{"id":8,"date":"2003-12-07T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-07T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=8"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T08:00:00","slug":"buying-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/blog\/2003\/12\/07\/buying-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As sort of a semi-pre-Christmas present to myself, I went a little bit nuts in buying media for myself this weekend.  Here&#8217;s the sum total for y&#8217;all&#8217;s entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>I ordered some stuff from Amazon:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crossing the Chasm, by Geoffrey A. Moore (because all of our marketing people at work are talking about the chasm, so I figure I should find out what they&#8217;re talking about)\n<li>Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design, by Henry Petroski (recommended as a book-of-the-month by <a href=http:\/\/www.joelonsoftware.com\/items\/2003\/10\/15.html>Joel Spolsky<\/a> &#8211; scroll down for his snippet on this book)\n<li>Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation, by Stefan H. Thomke (I don&#8217;t remember where I saw this referenced (possibly <a href=http:\/\/www.newsscan.com>NewsScan<\/a>?), but it looks interesting)\n<li>Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, by Glenn Yeffeth (Um.  Yeah.  I&#8217;m <a href=http:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/book\/tv.html>an addict<\/a>.  Amazon reviews say it&#8217;s better than <a href=http:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/book\/oldbooklist.html#buffy>the lit crit review<\/a> or <a href=http:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/22\/#buffy_and_philosophy>the philosophy review<\/a> of Buffy that I have, so what the heck)\n<li>Angel &#8211; Season Two (see the Buffy addiction bit.  Season two was the best Angel season so far, mostly because Lindsay was a great villain)\n<li>Blue Man Group &#8211; The Complex Rock Tour Live (cuz they&#8217;re cool.  And I didn&#8217;t make it to the concert itself)\n<\/ul>\n<p>But then I decided that wasn&#8217;t enough, and that I hadn&#8217;t hit the used CD and book stores in Berkeley for a while.  I&#8217;d been piling up my list of stuff I wanted to look for.  So I went.<\/p>\n<p>The total from <a href=http:\/\/www.amoebarecords.com\/Home1.html>Amoeba records<\/a>, all used:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Specials, the Singles collection &#8211; $7.95 (because ska reminds me of my college days)\n<li>Marillion, B&#8217;Sides Themselves &#8211; $7.95 (I have a copy of this on tape, but I got it for my collection when I saw it used)\n<li>Fish, Raingods with Zippos &#8211; $4.95 (Fish was the lead singer\/songwriter of Marillion when they did cool stuff.  His solo career was kind of a letdown, but for $5, I&#8217;m willing to experiment)\n<li>Was (Not Was) &#8211; What up, Dog? &#8211; $4.95 (I actually wanted the album with the &#8220;I feel better than James Brown&#8221; song, but this one had &#8220;Dad, I&#8217;m in jail&#8221; and &#8220;Walk the Dinosaur&#8221;, plus $5!)\n<li>Huey Lewis and the News, Sports &#8211; $4.95 (Um.  It reminds me of high school.  Plus, again, $5!)\n<li>Genesis, Invisible Touch &#8211; $4.95 (I have it on tape, possibly the first rock album that I listened to regularly.  But never got around to getting it on CD.  So for $5, it&#8217;s worth it)\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then I went to <a href=http:\/\/www.moesbooks.com\/cgi-bin\/moe\/index.html>Moe&#8217;s Books<\/a> and poked around a bit before buying:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Seven in the <a href=http:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/05\/#evanovich>Janet Evanovich series<\/a>.  I&#8217;d read them from the library originally, but seeing them all in one place at half-price used, I couldn&#8217;t resist.\n<li>The Making of a Philosopher, by Colin McGinn (picked up randomly while browsing the stacks, it&#8217;s an &#8220;intellectual autobiography&#8221; of McGinn&#8217;s life as a philosopher in the twentieth century.  Looked interesting, it was used, so I got it)\n<li>A Right to be Hostile, the Boondocks Treasury, by Aaron McGruder &#8211; I have the first two small collections of Boondocks, but this is a more complete superset, so it was worth buying.  Plus, McGruder deserves my money (or at least the sale)\n<\/ul>\n<p>Totally, totally out of control.  Approximately $200 spent all told.  But, heck, it&#8217;s my first Amazon order since July!  That&#8217;s really good!  Okay, okay, so it&#8217;s my fourth Amazon order of the year, but I&#8217;ll be good next year.  Honest!  Plus, all the CDs were cheap!  Six for $38 is totally reasonable!  Yeah!  Okay, okay, I&#8217;m an addict.  What more can be said?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, you can now see what I&#8217;ll be reading\/listening\/watching to for the next month or so.  Think of it as a sneak preview.  Or something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As sort of a semi-pre-Christmas present to myself, I went a little bit nuts in buying media for myself this weekend. Here&#8217;s the sum total for y&#8217;all&#8217;s entertainment. I ordered some stuff from Amazon: Crossing the Chasm, by Geoffrey A. 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