to find someone who is good at EVERYTHING, which I believe is harder than winning the lottery itself. I guess I'll have to continue being self-sufficient...either that, or find a husband. I just threw up in my mouth a little.

xoxo
-A.