Cheap Ass MP3s and Hometown Musik!

Thanks be to Frank, the rockin' exchange rate, and the fall of communism.  For without a mysterious synergy of all three I never would have discovered this site which, once you click in the right-hand corner to switch it off Russian, lets you legally download full albums for, sometimes, under a dollar.  I just got the old Shins album for 95 centavos.  Очень хорошо !!

And for free tonight, Subpop shared new Low tracks with me, a band I grew up in the same dinky city with but never got to touch.  I don't think they played all-ages shows and if they did, I was completely oblivious and now I'm pissed.  Something came out of Duluth that was worthwhile?  That real magazines are talking about?  Something's that's getting TV coverage that doesn't involve a cat getting frozen to a sidewalk (etc) and being cryogenically reactivated?  Now, after opening for Radiohead, etc etc, they've signed with Subpop.  And I'm still a nobody and, even though I'll be in Duluth this weekend, I won't get to see them play.  They're gigging Europe.  And I'll be hanging with gramma.

This may be my last post before I venture to the tundra and back, so I hope the 10-cent downloads and frozen cat stories keep you warm these cold(ish) winter nights until I return.

Comments

[Ellen]

Have a good trip, Anna. You need some time to yourself.

[=AnnA=]

Thanks Ellen! You speak the truth! At first I was reluctant to have Jeremy out there so long, but then I had to wonder why. He'll be in heaven with his grandparents, cousins and snow. True, it's almost 2 weeks for me w/o him, but since Adam's going out to get him, for him it's only like 9 days w/o parents. And a bonus 5 husband free days for me. Since Jeremy was born, I don't think I've had more than a day or two without either of them. This is MY time!*

*but next week they're tearing down the walls in half our house so it won't be as relaxing as I'd think. More on that when I'm on the computer again. For now, Minneapolis ahoy!