I'd Buy That DVD for...Somewhere in the Neighborhood of $5

Half-Price Books, 20% off sale:

$4.80: Go Ride The Music/West Pole (sealed twofer of vintage San Francisco psych docs--the former a live in the studio thing with Jefferson Airplane & Quicksilver, the latter a Ralph J. Gleason-hosted scene survey w/promo films from the aforementioned acts along w/the Dead, Steve Miller, plus perhaps the only live footage of Ace of Cups)

$1.60: The Deer Hunter; Groundhog Day "Special Edition" (used)

The last two were snagged from the clearance bin, and were actually cheaper than the CDs I grabbed from the same section. Never thought I'd see THAT day.

Goodwill, used

$1.99: Harem Scarum

$2.99: The Films of Kenneth Anger Vol. 1

Didn't expect to find either of those in there.

Also worth noting that they had a huge collection of either bootlegs or somebody's back-up DVD-Rs (complete with scanned cover art) for $2 a pop--they really will try to sell anything.

good score!

Half-Price Books, $2 (all used)

The Beatles: The First US Visit
Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin'
Dick Tracy
The Running Man "Special Edition" (2-disc)
Deconstructing Harry
The Color of Money

A couple weeks ago, I think for $2 each:
Dr Strangelove (already had a copy)
Joy Division doc from 2007 by Grant Gee

Yesterday, $3 each:
Reno 911 first season
Reno 911 third season
Orchestra Rehearsal
Things Behind the Sun

Goodwill...

$5.99: Freaks and Geeks (complete series)
$2.99: The River (Criterion Collection)

They also had the Armageddon CC for $2.99, but I didn't bite.

Good score on that F&G!

$1 each at Salvation Army (50% off everything day)

Spinal Tap (already have it, of course, but I know there are two different commentaries and I'm not sure I have this version.
Memento, which I may also already have.
Josie and the Pussycats, which I just read something about. On arriving at home I see it's the "Edited for Family Viewing" edition.

2/$5 at a local used bookstore:

The Aristocats (never seen)
Point Break (probably dopey, but I have fond early 90s memories of it)

point break is a masterpiece, the aristocats features some unfortunate racism

Point Break is super dopey and that's why it's fun
Josie has had a cool resurgence lately, i dig it. It's slight, but fun and silly

if you've seen baffleck's the town, point break will make you go "hey wait a sec"

HEB, $2.99:

Freaky Friday (original)
The Good Thief

Goodwill thrift store today:

Guided By Voices - The Who Went Home And Cried - $3
The Skeleton Twins (blue ray) - $4

I like Skeleton Twins, it's sweet

$6, but the The Pink Panther box set!

Freebies from a friend who has upgraded all of these:

Fellini Satyricon
Mulholland Dr.
The Brood
MacBeth (Polanski)
Phantom of The Paradise

Salvation Army thrift store today:

My So-Called Life complete series (6 disks) - $1.40
Burn To Shine, Seattle WA, 01.27.07 (some music performance series thing where people/bands play in buildings about to be torn down) - $1.40

Ronald McDonald House rummage sale:
Volumes 1-3 of Beavis and Butthead ("the Mike Judge collection"), $2 each

Salvation Army thrift store:
Get Smart season 1, $2

first scene of the get smart pilot is hilarious today

Amazon is selling the complete Resident Evil series on Blu-Ray (six movies) for $5.96.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUPaxgIo98

xp damn, i would've bit on that for $6!

Goodwill thrift store today:
These for $1.50 each (half price on green tags).
Grave of the Fireflies
Burn After Reading
Tales From the Gimli Hospital (score!)

$3 each
Total Recall
POPaganda: The Art and Crimes of Ron English

And a box set for $6
Undecided (4 disks, the whole series) I loved Freaks and Geeks but don't remember watching much of this.

It's up and down, obviously not as good as F&G but has its moments

I think I did start watching it but didn't continue, either because I didn't think it was worth it or just had other things to do (pre-online/DVR era).

i've seen a few Resident Evil movies in my day. they were some fun trash!

Kung Fu Panda 3 for £4.99. It will now almost certainly be on TV at Christmas.

