Why laptops are the coolest thing ever!!

  I bought my laptop in 2008, yes I'm a techno late bloomer, for five hundred bux, the reason being I was going to college for the third time, my plan was to become a journalist, which I dropped out, of course -- three time loser!!  Point is for the most part I usually would be kicking my own ass for spending that much money on stupid electronics, but it inadvertently became one of the best purchases I have ever made for one reason, the burnt cd, I must have thousands of dollars worth of music that has come out of that thing, it just keeps paying for itself, over and over!  Imagining the countless albums I would never have had a hard copy of, which I'm a stickler for, is like some kind of nightmare.  Back in the day if you told me that in the future we'd all have miracle cd making machines, I would have laughed in your face, although we did have the dubbed tape, but that could turn out bad depending on which generation tape you were dubbing, point is THANK GOD FOR LAPTOPS!! THEY'RE AWESOME!!  Oh and for the 'what about the artists they don't get any money' people, I say, if the band is big enough, their mansions don't need to get any bigger, and if the group is underground, it's more recognition, meaning more concert ticket sales and I could get inspired to buy the LP so a win win for us all!

James Taylor -- One Man Dog

  Man ... I get Lester Bangs' theory on One Man Dog, having the short interlude-esque tracks making Taylor's sound an easier pill to swallow ... forget that, it's a terrible album, Sweet Baby James may be corny, but way better!

The Byrds -- Younger Than Yesterday

 A perfect example of what was, what is and what's going to come ... the swing of the early albums, the psychedelia of Fifth Dimension and the twang of Sweethreart!

Flamin' Groovies -- Teenage Head

  Pretty much summing up what rock 'n' roll was all about by 1971, representing every era, with a feel for the three minute single.

Tom Waits -- Swordfishtrombones

  Swordfishtrombone sounds like an attempt to make sense of Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica, which inadvertently opened doors to Waits' cool whiskey drenched and late night dinner sound.

John Lennon -- Shaved Fish

  Shaved Fish is a comprehensive of great songs and hit numbers, making a terribly awkward best of mix.

Slayer -- Reign In Blood

  I secretly like this album, it's definitely filed under guilty pleasure, as much as the lyrics are sick, twisted and depravingly disturbing, I honestly don't believe that they're really into all this satan bullshit, meaning it's not them who worships the devil it's the modern world that is tolerant of evil and this is their  interpretation of it.  The frantic speed punk gives me nostalgia, and Rubin executes a perfect sound production for the piercing musical assault, but goddamn do I ever hate the guitar solos!!