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[tarotgal]

Day two of the book sale... I intended not to buy much and it turns out I didn't. Tomorrow when I go I might buy a lot... there's a lot I'd LOVE to buy if it's available.

But today:

• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (I just saw Wilde for the first time the other day and I'm in a mood, naturally)
  
• The Vision by Deen Koontz (for my boss and his son)
  
• The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by various (different authors like Steven King and Dorothy Hughes write Sherlock Holmes stories)
  
• CD: Rufus Wainwright (because OMG I love Rufus- the sexy sexy boyo- and I don't own any of his CD's)
  
• Slapshots: The best and Worst of 100 Years of Hockey by Stephen Cole (small book but yay)
  
• Audiobook: Hornblower and the Hotspur by C.S. Forester (how the hell did I miss this yesterday? SQUEEEEEEE!)
  

The above purchases came to $4.50 in total. Not bad. Not bad at all.
I was looking especially for a few books... including Hornblower books. And couldn't find any though I saw the HH Audiobook at the last minute and nearly squeed out loud!!! Oohhhhhh!!! I cannot WAIT!!! Sooooooooooo excited!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_la_mysterieuse/]

I love Rufus Wainwright! I've got all his CDs and I probably listen to at least one of his albums once a week.

I love it when he sings in French. There's a great song on the Moulin Rouge soundtrack by him. La Complainte de la Butte I think. :)

[tarotgal]

Whoohoo! Rufus ROCKS! I have about 50 of his songs on mp3, but have never bought any of his albumns (though I did buy the Moulin Rouge soundtrack). I LOVE his sound so much and his songwriting is brilliant. I do agree about him singing in French- to die for! My favorites of his are probably 'Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk', 'Halleluja', and 'Instant Pleasure' but it's really hard to choose. He's so fantasic. *G*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_la_mysterieuse/]

I have to say I've always preferred the Jeff Buckley version of Hallelujah, maybe because I came across it first? Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk is also a favourite of mine, as are Gay Messiah (it's just too much fun to sing along to) and Old Whore's Diet (because it's got Anthony from Anthony and the Johnsons) on.

I also love Martha Wainwright, Rufus's sister.Her album is great and there's a lovely duet with Rufus on it called, "Bring Back My Heart". She also provides backing vocals on his album "Want One".

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Have you by any chance seen The Aviator yet? It has a trifecta of Wainwrights in it, Rufus and Martha as well as their father, Loudon. They each perform as lounge singers in different decades throughout the movie. Kind of a neat idea I though. :-)