This came on Thursday as I was working from home… and I listened to all of it from beginning to end! I had to rip it into my iTunes/Music in sequence because they put Concertos 1 & 4 + Paganini on the first disk, and Concertos 2 & 3 on the second disc. Yuja Wang is one of the few artists I buy cds new off of Amazon, as I can’t keep up with every artist I like. This is a great buy, and I discovered that Concerto 4 has a lot of cues from the Third Concerto in it. I rarely listen to the fourth, as the first three are so good.
There was snow this morning, and a lot of ice on my windshield and windows, but after backing my car up out of the shade the sun took care of things rather quickly! Not a lot of people were out today, at least at first. The roads were fine. We did our usual stop at Culver’s, which is always great! And for once, we got my favorite seat at the window where we get to watch cars go through the drive-thru, instead of the parking lot, and nobody was sitting near us even though things were busy and this was a usually busy area. Pesky people and their needs! We hit three ARC thrifts and called it a day.
I saw this “Marches of all Nations” a few weeks ago, but didn’t look at it. I’ve been into Marches and Cadences lately, so I gave it a look… didn’t expect to see 8-Tracks in here!
The John Toland/Hitler book, I actually have the two-book version of this, and am about to finish the first book. But I had to buy this combined version, it was only a buck-fifty! There is something to how they published this, with staggered pages, they type they chose and how it fills the page. Plus, it is very interesting stuff, not just about Hitler, but about how Germany grew to do what they did, how the politics worked, and how people work in certain situations… not just in the book, but the parallels to things today, and throughout history. Fascinating stuff. Most people shy away from the subject matter, but that is on top of ignoring history int he first place. This is stuff we need to learn from.
The “Never Call Me a Hero” book is right up my alley because it is a first-person account of Midway. I really like books by the people who experienced the events.
“Ghost Army” details the clever deceptions by the Allies to fool the Germans before D-Day. Not sure they could get away with this now?
“On Killing” is the second, actually, third book I have on the subject of what learning how to kill can do to people over the long run. “Hitler’s Willing Executioners” and “Moral Combat” are the other two. “Hitler’s Willing Executioners” is the most difficult book I’ve ever read, due to the subject matter, and how it was written. I was constantly re-reading paragraphs as to understand them, and I re-read the book when I was done.
Hancock • I watched this a few months ago, and it is actually a pretty good movie. Far better than what Marvel or DC is putting out these days.
Employee of the Month • Not the best comedy, but it’s worth watching. I was in the middle of re-watching this on YouTube, and they moved it behind the pay wall the next day when I went to finish it. I’m already paying them money to watch things. This is why I’m into physical media.
Django Unchained / Passengers • Both of these were still in the wrapper brand-new, for only two bucks!
1911 / Shock Wave • Just because they looked like they might be worth watching…
Sixteen Candles • Not my favorite John Hughes movie, it is more like supplemental material to the Breakfast Club.
Entourage • I watched all of these years ago, and I see them a lot at the thrifts for next to no money. What I remember most is the really great performance and character of the guy who was their lawyer. I didn’t think I’d see this movie again, so hey. I think I’m going to get the first season only (a buck-fifty) next time I see it, just to see if I really do want to see these again. Also, this was in the wrapper, so that was three brand-new ones today!
Thunderbolt • Looks like a good documentary on the plane that preceded the A-10 Thunderbolt II / Warthog.
Careful music selections: the Ravel is a double-CD in perfect shape, the Rimsky-Korsakov is a dual CD as well, and the Sibelius is a composer I’ve only come to appreciate in the last few years, and for some reason BIS puts out a lot by him.
My new Russian Checker board came in today! It will be interesting who will be afraid to play when asked. It is a brutal game, not for the faint of heart!
Pretty good haul considering we only went to one thrift store today. All of the seasons of Parks and Recreation, although at full price, still pretty cheap. Three seasons of That ’70’s Show, and a Blu-ray of seasons one and two, with a lot of extras, of Twin Peaks. I’m going to get the more recent “third” season of the show when I start watching these. I was so mad when they cancelled the show, leaving us with that cliffhanger of an ending… it’s good that they finally fixed that, twenty-five years later! As I recall, in the original show, it was mentioned that in twenty-five years, such-and-such would happen… and they actually did it in that time frame!
I also had to buy all of the Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale / Hanz Zimmer: Batman soundtracks on digital, but I actually found The Dark Knight soundtrack in great shape! That was a big find for me.
And this Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegal looks to be really good, he talks about the piece before he plays them.
We hit the thrift long after lunch, so considering it was that time of the day, we did pretty good. I have to wonder what I might have missed, though!
I paid full price for these as it was a Monday, but they were still all very cheap considering what they would cost from anywhere else… especially Amazon, where the shipping for each book costs more than a book from this thrift store! A bonus: Most of these are only a few years old; meaning, somebody paid full-price for them, not too long ago. Usually, newer books have access to more information than older ones do, often due to newly opened archives and other new sources, which leads to different perspectives and new conclusions.
I like both old books and new ones, but I don’t like paying full-price! These wouldn’t have lasted long if they had made it to Saturday, which is half-off day, and when I’m usually there. Basically, I got twelve really good books for the price of just over one new one!
One has to wonder where these came from, though. Did someone pass away, and their books were taken to the thrift for easy disposal? Is this one of those wackos who reads a book, and then gets rid of it? Did these find their way to the thrift because of a bad divorce? Who knows. But whoever had them last, had good taste!
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