12:00 AM : Alcohol.
12:20 AM : More alcohol.
12:45 AM : Some Resident Evil 5. Resident Evil 5 is the year’s best game. It’s got graphics, it’s got suspense, it’s got action, it’s got zombies, and it has a control system that doesn’t suck eggs (see Evils, Resident 1-4). There’s some that say RE5 isn’t a “true” survival horror game, but those people are losers. And as fun as it is, it’s even more fun with alcohol.
1:25 AM : Resident Evil 5 is full of newbs who spam the Hydra and STILL suck at the game. I give Crypomnesia another runthrough – I’m a big fan of TMV and I like Hella, but I’m still not sure what the hell to make of this monster.
2:25 AM : A little AIM chatting.
3:00 AM : Sleep, and a dream about cartoon birds that follow you around everywhere. Kinda like a creepy G-rated version of The Birds, I guess.
12:25 PM : Wake up. Brush teeth, wash face, eat oatmeal, more Resident Evil 5.
1:00 PM : I check the Blogosphere quadrant of the Intertubes and learn that today is Record Store Day, a day to patronize your local record store, featuring all the great stuff you can’t find at your local Best Buy – live music, vinyl, B-sides, et cetera. What an excellent idea! It’s been a little while since I’ve hung out around my fellow snotty twenty-somethings, anyway. I make the drive out to Disc-Go-Round near Cumberland Mall not because I go here for CD purchases that much anymore, but because it’s where I imagine the best “Record Store Day” type festivities would be. Rich neighborhood, copies of Stomp and Stammer out in the front, people with weird piercings and all that.
3:00 PM ish : Disc Go Round is gone.
See that picture above? It’s a picture of a party. That was NOT happening here in Atlanta. In fact, there wasn’t even a sign. I poked my head in with an acquaintance who worked next door, and Disc-Go-Round has been gone for a long time. Like since 2007.
4:00 PM: I think a little bit about Disc-Go-Round. In my middle school days, I could get used CD’s at $7 a pop – this was a big deal back when I could only find the good stuff for 20. I figure about half my collection was bought here – from Black Star to F-Minus. And there was plenty of stuff I never actually bought that made my to-do list (like Jucifer) that I wouldn’t have found if not for them. Record stores have this advantage over the internet – online shopping’s been designed to be efficient and detailed, butthe record browsing experience, the sheer amount of stuff that hits your eye, like a name you forgot about or nice cover art – I bought Recess Theory’s They Would Walk Into The Picture based solely on the aesthetics (a JPG of the cover art doesnt do it justice, you’ll have to trust me).
Record Store Day, I guess, came a little too late for them.
Tags: black star, f-minus, jucifer, recess theory, record store day, resident evil 5, they would walk into the picture
Hey, we have a Cumberland Mall here too.
There’s also a pretty awesome record store about 45 mins away that has used cds and lots of hard to find stuff. It’s where I got most of my Tricky albums actually. I love it.
For any of you NJ peeps out there it’s CD Exchange in Turnersville.