I'll catch up on Lost sometime when the weather crew isn't taking up a majority of the time slot. Probably not tomorrow, though. I wonder when the version with commentary becomes available...that would be a nice compromise.

I bought the Bottomless Pit album today via iTunes. If I had a turntable, I'd want the 2x12"+CD package. I also bought Swervedriver's Mezcal Head, part of Miles Smiles (since my CD is apparently lost forever), and a few Hurl songs. I still have some credit left from the iTunes gift card, too, so it's been a great value gift.

I found some old compilation discs I'd made and received 6-8 years ago. iTunes doesn't recognize individual songs, so they're fairly useless now that I don't have the old e-mails or whatever had the track listings. I was able to label most of the 90 Day Men songs I found, though. When I saw them live, I thought that was one of the greatest shows I've seen. Maybe I was manic then. Every song requires a major indie listening filter (you know, the filter that removes all judgments on the vocals, and/or changes all thoughts of "bad" or "pretentious" into "authentic" and "artsy" and "so original", and/or the fact that everything sounds like it's being played in a garage, and so on), and most of them require a lot of patience to get through the first verse. Most of those songs from that album are still interesting, though. I suppose I could have sifted through them and found Hurl's "Bred in Kentucky" and a few Chavez tunes (which I have not purchased yet), but it feels good to buy those sorts of songs anyway.

Speaking of iTunes, I could use your help. What are the top 10 songs and/or top 3 albums I should buy next, in your opinion? (I generally like alternative*, rock, and jazz. I'll check out something considered metal or country, but I hope those will be great examples and/or exception to the rule of the genre.) I promise I'll listen to your suggestions.

This was another day I could have gone for a walk, but the weather forecast and sky suggested it was best to stay inside. So I did. And I got a fair amount of coursework done (my goal for the week has almost been met with two working days left), but I also got a bad case of cabin fever somehow (the weather didn't help). It's a good thing I'm getting out of the house the next two days.

* I've always thought that was the dumbest name for a genre ever. Everything is an alternative to everything else. Now I have to scroll through my entire iTunes library twice to see how the band/artist chose to be classified.