So we went to Chili's, and then Tower Records - two places I wasn't very keen on going, but Caleb had gift cards for both. So we have a bang-up time at Chili's talking about the death of pop music (it's a nice thing to think about) and then saunter over to Tower. I did not expect to find anything worth buying; rather, I should say I did not expect to find anything reasonably priced. But they had 4 entire racks of recent stuff for $9.99. I couldn't believe it. My initial choice of about 12 records was whittled down to Wilco's "Being There" (an even greater deal since it's a double record), Gram Parsons' "GP" and "Grievous Angel" (another double disc!), and the best of Van Morrison, vol. 2 (since I already knew most of the songs on the first one). On the way out, I saw the new Morrissey DVD and ... THE NEW RYAN ADAMS!!! FOR ONLY $12.99!!!

Three double albums later, I am in the mood to clean this place up. And that's a good thing, because, man - it sure does need it.