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np: "the ghost of a good thing" - dashboard confessional

i won't even get into the DC thing again. i like Chris and i don't feel guilty about it. because when it comes down to it, is it really any worse to like Chris Carraba for being cheesy and over-the-top than it is to like Andrew WK for the same reasons?
ranting aside, it is a beautiful fall day here in the northwest burbs. 70 degrees and sunny. i love autumn in this area, i'm going to have to make a trip down to Grant Park once the leaves change, i think it's beautiful to see the orange and red leaves framing the skyline. christ, maybe i shoudln't be listening to Dashboard now - i'm turning all emo and shit.
i made the trip to a local thrift shop this morning to dig through the vinyl crates. i didn't find anything too thrilling, but some things i couldn't pass up for 50 cents. ABBA's Voulez-Vous because... come on, it's ABBA and it was in really good shape. i also picked up a Dukes of Stratosphear album i had never heard, just because. and the other three i picked up mainly because the cover art is just so bloody awful that it rocks in a weird kinda way. the first two Boston albums, because those covers used to enthrall me as a child. and Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream and Other Delights. mostly because we just had a conversation at work about how this cover was the inspiration for the dude covered in clam dip on a Soul Asylum cover. take a look for youself. Herb Alpert and Soul Asylum. i love tribute covers like that.