Hi. I'm Angus.
My name is Aaron.
And we're Liars and we're here at Amoeba in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Aaron and I went around and looked for stuff.
It was a blast, yeah.
I think Aaron might have done better than I did. But I'll start I'll start here because
I want to say that I did a little damage.
I cleared out the Michael Frank section.
I managed to get six LP's here.
You can just hang out with this one though, because this is one of my all-time favorite records
and it has some really fine lyrics in there.
"Maybe it's the way she grates her cheese. Or just the freckles on her knees."
"Maybe it's the scallions. Maybe she's Italian."
"I can't pronounce the name, but eggplant is her game."
Y'know it's a big mystery to me, this thing, but it's the selection I'm most excited about.
It's 'The Final Solstice.' This was in the Strawberry Switchblade section.
I'm really excited about it and yeah, I'm gonna crack it open when I get home and
I'll let you know what's on it.
We also spent a little time in the apparel section
and maybe we could show both of the things we got.
First of all I picked up two AC/DC patches.
They're the same so Aaron can have one and I can have one. And then...
I got this, or Angus found this Culture Club 'Colour By Numbers' full color patch.
Eat that, punks.
I think Angus won on the t-shirts.
You see the back of it first, 'You can't fade me'
which is really the winner but
and then on the front, you have Mr. Ice Cube.
He's from Los Angeles, so you guys might be familiar with him.
But I think that's one of the best albums he did, the 'Kill at Will.'
It is. I should wear this home, actually.
And then mine's a bit more kind of nerdy
but I got a Clock DVA t-shirt. Never seen one before.
They put out an album on Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records
called 'White Souls In Black Suits,' or it might be 'Black Souls In White Suits'
But anyway, they're a great band. Highly recommend them and yeah, I don't know.
Moving right along, I picked up several soundtracks.
Why don't I just go with all three of them right here.
They're classics, you know. I'm not going out of the box here, as Aaron would.
But, y'know, 'Taxi Driver.'
When you watch that movie, you definitely think to yourself, why don't I own that on record?
It's beautiful music.
'Amadeus' double album .
Can't go wrong with that. It's got all sorts of great stuff inside here as well.
And then boom.
I already listen to this record enough but I don't own it in this form.
There's just some awesome music on this record.
So there you go, that's my soundtrack selection.
I spent a little time in the freestyle singles section.
I can't say that this is technically freestyle, but it's pretty damn good and it's very attractive.
It's Madonna, Fast Side 'Burning Up'
Damn.
Slow Side, 'Physical Attraction.'
Coincidentally, I just purchased a book of photographs
of Madonna from '85 in New York City.
So I'm going to put this on, open up the book, lock the door
turn off the phone, disappear for awhile.
And further from that section was Seduction, 'Heartbeat.'
I know of Seduction because they played Magic Mountain when I was in high school...er, no, I was in
I don't even remember, sixth grade maybe, but
I know a lot of kids in my class who had their first kiss at a Seduction concert in Magic Mountain
So, yeah, a lot of spit and curly fries being transmitted between mouths there.
I had a little foray into the 90s-era hip-hop.
So I got Technotronic. It's the 12-inch single of 'This Beat is Technotronic.'
So you you can't los e with that. Full Tone-Loc record.
Well y'know, 'Funky Cold Medina' and all that sort of stuff is going on that.
Redhead Kingpin, I mean, it's not even opened.
The single is 'Do The Right Thing,' which more people should listen to
because I like to play this song all the time.
That's a bargain. You got some good stuff.
Let's see, I guess closing out my vinyl before we move on to CDs
I got the new record by Mika from Pan Sonic.
He first got signed to a label called Blast First
and we were label mates with Pan Sonic and did some tours with them.
Mika and Ilpo, the two members of Pan Sonic also do solo stuff
that's really equally inspiring. So check it out.
And then finally for me I got a grip of CDs here.
The Dukes of Stratosphear which is XTC's other project.
This is some great music, y'know
'25 O'clock' is a really great EP. So this this actual CD has
an EP and an LP on it. They put it all together in one, which is
a bargain as I said.
This is the last one I picked up just before we came over here, it's Transvision Vamp.
I don't know if anyone remembers them.
I mean, I just loved this record when I was growing up.
I could never find it anywhere but, guess what, Amoeba had it.
So you can't go wrong with that.
And then Spiritualized, y'know.
Spiritualized has been in the milieu recently and I felt like, wow, you know
here's a chance to pick that up and give it a go.
So that's my CD section.
CD land, Marilyn Manson, 'Mechanical Animals.'
I think it's a really incredible record.
I can't say it's underrated because a lot of people were into it, but
I think it really holds up. It's beautifully packaged, the artwork is really great.
And then my last pick is a bargain.
It's a fellow by the name of Tom Grimley. It's $3.99.
I don't know if he still lives here anymore, but he used to record bands, experimental guy.
One time there was an after-party for a show that he'd played
and everyone was performing acoustic.
So he one-upped the entire crew by throwing everyone's beer bottles in the dryer
and turned it on and just, yeah...
Tom Grimley. I miss you.
Here it is. And that's it, yeah that's all I have.
It's a lot of stuff, man.
Y'know, we're gonna have to tally it up, call our accountant.
Might be in some trouble.
Thank you, Amoeba. It's been a pleasure and an honor.