Here's the cover to Walter Carlos' Switched-On Bach II (1974, vinyl), from Trans-Electronic Productions, Inc. I found it at Amoeba Records on Haight Street. The album includes the electronic version of Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Sheep May Safely Gr...

I bought the CD "Van Halen" by Nerf Herder, because, well, it was by a group called Nerf Herder ! I had never heard of them, but i dug the group name and the funky plaid pants they were all wearing on the cover. It was 2$. Upon closer inspection, a...

Album - Queensryche: Greatest Hits Bought this album as part of a 2 albums for 10 pounds with no prior knowledge of the band at all but the cover art appealled to me. Listening to the album it is possible to tell that Iron Maiden were certainly a st...

In highschool my sister and a friend bought me the CD Carnival Strippers at a thrift story, because wel...Hey..they're the carnival strippers. I never listened to them..Haha. But I kept the CD.

The dollar section at the Record Exchange is a familiar place. Being a fifteen year old drop out has is limits as far as income goes. I was sifting through the masses of old Barbara Streisand and Kenny Rogers records when I stumbled upon this: Wit...

I bought "Treasure" by the Cocteau Twins. The cover is really dream-ish, and the songs have such tempting names, like "Persephone" and "Lorelei." The music wasn't what I was expecting, though. I don't love the album, but it's growing on me, especiall...

Home Cookin' by Candye Kane I went thrifting with a friend at a student organized yard sale. It was an odd scene - about ten people selling various things and only the two of us there. Needless to say, as the poor hungry students followed our ever...