JAMES AND AARON TARANNA 2022!!

This is a long post with a ton of shite photies. Brace yourself, and grab a coffee… *** First off,… Read more JAMES AND AARON TARANNA 2022!!

Brother Craig Is A True Gent (Bon Voyage, Brother Craig)

I’ve told y’all about Brother Craig before. He of the relentless energy, he of the concert-going, he of the incredible… Read more Brother Craig Is A True Gent (Bon Voyage, Brother Craig)

She Said, She Said

Mojo magazine (November, 2021) was the Beatles issue, and came with the 8×10 print of the band and a CD… Read more She Said, She Said

Sweep It Up

I loved this 2021-11 edition of Uncut magazine. It was a tribute to Charlie Watts (my favourite drummer ever), and… Read more Sweep It Up

Manteca

Here’s the Verve Remixed 2, a second edition of what I talked about in yesterday’s post. It’s 14 more tracks… Read more Manteca

Spanish Grease

I bought this to try it out. Does the Verve catalogue need to be remixed? Absolutely not. But if very… Read more Spanish Grease

Burn Down The Mission

This 15-track compilation series is a great idea. A bunch of major artists got asked to choose “songs that mattered… Read more Burn Down The Mission

My City Of Ruins

A 10th anniversary tribute and memorial to the heroes of the attacks on September 11, 2001, this 2 CD compilation… Read more My City Of Ruins

In Which Aaron Has Been Thinking For The Past Long While That He Has Too Much Stuff And Needs To Simplify And Yet Here He Is Gathering More Things It’s A Sickness Someone Send Help LOL

Deke Count: 36 *** *** Eric Carmen – The Best Of Eric Carmen I’m a sucker for Hits sets. Do… Read more In Which Aaron Has Been Thinking For The Past Long While That He Has Too Much Stuff And Needs To Simplify And Yet Here He Is Gathering More Things It’s A Sickness Someone Send Help LOL

She Said, She Said

Y’all know I love buying CDs that come with magazines. Music first, for me! November 2021 for Mojo magazine was… Read more She Said, She Said

In Which Aaron Once Again Shows Off Some Of The New Stuff That Has Come Into The KMA Eastern Offices Since The Last One Of These Posts And It’s Some Cool Stuff, Not Gonna Lie

Deke Count: 35 *** Herb Alpert – Definitive Hits  One of those one I feel like I should have had… Read more In Which Aaron Once Again Shows Off Some Of The New Stuff That Has Come Into The KMA Eastern Offices Since The Last One Of These Posts And It’s Some Cool Stuff, Not Gonna Lie

In Which Aaron Finally Gets A Christmas Present Back After Waiting Impatiently For Two Months As Well As One Used CD And Two New CDs Came Into The Collection And It’s All Happy Days

Deke Count: 34 *** Used CD: The Weather Report – The Best Of Weather Report This was an absolute no-brainer… Read more In Which Aaron Finally Gets A Christmas Present Back After Waiting Impatiently For Two Months As Well As One Used CD And Two New CDs Came Into The Collection And It’s All Happy Days

In Which Aaron Admits It’s About Time He Posted About New Stuff That Came In But Will Readily Admit That This Is Probably Not All Of It But It’s Gotta Be Close To All Of It

Deke Count: 36 *** Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago This is an album I owned in the past,… Read more In Which Aaron Admits It’s About Time He Posted About New Stuff That Came In But Will Readily Admit That This Is Probably Not All Of It But It’s Gotta Be Close To All Of It

LVI Halftime

Even if you don’t listen to rap, even if you don’t like it, I’d say we gotta admit this Super… Read more LVI Halftime

I Want None Of This

Fear not, that title is just a song title. Warchild is an important movement which, as they say in the… Read more I Want None Of This

Theme From An Underground Bowling Alley

Sometimes, a compilation of various artists is exactly what the doctor ordered. There are days where all one artist is… Read more Theme From An Underground Bowling Alley

In Which Aaron Says Yeah Yeah I Just Posted All That Other Stuff I Found But Here’s A Couple Of More Things Because They Keep Trickling In

Deke Count: 27 *** Brothers The Band is apparently a local band from my town. I’ve never heard them so… Read more In Which Aaron Says Yeah Yeah I Just Posted All That Other Stuff I Found But Here’s A Couple Of More Things Because They Keep Trickling In

