Is this Love?

As I was walking home tonight I felt compelled to go to Tower Records. Honestly I had been thinking about it since yesterday when I was contemplating buying J Dilla's (God bless) posthumous release The Shining from iTunes. I decided I wanted the physical product so I could explore the liner notes. I was quite dissapointed to find it missing from the shelf, and once again I started thinking about the iTunes store. But before I walked away I checked out some other CDs, looking for anything good on sale for the right price. As my eyes covered more and more titles, I felt like I had to buy them- I had to- but I realized that once I bought one I might not be able to stop myself until I dropped way too much loot that needs to go to my bills. Besides I had done this twice in the past month or so, which is very unsual for me. I've deprived myself of a lot of good music throughout the years simply because I thought CDs were far overpriced. So after stopping myself from loading a stack of CDs on my debit card, I thought about just grabbing a bunch and taking them on a five-finger discount - which is when I realized something was very wrong.

I had a few impulse buys lately...or so that's what I thought. But these impulses are getting stronger and stronger. I've been listening to Yahoo! Launchcast for hours during the day...my iPod is glued to my head...

I think I'm experiencing now what a lot people may have started experiencing in their early teens or even earlier when buying, listening, and sharing music seemed darn near essential as food and water. After downloading Laffy Taffy Rots Your Teeth (see post below), I burned a CD and gave it to one of my co-workers. He hooked me up with a chill Kanye mix pre-Late Registration, so I figured I'd reciprocate (don't worry Naomi, I got you for that Unspoken Heard). Even though I wanted the CDs and liner notes and all that, I'm glad I thought twice...

...but I still bought a Miles Davis CD on the way out the door.