Joe, I am going to LL on Friday. I hate Fez too, but what can you do? They are at least now offering guaranteed seating at some shows.

I'll email you later about the auction.

Thanks to a recent deal* through BMG, I just received the following:

Shelby Lynne "Identity Crisis"

Sigur Ros "( )"

Aimee Mann "Lost in Space"

Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"

* and when I say deal, I realize that my 3 "free" CDs cost me $3 for shipping each, but I still averaged out about $6.50 a disc, so yay!

I think I'm going to trade in some of the CDs that are creating a hazard in my office and that are unlistened-to (Screaming Trees Box Set, I'ma lookin' at you). What should I expect to get as trade-in value? Any ideas? I don't want a ton of money, I just want to reclaim a shelf. Or possibly two.

I got my lj cd_swap cds yesterday, and I was tickled to see some songs that Tina pimped to me MONTHS ago. I'm not as out of it as I thought I was. WHAT the folks who got my CD are going to think, I dunno ...

erinaceous, did you get my CD? I haven't seen anyone post about getting it as a swap yet.

What should I expect to get as trade-in value? Any ideas? I don't want a ton of money, I just want to reclaim a shelf. Or possibly two.

Depends on the store and the CDs, really. I think last time we traded stuff in we brought in over 20 CDs and were offered $75 in store credit or $50 in cash. And two of those CDs were still shrink-wrapped, because they had been gifts that duplicated stuff we already owned.

Screaming Trees Box Set

There's a box set? What's in it?

Lyra, no, I didn't get your mix (I was hoping I would). Did you get mine? Thanks for the ballpark for the CD trade-ins, too ...

Jon, the ST box set is EVERYTHING. I'm pretty sure. I'm not near it now or I'd post the list. It was a bit of overkill, considering all I wanted was "Cold Rain."

Erin, are you aware of this? There was a preview the other day & it was fun. JF's Guilty Pleasure: "Crazy In Love". His Hidden Treasure: "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Sammy Davis Jr. (My favorite Cole Porter song. Had never heard the Sammy version.) Matt Stone, of South Park fame, Guilty Pleasure: "Poison" by Bell Biv Devoe. (JF: "My wife makes me change the station whenever that comes on.") His Hidden Treasure: "Since I Fell for You", Mel Tormé.

I had heard that it was going to be aired, but hadn't listened to it -- I'll have to hijack it.

I LOVE that Mel Torme version; that's one of my favorite songs, evah. And I'm glad that I'm not the only one who was obsessed by "Crazy In Love ..."

More potential book jacket blurb:

Mike Watt of the Minutemen (and recently the Stooges!) would be happy to read and comment on Lost in the Grooves.

Wow -- that's excellent!