In Which Aaron Is Still Reporting On Goodies That Have Come Through The Door Recently And This Stuff Is The Most Recent Musics So This Might Be Everything For Now But Probably I’ve Forgotten Things So Who Knows

The Deke Count: 38. *** Yup, I picked up the 2022-01 editions of Uncut and Mojo. I like having the… Read more In Which Aaron Is Still Reporting On Goodies That Have Come Through The Door Recently And This Stuff Is The Most Recent Musics So This Might Be Everything For Now But Probably I’ve Forgotten Things So Who Knows

In Which Aaron Shows You More Thrift Shoppe Finds But Is Aware That When He Does These Posts Close Together Like This It Seems Like He’s Buying Music All The Time And OK Maybe He Is But There Is Usually More Space Between Than These Posts Would Indicate

The Deke Count: 48 *** Allman Brothers Band – An Evening With The Allman Brothers Band (First Set) This is… Read more In Which Aaron Shows You More Thrift Shoppe Finds But Is Aware That When He Does These Posts Close Together Like This It Seems Like He’s Buying Music All The Time And OK Maybe He Is But There Is Usually More Space Between Than These Posts Would Indicate

In Which Aaron Does Even More Catching Up And This Time It Is Fairly Varied In Content And In Formats

A paltry 20 words in the title this time, Deke. Those are rookie numbers! *** There’s a pop-up ‘grocery store’… Read more In Which Aaron Does Even More Catching Up And This Time It Is Fairly Varied In Content And In Formats

In Which Aaron Is Still Playing Catch-Up With All The Stuff That Has Come In Here Lately, So This Post Is An Attempt To Bring Us Closer To Up-To-Date

Deke, I’m sorry man, the word count here depends on if you count catch-up and up-to-date as one word or… Read more In Which Aaron Is Still Playing Catch-Up With All The Stuff That Has Come In Here Lately, So This Post Is An Attempt To Bring Us Closer To Up-To-Date

Misirlou

We all know that Tarantino’s movie soundtracks always have such great tunes, tastefully chosen and perfectly placed. This 1996 compilation,… Read more Misirlou

I Hear You Calling

This 2000 promo compilation for EMI/Virgin, called ROK, was an adventure. It was short, sometimes fun, and sometimes problematic. It… Read more I Hear You Calling

Murder Was The Case

I’m not a big rap fan, and you’ll find my knowledge fairly thin. But I know what I like when… Read more Murder Was The Case

Blacktop Guerillas: 2005 Canadian Campus Compilation (Mohawk)

I’m a sucker for compilations, and this looks like one of those discs colleges used to make to celebrate the… Read more Blacktop Guerillas: 2005 Canadian Campus Compilation (Mohawk)

Campus Sessions 2002>>2003

This was a fun mix, containing Slum Village, Swollen Members (f. Mokaonly), N*E*R*D, Spek, Brad, Ed Harcourt, Supergrass, Haven, 30… Read more Campus Sessions 2002>>2003

In Which Aaron Admits He’d Been In The Thrift Shoppe A While Ago And Totally Forgot To Share His Finds With You Because Things Got Busy Over The Holidays And That’s No Excuse But Still

Deke, that one was 35 words! First up, the CDs: Alabama Shakes – Sound And Color I’ve heard good things,… Read more In Which Aaron Admits He’d Been In The Thrift Shoppe A While Ago And Totally Forgot To Share His Finds With You Because Things Got Busy Over The Holidays And That’s No Excuse But Still

Brown Eyed Girl

This is a fun mix from Rolling Stone magazine and Rhino Records, fully titled Rolling Stone: The Definitive Collection Of… Read more Brown Eyed Girl

Couleur Café

There’s something free, light, insouciant, and generous to french music. Well, sometimes. Other times it’s dark and brooding. But there’s… Read more Couleur Café

Glad To Be Here

I bought this Much@Edgefest ’99 mix for the (previously unreleased, at that point) Sloan track. Of course. It’s below, performed… Read more Glad To Be Here

Mr. Blues

I like the blues, always have, from the beginnings right up to today. It’s in my blood. Some might get… Read more Mr. Blues

Know Your Enemy

James loves these Big Shiny Tunes mixes, so I bought this one in case he needed it. He already had… Read more Know Your Enemy

