In and Out: How I survived the WFMU record fair

I did make it to the WFMU record fair - bright, early, and decisively unshowered on Saturday morning. Jason met up with me and proved to be a great browsing companion for this collector-nerd activity. The room was as predicted filled with 99.5% dudes, yet I did not get the distinct pleasure of overhearing a discussion about Cream and Clapton.

We were in there for 3-4 hours straight, leaning over tables stocked full of vinyl and cd's. After a while my eyes started bugging out of my head, but I declared success when Jason helped me find a cryptic flexi 7" which I had a feeling might be Pavement. I snatched it up for a dollar, and it turned out to be a rare Pavement split single from 1991...coincidentally, the next chronological piece of Pavement vinyl I'm slated to hunt down. I realize this means nothing to most people.

Here was my loot, for a grand total of $50:

Pavement: My First Mine flexi 7"
The Blow: Parentheses 7"
Panda Bear: Take Pills 7"
Dead Kennedys: Milking the Sacred Cow
Jonathan Richman: I'm So Confused
Jonathan Richman: Surrender to Jonathan
The Double: Loose In the Air
Minus the Bear: Planet of Ice
These Arms Are Snakes: Easter
Karl Blau: Beneath the Waves
Owen: At Home with Owen (bought so I can learn about, thus better ridicule them)
Thomas Lunch: Diagrams Without Instructions

And Jason's loot:

Daniel Johnston & Yo La Tengo: Speeding Motorcycle (split 7")
White Stripes: Hello Operator 7"
Pylon: Chomp 12"
Orange Juice: You Can't Hide Your Love Forever 12"
The Cure: Let's Go To Bed 12"
White Stripes: Icky Thump double LP

[Photo features Jason + Doug + a gaggle of dudes]