This one hurts

Proving itself to be a stellar city to live in yet again, Pittsburgh has come up with another way to impress me. This time, the special surprise was delivered via some enterprising individuals who took it upon themselves to enter our apartment unannounced (while we were both away, of course) via the transom window above our door (now drilled shut, you punks).

The items liberated in this little case of B & E included our digital camera, a flash, some other camera equipment, a backpack with a bike lock inside of it, a piggy bank (with a whopping $8.23 cents in it, you desperate crack junkies), and a whole bunch of CD’s.

We have renter’s insurance, so it’s not the money that’s got me bothered. What I’m mostly miffed about is the loss of some great music. It’s not like I can’t go out and replace most of the discs I lost, but accumulating them has been a labor of love for many years. Many concerts have been attended and many hours have been lost to the hypnotic “click-click-click” of used CD shopping. And what was taken doesn’t really seem like it would be something that would be a hot item on the street corners of Pittsburgh. In a place with better musical tastes, maybe it would be. I’m half-expecting the CD’s to turn up on our doorstep with a note attached that says something like “You can have these back. Your taste in music sucks.” And I wouldn’t be offended in the least.

Just for fun, I’m including the list of discs that I submitted to the insurance company and the cops (that’s right – the cops, you low-life bottom-feeders). I do hope that whoever ends up with these albums appreciates them as much as I did.

BandAlbum
Accident ClearinghouseVolume II: Absolute Collision
By Blood and Marriage
Written in Rope
Full Moon Night
AirMoon Safari
The Virgin Suicides Soundtrack
Belle and SebastianTigermilk
If You’re Feeling Sinister
The Boy With the Arab Strap
Black Crowes, TheShake Your Money Maker
Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
Amorica
Brenda WeilerTrickle Down
Crazy Happy
Fly Me Back
Costello, ElvisMy Aim is True
Mighty Like a Rose
Brutal Youth
Costello, Elvis and Burt BacharachPainted from Memory
Costello, Elvis and the AttractionsThis Year’s Model
Blood and Chocolate
Imperial Bedroom
The Very Best of
Faux JeanDead Lover
Gin BlossomsNew Miserable Experience
Golden SmogWeird Tales
Grand ChampeenBattle Cry for Help
The One That Brought You
Holly, BuddyFrom the Original Master Tapes
JamiroquaiTraveling Without Moving
Jayhawks, TheBlue Earth
Waiting for the Sun (single)
Hollywood Town Hall
Tomorrow the Green Grass
Sound of Lies
Smile
Rainy Day Music
Jesus and Mary Chain, TheAutomatic
Honey’s Dead
Stoned and Dethroned
Hate Rock N’ Roll
Kid DakotaSo Pretty (EP)
So Pretty
ManplanetSkylab EP
Mazzy StarSo Tonight That I May See
McKee, MariaLife is Sweet
Mike Brady Trio, TheCold Night
As Long As the Day Is Long
Morrison, VanMoondance
My Bloody ValentineIsn’t Anything
Loveless
Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsThe Good Son
Nine Inch NailsThe Downward Spiral
The March of the Pigs (single)
Further Down the Spiral
O'er the RampartsWaves of Static
Ol’ YellerOl’ Yeller
Old 97’sSatellite Rides
Too Far to Care
Petshop BoysDiscography: The Complete Singles Collection
Poe, DavidDavid Poe
Police, TheLive!
Every Breath You Take - The Classics
Replacements, TheStink
Tim
Don’t Tell a Soul
Revolver ModeleRevolver
Robertson, RobbieContact from the Underworld of Redboy
Sid Hillman Quartet, TheVolume Two
Strokes, The Is This It
SugarFile Under: Easy Listening
ToploaderOnka’s Big Moka
Various ArtistsApartment Music
The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers
Vicious ViciousBlood and Clover
Waits, TomBeautiful Maladies
Young Dubliners, TheRocky Road
March 8 2004