Last Visit to Virgin Times Square, I think...

Went in there a couple of days ago. Feels rather sordid. Fixtures ripped from the walls and dirty. I think I am done. Here was the final haul:

War Child Presents Heroes
The Verve Love is Noise (single)
Ace How Long, the Best of Ace (may have this already, come to think of it)
Brian Wilson That Lucky Old Sun
Marvin Gaye I Want You

And I remember when we had an understudy costume from the last revival of "Guys and Dolls" adapted for Sir Richard Branson around the time the store originally opened. We are going to miss having a CD/DVD store in Times Square.

Here are the Scissor Sisters doing their cover of Roxy's "Do the Strand" from "Heroes"

More CDs in the house

The digitization of the music collection on to the terra-hard drive is going well. 22,000 songs for 185 GB entered so far. Shipment of sleeveless cheapos just came in. So, please welcome the following to the big disc drive:

Dion and the Belmonts Anthology
The Hollies The Best Volume One
The Doobie Brothers The Very Best of...
Stevie Wonder Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
Dead Boys We Have Come For Your Children
The Damned I'm Alright Jack and the Beanstalk
Alison Moyet Essex
Alison Moyet HooDoo
The Red Krayola Amor and Language

Here is a video of Alison Moyet singing Is This Love.

Retail Therapy

The Virgin Megastore in Times Square is closing any moment now. All CDs are 40% off, which actually isn't much of a bargain, but it still draws a crowd.

Amon Duul II Hawk Meets Penguin

Amon Duul Meetings with Menmachines Unremarkable Heroes of the Past

Amon Duul Airs on a Shoe String

Amon Duul Fool Moon

Richard Lloyd Field of Fire (Deluxe)

The Damned So Who's Paranoid

Eggs Over Easy Good 'n' Cheap

Fairport Convention Moat on the Ledge

Fairport Convention From Cropredy to Portmeirion


So you can see, it's pretty slim pickings.

Here's a video for Archangel Thunderbird by Amon Duul II

Millerton, NY

February 12, 2009