I get the Borders e-mail propaganda because I live in the suburbs and Borders is the only decent record store around. I got a 25% off coupon and decided to take it to Borders yesterday to get some CDs because I don't have the attention span to read books. That, incidentally, is also why I blog.

I got two Belle and Sebastian CDs - Storytelling (the only full-length album I didn't already have) and Step Into My Office, Baby.

Both are quality, of course, as they are Belle and Sebastian. Storytelling is actually a movie soundtrack. I've never heard of the movie except in reference to the soundtrack, but apparently it was American and John Goodman was in it. Both CDs include more of a Latin influence than I am used to with B&S (I think that has something to do with a Hispanic character in the movie Storytelling), but it suits them splendidly. It's not like Tito Puente screaming trumpets Latin - more like a lot of easy Bossa Nova kind of grooves. I always pick a few tunes right out the gate that I really like. The ones that have grabbed me are "Love on the March" from Step Into My Office, Baby, "Consuelo," "Fiction Reprise," and "Big John Shaft" from Storytelling.

Remind me to start writing about the CDs I get. It keeps me from blogging about what I ate for breakfast.

posted at 6:44 PM by Alison

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