Physical violence may need to be authorised to restrain me from entering JB-Hifi ever again.
I'm obsessed with spending money at JB. Honestly, they could just set up a shop outside my house and they'd probably make more money than Sanity or HMV do with their Burke st shops. A list of all the things that I have bought in the past year from JB (not including gifts for other people).
DVDs:
From Russia With Love
The World Is Not Enough
The 39 Steps
Alien
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Batman Begins
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
To Catch A Thief
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cool Runnings (hey, it was cheap!)
Das Boot
Dr. Strangelove
A Fish Called Wanda
The Godfather
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Hero
The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy
Jamaica Inn
Jaws
Jurrassic Park
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Rabbit Proof Fence
Ripley's Game
Schindler's List
The Silence of the Lambs
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Walkabout
CDs:
Doctor Zhivago OST
ET OST
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire OST
Munich OST
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Milestones - Miles Davis
Round About Midnight - Miles Davis
Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Live at the Apollo '62 - James Brown
Call of the Valley - Various
The Essential Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash Live at San Quentin
Cities - The Cat Empire
The Essential Clash
The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff
Hiphoprisy is the Greatest Luxury - The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
A Little Deeper - Ms. Dynamite
Earth, Wind and Fire's Super Hits (ha!)
Both Sides of the Gun - Ben Harper
Dap-Dippin' With… - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Pearl - Janis Joplin
Power In Numbers - Jurassic Five
Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Welcome to Jamrock - Damian Marley
Burnin' - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Natty Dread - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Embrace the Chaos - Ozomatli
Parliament's Greatest Hits
Animals - Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
The Best of Sting and the Police (after which I bought Outlandos D'Amour and Zenyatta Mondatta second-hand)
The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
Renegades - Rage Against the Machine
Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Exile on Main St - The Rolling Stones
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
The Essential Sly and the Family Stone
Too Much, Too Young - The Specials
Classic Muddy Waters
Hard Again - Muddy Waters
Little Cloud - The Whitlams
Okay, that list is a little scary looking back at it. For a person with no real income, that's far too many purchases. Hmm.
So, I expect physical restraints to remove me from JB-Hifi, should anyone see me in there. I guess, though, that's not really going to solve the problem as many of them were bought from their online shop…
posted by Daniel @ 6:05 PM
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15 Comments:
there is no need to justify buying cool runnings. its tops.
HOORAY! A blog update! That can only mean one thing... You have essays and exams coming up. (Do I evre know that feeling!) But whatever the motivation, don't think I don't appreciate the effort.
As for your out of control spending habits... I think Today Tonight should do an expose; dodgy kids on youth-allowance who spend all their money at J.B. They could pay you for your appearance in CDs.
I'd have to pretend to be of some ethnicity to get on the program, though. They can't have anglo kids screwing up our country.
+ Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
+ Kid A - Radiohead
+ OK Computer - Radiohead
Sigh.
The Best of Bill Withers
High Fidelity Soundtrack
Working Class Hero – John Lennon
X & Y – Coldplay
Heathen Chemistry – Oasis
Times They Are A-Changin – Bob Dylan
Recurring Dream – Crowded House
Talking With the Taxman about Poetry – Billy Bragg
The Clash – The Singles
The New Orleans Rascals
One Nil – Neil Finn
11. In one day. See if you can beat it.
Admittedly most were second hand, but its still a fair effort. And a fair amount of money I shouldn’t be spending.
A challenge!!! Goodness me!
We'll have to see what we can do about that…
Oh. And Weezer - Malndroit.
The challenge just got harder...
Alright. Over two days:
DVDs:
Michael Collins
Mr Holland's Opus
The Thin Red Line
The Tracker
The Life & Death of Peter Sellers
Romper Stomper
Catch Me If You Can
CDs:
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Regatta de Blanc - The Police
Tourist - St. Germain
Parachutes - Coldplay
Admittedly, I've had some of those for years in *ahem* digital copies, but I wanted the real versions.
hello mr daniel
i saw you today in lygon court facing away from safeway and i was facing towards safeway and then i went into safeway and bought musk sticks and saladas and now i am eating the musk sticks yum. when are you lot going to play in ol melbourne town? ballarat is cold.
Its only 11... But you can have double bonus points for Michael Collins, Coldplay and The Police.
Grand total: 14
Excellent work.
And also getting real copies is excusable. I feel dirty and the filth of humankind etc etc having (as you so politely said) "digital copies"...
There is also something *nice* about having a hard copy, especially if it is one of your absolute favourite albums. The liner notes, the artwork… nice.
+ Michael Franti - Yell Fire!
+ Michael Franti - Love Kamikaze
+ 24: Season One
+ Casablanca
+ Edward Scissorhands
+ Empire of the Sun
+ Good Night and Good Luck
+ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
+ Ealing Comedy Box Set, including:
- The Ladykillers
- Kind Hearts and Coronets
- The Man in the White Suit
- The Lavender Hill Mob
+ Gattaca Score
i'd love to see the original ladykillers.
what did you think of 'good night and good luck'? if i remember correctly it came out in a period of much george clooney, and i saw 'syriana' instead.
The original Ladykillers is absolutely terrific. Alec Guinness is great, and it is interesting to see early Peter Sellers relegated to a fairly inconsequential part.
Good Night and Good Luck was great. I ended up seeing all of the 'Best Picture' nominees except for the winner, and out of them I would be very hard pressed to chose between Capote and GN&GL. It was terrific, a great first attempt from Clooney. I didn't see Syriana. It was meant to be good, if a little muddled, if I recall correctly.
Anyway.
+ When the pawn… - Fiona Apple
+ Picnic at Hanging Rock
+ Verve Unmixed 2
+ Verve Unmixed 3
+ Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - Charles Mingus
+ The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
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