Teardrop

We loved House when we watched it, years ago. I didn’t know there was a soundtrack, but here it is!… Read more Teardrop

Vancouver Divorce (alternate take)

This is more of a requiem than it is a music post. Although it is both. Even though most of… Read more Vancouver Divorce (alternate take)

600

Today marks 600 daily posts in a row. I don’t know where, in the process, that I decided it would… Read more 600

Alright, Okay, You Win

Tony Bennett – Playin’ With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues, isn’t that enough said? Well, pure class and pure… Read more Alright, Okay, You Win

In Which Aaron Admits He Wasn’t Really Supposed To Be Spending Money On Himself As The Holidays Are Coming But He Did Anyway So, Um, Oops And Anyway Hey Deke This Title Has 38 Words Isn’t That Cool

I’m not supposed to buy anything for myself this close to Christmas. But let’s be honest, no one is gonna… Read more In Which Aaron Admits He Wasn’t Really Supposed To Be Spending Money On Himself As The Holidays Are Coming But He Did Anyway So, Um, Oops And Anyway Hey Deke This Title Has 38 Words Isn’t That Cool

I’ll Follow The Sun

Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles is a compilation of other artists doing Beatles songs. It’s OK. Perhaps I’ve just… Read more I’ll Follow The Sun

In Which Aaron Tells You About How His Lovely Wife Came Home One Day With Two Awesome Magazines For Him To Read And Oh Yeah He Found Three Other CDs Recently Too

I don’t know if I’ve ever said this in these pages before, but my lovely wife is truly wonderful (and… Read more In Which Aaron Tells You About How His Lovely Wife Came Home One Day With Two Awesome Magazines For Him To Read And Oh Yeah He Found Three Other CDs Recently Too

In Which Aaron Admits He May Have Gone A Bit Crazy With Finds Recently But Isn’t Too Worried About It Because Thrift Store Stuff Never Cost Much, And Piles Like This Make Up For Times There’s Nothing I’d Want

Yup I went a little crazy, the past while, but for the same price of (roughly) two new releases I… Read more In Which Aaron Admits He May Have Gone A Bit Crazy With Finds Recently But Isn’t Too Worried About It Because Thrift Store Stuff Never Cost Much, And Piles Like This Make Up For Times There’s Nothing I’d Want

In Which It Has Been A While Since Aaron Shared Goodies He’s Found In His Travels And Made A Post About It With A Big Long Title On It Like This To Make Deke Chuckle

Yup, it’s been a minute since I posted about stuff I’ve found in the shoppes (and online). Lots of Hits… Read more In Which It Has Been A While Since Aaron Shared Goodies He’s Found In His Travels And Made A Post About It With A Big Long Title On It Like This To Make Deke Chuckle

Sussudio (Urban Renewal)

This was a total on-spec purchase ‘cos I love Phil Collins’ solo career, especially in the 80s and early 90s.… Read more Sussudio (Urban Renewal)

Footloose

I’ve told the story before, but here it is again: as a kid in the 80s, I lived in a… Read more Footloose

One Hundred Years From Now

Gram Parsons ruled. Another young light extinguished far, far, far too soon. This tribute is filled to the brim with… Read more One Hundred Years From Now

The Harder They Come (cover)

This country/Americana compilation (Making Singles, Drinking Doubles) has a great title, and is chock full of artists that make Aaron… Read more The Harder They Come (cover)

Wreck Of The Old ’97

I love Johnny Cash. A tribute like this (Dressed In Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash) is fun, and shows… Read more Wreck Of The Old ’97

What Good Can Drinkin’ Do?

From the House Of Blues, this is a pretty damn great disc of blues covers. Talk about being right in… Read more What Good Can Drinkin’ Do?

In Which Aaron Found A Few More Goodies At The Thrift Shoppes And No One Is Surprised By This

Jann Arden – Greatest Hurts: The Best Of Jann Arden At this point in my listening to Jann, this Hits… Read more In Which Aaron Found A Few More Goodies At The Thrift Shoppes And No One Is Surprised By This

Godzilla

I grabbed this rock compilation for cheap because, well, why not! It’s a fun enough listen. These discs are often… Read more Godzilla

Learning The Game

Y’all know I love Buddy Holly, grew up on his stuff, still play it often now. A tribute album containing… Read more Learning The Game