Final Shopfession of February

I'm closing out February with a Shopfession. I will maintain, if I can get it for free, it doesn't count. I got a reading of Macbeth by a theater troupe with Viggle points so I don't count that.

I splurged a little on music with $3 to finish out an album after a gift card and spending $13 on an album on bandcamp. The bands were Raining Jane (discovered on Dear Sugar), The Vespers, and Fault Lines (discovered on Welcome to Night Vale). Fault Lines is a small time indy band out of Portland and bandcamp is better about places like iTunes about more money going to the artist (as far as I've heard). 

Other than some tunes, I was doing pretty good until I started poking around on ModCloth. I need to get that blocker back on because they had a shirt in stock that I had on my wish list. It said 'Be Nice or Go Away.' If anyone can pull off a shirt like that, it's me. To follow it up I added a fox shirt that I should be able to get away with at work.

If the fit isn't perfect, I'll return them for a store credit. They have enough stuff that I can find something that will work for me and save me on shipping. I'm really hoping these shirts work obviously.

Do Girl Scout cookies count? I had a crappy day to end a stressful week and they were right outside Metro. 

Can I blame The Boy? He was totally inferior of the shirts and appreciated the cookies. I'm going to go turn that website blocker back on.

Music: Love Is a Battlefield by Raining Janes

This One Time at Bandcamp

I think I love bandcamp. It's a great place to discover new and unknown artists or for independent artists to get their stuff out there. 

You can stream all musical content for free. I absolutely love this since I need to spend less money but have that annoyingly human thirst for novelty. My brain loves the fun chemical rush of a new thing. Now I can just get it for free.

If I ever did get around to downloading, most of the download costs are very comparable to iTunes. It may be better than iTunes since your money is going right to the artist instead of some corporate machine and the man. (Picture me in a flannel shirt and grumbly for that last part and it gets even better.)

Michael Cera quietly dropped his new album from there. I discovered Dessa and Eliza Rickman from Welcome to Nightvale weather. I love the unique and ethereal sound of Rickman's music. I discovered The Smittens while poking around on their discover section. A friend told me about Margot MacDonald who's a local artist with some serious talent. She reminds me a tiny bit of Emmy Rossum on her first album.

You can follow artist you like and add CDs you don't want to buy or download right away to your wishlist (done it). I swear if I get more money and start downloading things from here I'll turn into such a hipster. 'I'm listening to this awesome indie band you've probably never heard of.'

It's not all indie stuff, although that does seem to be a majority of stuff I'm finding. I've seen metal, electronic, rap, devotional, classic, and comedy. I've got so much exploring to do.

Music: Ruth by Michael Cera

PS: If you're not listening to Welcome to Nightvale, wtf are you waiting for???