Satantango, all 432 minutes of it, for 5 quid in fopp yesterday.

(lots of other favourites in there as well, things i already have for much cheaper than i paid for them)

Thrift store,
Persepolis, $3
Dancer In The Dark, $3
Louis CK - Hilarious, $2
Sarah Silverman Program - season two volume 1, $2

I finally own a Blu-Ray player (Christmas gift), so now I have to fight the temptation to (insanely) start re-buying stuff I already have on DVD. Bought four new ones today for $5 each: The Social Network, Third Person, State of Play, and J. Edgar. Three of them I already own. The last one, I don't even like.

That's how I was when I got my first CD player.

God yes, I'm pretty sure I bought the first Simply Red album. Literally have not thought about that in 30 years.

The only time this temptation will kick in is when it's something cheap. I'd never buy something at full price because I think the Blu-Ray's going to be significantly better than the DVD I have--I just don't have the eye for that, and even if I did, I still wouldn't do it. When something's dirt-cheap, though, I'm suddenly "J. Edgar? Geez, I hated that--but it's only $5!"

(It's like a variation on the bad-restaurant joke Woody Allen tells in Annie Hall.)

Thrift store for a dollar.

Don't Be Afraid To Pogo - documentary on the LA punk band The Gears.

pictures
the shooting
cassavetes collection
the exterminating angel
the 39 steps (criterion)

Big Lots 20% off day;

Starship Troopers, $2.40
Martha Marcy May Marlene, $2.40
The Big Sleep, $4
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (2 disks), $4
Arrested Development season 4, $6.40 I've never seen a season 4 set before, and here's a cheap one.

On the way back home stopped at Goodwill,
The Science of Sleep, $4

WalMart, $9.97

The Midnight Special Collection (6-disc condensed set of the subscription series, appears to be missing the comedian clips and some music featured on those discs)

Goodwill today:
American Movie, $3

Other thrift store:
Factory Girl (uncut edition), $2

thrift stores: (1.99 to 2.99 a pop)
There Will Be blood (2-disc)
Hot Fuzz (3 discs for some reason)
For a Few Dollars More (2 disc)
Total Recall (sealed Blu-ray)
Mulholland Dr.
The Thin Red Line

Blu-rays, $5 each: Boyhood, Daughter, Third Person, Winter Sleep

DVDs, $5: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 8 Seconds, Ivory Tower

DVDs, $3: Peggy Sue Got Married, Virginia, The Fall of an Angel, 400 Days, Marie and Bruce, It Follows, The Lobster, The Riot Club

Also bought a couple of Boyhood DVDs for $3--cheap future gifts for two lucky people.

Half-Price Books, $2 (used):

Inherent Vice

Thrift store, $3 each

Jackie Brown (2-disk edition)
Singin' In The Rain

Picked up a new BR copy of Your Name at the local overstock liquidators for less than $10. Also Ariel Pink's Pom Pom on 2LP vinyl for $5 (snagged 2 copies of that one, tbh; one to sell & one to keep). The vinyl was mixed in with a pallet load of dog shit calendars, just the 2 APs and one lonely copy of something by Panic! at the Disco, its cover oddly reminiscent of Ogden's Nut Gone Flake.

Weird, cuz their stock is usually limited to expired snack experiments and huge loafers. They had Baby Driver too, but...

the passenger
odd man out/victim/this sporting life
dead reckoning/in a lonely place/the harder they fall
quatermass & the pit/the nanny/dracula: prince of darkness/frankenstein created woman/the devil rides out

Swap meet today, $1 each. And while I appreciate the low prices for used DVDs these days, I can't help but think this portends that new DVDs won't be released as much as before, and re-sellers will give up trying to make money selling used disks. There was a guy that had a very large catalog of disks that sold here but he's been gone for over a year. He charged $4 or $5 per disk but there was good depth in his bins.

Shopgirl
Brokedown Palace
SNL Best Of Phil Hartman

(mini Claire Danes fest)

Goodwill, $3.99 each (used):

Mr. Show Seasons 1+2
Mr. Show Season 4