chapter one million in the “brian loves amoeba because…” series was written tonight, and i will tell you how.

my cd shelving had been getting closer and closer to full, and i had thought that instead of buying more storage, perhaps i could just streamline the ranks by exchanging the old crap i’m too embarrassed to even list here for a couple new ones at my favorite place in los angeles (amoeba, that is). i had yet to check out how well they paid for used music, so i thought i’d haul a bag of the expendable stuff down there to see what i could get. i figured for my sack of 25 or so crappy old cd’s i could at least get a couple good new ones.

amoeba, however, proved itself my dearest musical ally once again, and paid me an unexpected 87 dollars store credit (they take your cash value and add 20 percent if you take credit, which i’m all about — give me more amoeba spending power). i was able to get 7 cds with the credit and 10 extra dollars. pretty damn sweet. now i am the proud owner of:

…and you will know us by the trail of dead – source tags and codes (used)

ben kweller – sha sha

deltron 3030 – (s/t)

waking life – soundtrack

amelie – soundtrack

saves the day – stay what you are (used)

ozma – rock and roll part three (used)

what a deal. i’m pretty sure with the stuff i gave up, i definitely got the better end of that exchange. of course, they will sell my cds at 300% markup and they pushed more of their merchandise into my hands, so maybe not . . .

what do i care. i can look up with pride at my rack of recent acquisitions and be glad i have all this great new stuff to listen to, and even a little pride that i’m the kind of person to have n.e.r.d., a french film soundtrack, and a trail of dead cd all living in harmony next to each other, and all being appreciated.