i get to sort through a university radio station's thousands of "rejections" today, at prices of $0.50 a disc.

that's a dangerous thing for me to do.

i'm getting all kinds of fantasies about it, regarding out of print material, especially from the 80s: discs from bands i've connected with over mp3 and have long expected i'll *never* find. cardiacs. swans. coil. excited...

it's going to depend on how clueless the "rejection commitee" is. a certain level of cluelessness is inherent. ever shopped at a disc-go-round? but, whether it's weak or dramatic is going to define what i can come back with.

some of the stuff i've picked up in $2.00 bins over the years defies reason. two really jump out: an sst copy of sonic youth's "sister" and an original copy of swans' omniscience.

the sonic youth disc was actually at a garage sale. it was an older lady, i have to think it was probably left by a child.

the swans disc was at the house of guitars in rochester, new york and i have to think it was put in the discount bin because they couldn't sell it. this particular swans disc has been out of print since the first pressing.

most of it was sold off under assumptions it'd be easy to find, but some of it went out of print for a while. like, i wish i didn't sell my tvt copy of pretty hate machine. or my dead kennedy's records.

at the very least, i'm hoping it's a way to reclaim some of the discs i've sold over the years.