»In which I lament the ipod

Although my ipod has suffered from neglect since the arrival of the Mac Mini -- the two simply do not get along! the ipod refuses to sync through the mini, for reasons that seem somewhat obscure even after running various profiling tools -- I have begun to really miss listening to records. The music room which has most of my records does not enjoy much use, either. I went looking for The Pogues' If I Should Fall From Grace With God and could not find my copy, although I turned up a digital copy replete with the navvy "South Australia" bonus track. That Pogues album gave me such a start when I first heard it that I nicked myself while shaving: it was like a rowdy party all on vinyl. And the cover, as with the Pogues' first three records, was awesome.

I cannot find the two-disc set of Modest Mouse's Lonesome Crowded West, either. Did I ever have one?