scraping for pennies to get a cd

I went back to kampung(the negeri sembilan one on my dad's side)for the weekend, and i have made two key observations about the trip:

1. Gulai ikan semilang salai kicks ass.

2. My stay at kampung was dripping. it wouldn't stop raining!

I'm going to get John Mayer's Continuum. By hook or by crook, even if i have to scrape around for pennies, i will buy it!

A couple years ago, i'd just have downloaded the album, or i'd have gotten the cheaper(35 ringgit cheaper,mind you) pirated version.Downloading stuff is so tempting kan? let's face it, it's free, you can find practically any song you want, and you can get it right in the comfort of your room. I don't download movies or tv shows(i'm too chicken to do so), but music yes, definitely. Buying cds is a huge risk, because for one thing, they're bloody expensive (40 bucks for a cd is bloody expensive in my books), and another thing is that you'll face the risk of buying a cd you anticipated would be great but in the end turns out to be a complete dud.

Back in the days when i was still a teeny-bopper (i still am, tapi dah kurang sikitla, or so i'd like to think :P), i naively went and bought an original copy of Beyonce's 'Dangerously in Love' album. Aisy, i still cringe whenever i remember this. I was so stoked by her songs 'Me, myself and I' and 'Crazy in Love', i thought the rest of the album would comprise of similarly nice tunes and catchy beats. God was i wrong. I tried HARD to like the album, but in the end i had to concede it was just blah. i still don't understand why she won so many grammy awards with it. And when i listen to her music now, with songs like 'Check on It', and 'Irreplacable' and that ring the alarm or whatever song, i can't imagine why i used to like her music. (no offense to anyone who enjoys her music, this is just my opinion). The ironic thing about her songs is that despite the fact i dislike them, they're so easy to remember that whenever Irreplacable comes on you'll find me crooning along and 'to the left, to the left'-ing to it too. aisy.

Well, enough about that. My point is that now, while i still download stuff quite actively, i try to refrain from downloading albums from artists who are making good music and opt to buy the albums instead. And people like the Kings of convenience, third eye blind, and i believe john mayer, definitely deserve to have original copies of their cds bought. Besides, with stuff like youtube and previews offered at amazon, you can practically hear snippets from the whole album and decide whether it's a good buy or not. So, no more risks of buying seemingly good but actually bad albums.

I will buy Continuum(tengah kire duit to see if i have enough to spare la ni). and i'll listen to this song over and over again, as well as songs like 'In Repair' and 'I don't Trust myself with Loving you'. He won a grammy for best male pop vocal album, so maybe it's pop, but some say its a a blues number. whatever. i love it anyway.