What the hell is up with the recording industry these days? I went all the way downtown at midnight (Tower & Virgin, no links because they suck) to pick up some new releases (Toadies, Black Halos, & some others) and the CDs were priced in the $17-19 price range before tax. Most teenagers and their grandparents are easily downloading entire albums from the net and burning their own CDs for next to nothing (25 cents at most). The response is, naturally, to charge more for albums, effectively punishing those people who still give a shit. Instead, I bought 2 DVDs for less than $32. Maybe its just the supply-demand chain here. I've been totally blown away by the independent record stores in New York, Boston, and even Austin. I've heard very good things about San Francisco and the legendary Amoeba. New Orleans only has the Mushroom, which is only good for buying used indie CDs. I end up making most of my new purchases at Borders because the prices are lower ($11-15 usually), and they are great about special orders.

I'm pulling an all-nighter for no particular reason. Not school work, not work work, just for fun. Don't feel like sleeping. Oh, and I'm wearing a do-rag.