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THis song rules

Last night after getting home from the Princeton Record Exchange, I imported my new Sonic Youth album, "Dirty Boots," into my itunes account. Listening to it was truly an amazing experience, almost better than when I actually stumbled upon it in that stack of random "cheap cd's." There's only 6 songs, and there's 2 versions of dirty boots; live and the edit. My favorite of them all has to be the live version of "Eric's Trip." Ironically, I'm listening to it right now. Probably the reason I'm in such a great mood.

The Princeton Record Exchange

I. Want. To. Live. There. Not Princeton in general, but the Record Exchange, more specifically. I love how obscurely the store is placed, like it's a hidden or something. It kinda makes you feel like you're in on some super cool secret. When you first walk in, you see rows and rows and rows of cd's and records. Their "Cheap CD" collection is pretty impressive. I actually bought a copy of Sonic Youth's 1991 album "Dirty Boots" for $1.99, but they basically have everything you could imagine. Going through those rows of vinyl after vinyl was really a spiritual experience for me. To smell the scent of old paper, to see the album artwork, and to actually touch the slightly frayed and damaged covers was just magical. It's like you could feel the history behind each and every record. The prices kind of shocked me. The first couple records I looked at were from $14-$25ish, then as I looked farther, I found $1 boxes of records that weren't very popular, and as I looked a little more avidly, I found a few up in the 100's. This was a big jump. There were probably ones that costed even more money than that, but I had a budget. I'm so going back next time I get some more money. Maybe I could take a trip there on my birthday. Maybe I should just get a job.

http://youtu.be/HbjyHXhUxM4

I Love You Mary Jane by Cypress Hill

This has been on my ipod for god knows how long, and the first time I ever listened to it throughout was just about 5 minutes ago. Oh the things I've been missing out on! This song is so chill, like you're floating on a cloud way up in the sky. I love that Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth sings the hook. Oh, jeez this song is fantasmical. Yes, I'm listening to it again. The fact that it's about marijuana can be overlooked...