<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Azaph - Highways to Zion
Some of the factors that lead to this purchase: The price. At 25 cents it makes the gamble that much easier. The fact that it is a New Zealand group, from Dunedin, during a time when Flying Nun were dominating. And the big draw factor, the photos of them playing in the studio with a synth and a crazy looking drum kit.

The music is pretty out there with some really great moments and instrumentation. Drums and flutes, hell yeah! (ops, i mean heck yeah!) If they weren't singing about the lord, maybe they would've made a bigger impact on the NZ rock/devils music scene. A nice surprise this one.

Ruben Rodriguez and His Guadalajara Kings

This is one of 13 i got for 25 cents each. It was also the first of 13 I played when I got home, which turned out to be good and bad. It was good because the record is really really good. It's got tasty breaks throughout and it's a real feel good record. It was bad because the other 12 records were made to look pretty stink balls in comparison. But how bout that Money Tree aye? The back of the record describes it as, "truly an attention getter."

That's all I have time for tonight. Till next time.