Lately i’ve been spending a lot of time with my cd collection: reorganizing it for my new shelf, inventorying it to determine my average cost per song, and compiling my year end list. Oh, and listening.


In this flurry of action i noticed that despite outstripping all previous purchasing years by a ratio of 3:1 in 2001 i wrote less than half of the reviews that i usually complete in a calendar year. This seemed greatly out of proportion, and just plain wrong considering i claim to be all about music reviews, so i’ve resolved to turn in two reviews per week via the dusty-but-still-functional Just Like Assholes. This not only assures that i’m actually honing my reviewing skills, but that i’m actually listening to some of the records that i’ve bought only to let languish in the wake of newer & better ones. Plus, it’s more stuff for you to read! And, it has built in comments!

So, without any more chatter, the reviews for this week are: