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Cd Shopping Spree
Leslie’s birthday just rolled around, so I decided to take a look around for something to get her. Always tricky buying gifts, it’s much nicer to just let the items roll to you and then not waiting for special occasions. I shopped around for a few different things and decided on The Melvins’s new Nude With Boots. It’s a superb cd, the opening track is one of my favorite songs right now. The entire work is a solid setup and it’s been getting me quite in the mood for them coming soon (Me and Alicia already got our tickets!). I think Leslie was a little more excited about the cd by our old friends in Polkadot Cadaver. While I was at the shop I also saw a cd released on Web Of Mimicry. I couldn’t make out who it was supposed to be, but I enjoy most of what they’ve put out so far, so why not give it a shot? The writing was in faux-cyrillic, but my background in cyrillic made it extra camouflaged. It actually reads ASVA but for me it said DGTSD and I couldn’t figure it out. I heard demos off the cd around when it came out in 2005, and it was intriguing to say the least. I enjoy most anything Trey Spruance has worked on, but Asva is pretty far out there. There’s just something about fifteen minute ambient grindcore that I can only handle so much of.
Interestingly, both cds have something interesting going on with their physical layout. When you open up the Asva cd, the disc is on the left instead of on the right. I don’t know why they did this, but I suppose it doesn’t really matter. The Melvins though, they seem to have put the front artwork in what is normally where the back artwork goes, and the booklet, which is now in the back, has the tracklist written on the front. This allows for slightly bigger, clearer artwork. And honestly, I do flip over every cd pretty quickly to see the tracks, maybe I’d be more interested in seeing that first, and then checking out the artwork. In terms of logic, it does seem to make more sense sticking the lyrics and liner notes with the track list rather than off by themselves.
