Miscellaneous - monstii's cd collection

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i drank an arizona sweet tea and now my stomach hurts
unrelated just wanted to share

hi!!! my name is monstii and i think cds are pretty neat. they are (usually) cheap, easy to carry around, and generally have pretty okay-to-good quality. while i dont think they will have the same comeback that records did in the 2010's, i still like to buy and collect them, usually from thrift stores.

in my experience, thrift stores or places that places that sell secondhand items usually dont have great selections, but thats why i like looking through whatever they have. they always have stuff that really makes you wonder, y 'know? especially the really old albums. like, who were the people were behind this stuff? did they want to make it big? was this their lifes work? was this just a quick cashgrab? so many questions, but no answers. such is the tragedy of albums without discogs or wikipedia pages.

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enough of my rambling, time to talk about my actual collection! i'll put an image, informational link (wikipedia, discogs, etc) and some words for each album. BGM: masoyoshi takanaka.

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Franz Ferdinand - Self Titled (2004)

im eating some really good macaroni rn

Starting off real strong, we have franz ferdinand's debut album! i actually found this cd just as i was really getting into franz ferdinand, so this album came to me at a perfect time. its in really good condition too, the disc isnt scratched all that much and the lyric booklet is almost mint. for 90 cents this was a steal! god bless thrift stores. i'd say my favorite song from this album would either be dark of the mantinee or michael. whenever i listen to michael i wonder if i know a michael in real life. i dont.

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Procul Harum - The Prodigal Stranger (1991)

hooonk mimimi hooonk mimimi

next is this album. 

i can only describe it as mid. its not amazing. its not bad, either. it doesnt do anything egregious or terribly striking, but my brain kind of shut off after listening to this album because at the end of the day its basic prog rock that feels like its trying to say something but the message and music are so run-of-the- mill that it just left me feeling bored. ready to fly is- wait wrong one

if your into radio friendly rock check it out maybe.

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Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)

shep my og husbando <3

discovery is one of my favorite albums to this day. i love it so much that i actually bought it new, which is only something i do with albums that i really like. getting into daft punk and listening to this album and RAM are what really opened my eyes to music, listening to touch back when i was like 12 was like a religious experience. good stuff.

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Bee and Flower - What's Mine is yours (2003)

nice lamp

alright to be completely honest with you i havent listened to this entire album. BUT, what i have listened to, i found enjoyable. its slow and kind of sultry, with folk tinges. not life changing, but not everything has to be. i got this cd at a small cd store at a mall near me, they had a big selection, but the album cover to this one stuck out to me. overall nice!

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Enya - Paint the Sky with Stars (1997)

she lives in a castle???

This cd really caught my eye with its wonderful design. the covers and lyric booklet are very aesthetically pleasing, the music itself is also very nice, enya is an amazing composer, her songs have a dreamlike feel, some of her song feel like they would be apart of a tolkein film. (wait, they were!)

overall i like it, although its not something i'd listen to casually.

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Hairspray Original Soundtrack (2007)

GOOD MORNING BALTIMOOOOOOOOOORRREEEEEEEEEEE

I. love. hairspray. its my favorite musical. i got to see it live with my school theatre group when it was at the majestic theatre in 2023 i think? its even better live, even in the nosebleed section. while the movie version of the soundtrack is different (new songs, some songs from the broadway production arent there) its still wonderful. the movie does the play great justice. careful playing it outloud though, 

you'll get called a theatre kid!

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From the Cradle - Eric Clapton (1994)

more like eric CRAPton!!! hahahahahahahaha
what the fuck hes still alive???????
HES BRITISH?????????????????????????

lowkey? this aint mine i found it my house. i listened to it for like a minute. im a fake music nerd i know but blues just isnt my thing 😭

apparently this is a cover album? thats crazy 

moving on

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Toshihiro Nakanishi - Silent Romance (1991 reissue)

im just playn games 
i know this plastic love silent romaaance

i dont know why this caption is weird help

This cd was actually released in japan, what its doing in texas i'll have no idea, but this is a great find! (its in almost pristine condition too, mutsve spawned at the wrong base) the inside booklet is in all japanese, but when i translated it (if i remember correctly) its Nakanishi talking about seeing silent movies as a kid or something like that? its basically classical pieces that are reminiscent of older movie scores. its quite nice.

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Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! (1996, translucent ver)

it seems as if beige and black are popular
cover art color choices.

this is yet another album that caught my attention becasue of the outside cover. this album has two versions: one with a regular opaque cover and one with a hip and trendy translucent plastic cover. its pretty trippy, something you have to see in real life. (no i will NOT put a gif/video im too lazy) it reminds me of the music video to take me out. the album is mostly ambience, with a i think kind of folk song? its been a while since ive listened to it, to be honest. still pretty cool though.

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ok so i actually havent listened to these last two albums, but i can still say a few things about one. maybe i'll make a follow up post about the other one.

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artpace - The Happening 2005

good lord what do we have here!?

artpace is a san antonio art musuem thats does like charity work and stuff, you can read their website. i really only know about it because my school participated in its annual chalk it up event this year. it was pretty fun! i got some free HEB brand oreos. 

the happening seems to be an annual gala event that they host to fundraise for whatever, and im assuming they gave these out at the 2005 happening? the earliest happening that the artpace blog documents is 2014, or possibly the "museo jumex" event, but that post isnt dated somehow. 

if my math is correct, since 2014's happening was the ninth, 2005 would be the actually be the first happening to... happen. the cd doesnt give much info, the paper inside is basically just a setlist so, i dont know! its pretty interesting that they ended up in a thrift store, two or three actually, but i only picked up one. (maybe i shouldve bought the other ones and sold them for an obscene price... oh well. too late.)

im not sure if there are cds for other happenings, but i kind of doubt it. 

artpace, if this cd is a confidential secret, dont blame me. blame the guy who donated his probably rare, limited edition cd. 

or maybe artpace just had a bunch of extras and wanted to get rid of them? who knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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this chicago hits album  :T

witty caption

i got this at the same place as i got the bee and flower cd. i like the song saturday in the park, so me, in my infinite knowledge, decided to buy this out of EVERYTHING ELSE THEY HAD AT THE STORE.

im not... mad, per say, i dont think this is a terrible choice made by past me, but i really couldve spent the five dollars on like, play or somethign i dunno. (play has been haunting me btw. i keep on seeing it whenever i go to a music store. i think this is a sign from nyarlatholep.)

 

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and that would conclude your look into my cd collection!!!!!! yay!!! wahoo!!!! wowie zowie!!!

im so tired

i dont have much to say, my 3ds broke last night and im really sad, but actually not really because the sd card is still intact... but my style savvy save file is probably gone :((((

okay that was off topic, my apologies comrade. maybe someday i will get my hands on a carnation cd...

but i believe that would be nothing but a pipe dream... (bars)

actually i was THIS CLOSE to getting a love sculpture cd from suruga ya but something was wrong with the card i was usin and they rejected my order. CURSES, CURSE ALL OF THEM

alr imma head out, have a good day and all that allright? go give some love to the cds that are probably collecting dust on your shelf right now.

monstii signing off.

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