recently a friend of mine introduced me to james blunt. he released his debut album titled "back to bedlam", think about a year ago. i liked the songs so much that today i went and bought the cd. this is the first cd i have bought after coming back to the states.

back in baltimore i had bought over a 100 cds, using clubs like bmg, cdhq, columbiahouse and from stores like records&traders (both new and second-hand cds). i was sort of in search of "my kind of sound" and would try to experience different sounding bands and albums. i used to read about new artists and bands, read various reviews and look up every random top 100 chart and all time greats list and try to collect all the best, critically acclaimed music out there. but then towards the end i realized that there is no limit to this, there are so many good bands, both well-known and obscure, with so so many great albums, with new ones being released all the time; that i could never manage to catch up with them all. plus of course if you keep buying cds like that, you burn a pretty deep hole in your pocket.
so i told myself that i would not buy any more cds and had refrained myself from doing so till now - because i was afraid that once i bought even a single cd i wouldn't able to stop there and resume my cd buying spree. but hopefully this will still be a one time affair.