As the Table Turns
Posted on 03.16.04 4:07PM in friends, music
Thursday evening, approx. 7:00 PM EST
Sharf is at the house, and after working since 3 on Kolhoff’s project thing (that we didn’t have to present anyways), the English homework, and the Math project, we decide to hang out in my room. Soon we’re playing with the turntable I bought a week ago for a dollar at my church. On was the Sound of Music soundtrack and, us being the curious teenagers we are, decide to speed up and slow down the turntable. Not such a good idea, because as we (in Doug’s words “tried to make Julie Andrews sound like Barry White”), the turntable stops completely.
Now, I’m no electrician, but I was able to dissect it and I found that a fuse blew inside the guts of the beast. So I spent all of Saturday night trying to find one of these bloody fuses that apparently haven’t been manufactured since 1974. On Sunday I ended up going to Radio Shack with Nikki and the fella there said, “I didn’t know turntables had fuses in ‘em!” Knowledgeable associate, indeed.
After getting a fuse with the lowest voltage they make, we decided to look for a thrift store to buy some tunes. As I should have known before, not many thrift stores are open on Sundays. Oh well, after 3 hours of searching, one open thrift store, and $9.15, here’s what I got:
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like and Eagle
Steve Miller Band – Book of Dreams
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive!
Yes – 90125
Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass – South of the Border
Herb Alpert – Rise
Harry Belafonte – Folk Songs with Harry Belafonte
Bachman Turner Overdrive – Best of BTO
Electric Light Orchestra – Face the Music
I found $.95 a bit steep for used LPs, but who am I to complain?
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Posted by Taryn on 10.15.05 at 14:35:56
elo! rock on
Posted by Vishal on 10.15.05 at 14:36:11
yeah, put some strange magic on that beast