I’m back from my final trip of the year, and when in Rome it’s hard for me not to do some media hauling. I hit Amoeba Records in LA and picked up Drain’s California Cursed, Shudder to Think’s Pony Express Record (who I saw live a couple of days later), Government Issue’s Boycott Stabb Complete Session, and Fuzz’s Earthen Gate. I also scored quite a few laserdiscs that they were offloading for a good price (although that is relative, who even buys these anymore?). The gem of the bunch is The Great Rock and Roll Swindle laserdisc —thrilled to add that one to the collection and Quest for Fire is due a re-watch, as Mikhail reminds me.
I bought a few over-priced VHS from Slasher World on Melrose: The Hills Have Eyes, Scanners, and Blood Beach. The fourth (Silent Night, Deadly Night) was a prize secured stateside via Ebay.
In Portland, Oregon I hit the Blu-ray/UHD jackpot at Millenium Music, which has an awesome collection of recent releases. The haul included Outland, C.H.U.D., The Island, One Armed Boxer, Creepshow 2, and The Killers.
I already watched through Outland and all its special features and that film is definitely prescient. The way it imagines a future featuring big capital mining humans for everything they’re worth and then disposing of them unceremoniously is right on, the fact that everyone in the film just accepts it as inevitable is the sad bit.
While not the vinyl, I was still thrilled to get the CD of my favorite movie soundtrack ever: Repo Man. Adding this CD into the 6-disc player’s rotation is welcome.
I am currently digging into the Arrow release of Creepshow 2 —“Thanks for the ride, Arrow!”—and the fact they give you a comic of the unfilled episode “Pinfall” is pretty awesome.
Anyway, wanted to capture a bit of the media I am both buying and watching here because otherwise I never remember when I bought what and even what the hell I have. The brain going is definitely another reason to run your own blog.
Quest For Fire on laserdisc would be _amazing_. Now, to get the giant-ass CRT!