Simply Irresistible.. if you want to sell his music online, that is!
Have just been watching the Jamaican sprinters beating the best in South Korea. Had to view the final several times in order to appreciate the talent Usain Bolt is. You gotta marvel at the rate he and Yohan Blake tore up the track in the last 200m. The camera struggles to keep up with Bolt over the last 50 and it looks like he struggles to slow himself down too once he's won! The guy is just extraordinary.
Reminds me of something from my childhood. Did a washed up Ben Johnson end up racing horses over 100m in the 80s or something? Maybe my memory fails me but I seem to recollect the juiced up Canadian taking on a stallion over a sprint.. and winning!
Anyway. With my mind on upcoming things in 2012, we're in the process of having a clear out. I turned my mind to my CD collection which since being downloaded onto my PC, has just sat in a box taking up space. All is not lost though. Courtesy of Music Magpie I intend to turn my stash in to money and get rid of it! What you do is enter the bar code into the website (recognised 2 out of every 3 of mine) and Music Magpie quotes you a price. They send you the insured container for post and apparently you get a cheque soon after. Happy Days!
Peeling the sale stickers off CD cases gives you time to ponder whilst you do the data entry necessary. First thing I realised was the amount of disposable income was floating around back in my late teens. Hundreds and hundreds of pounds went through my hands to create the music collection taking up space on my shelves today. Secondly was the fact that all the albums which gave me my (admittedly sparse) cool music cred are seemingly worth F*** A** today. The Trance and D'n'B collections which made me feel like the discerning music beard stroker back in '96 and '97 are worth 30p a pop nowadays. Yes, 30p! Whereas Best of Dire Straits weighs in at a hefty £1.28 in comparison. It seems popular and MOR = a bigger pile of cash in return...
The aspirational late teen would be mortified by that. Maybe I should've stuck with Robert Palmer and the like instead, I'd be sitting on a few more quid today, I reckon!
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