When the Sun Goes Down, Wooaaahhh...

I made my routine visit of Borders last night, expecting only to look around--but instead, I made two unexpected and surprisingly cheap purchases. I was browsing around the music section as usual, scouting for likely future purchases to my growing CD collection. As I left, I was struck by a great surprise--Arctic Monkeys' debut album, which finally seems to have hit non-UK stores. But here's the kicker: it was available for $11.99. Which, with a 30% coupon, is rounded off to $9.99. Which is compared to the limited-time $15.99 for other new CDs, and the typical $20 for most CDs overall. Not bad for an album that has unseated Oasis' Definitely Maybe as the highest-selling UK debut of all-time, and not bad for a band that's pretty much the biggest thing in the UK. Since I've liked what I've heard of them(Though frankly, I'm convinced the hype is going to kill them sooner than latter), I picked it up without hesitation. As I waited in line and perused the nearby bargain section, I saw what would be my second spontaneous purchase-- something a little more relevant to this site. "The Pythons: An Autobiography by The Pythons" $7.99 Rewind: I'm not very well-versed on Monty Python and haven't seen any of the movies. However, I watched a few episodes of Flying Circus on BBC America, and absolutely loved what I saw--now THAT was the kind of humor I enjoyed, not the mass-produced sitcom garbage. I was intending to get into Python; however, other TV interests caught up with me(coughfosterscough) and I forgot about them. But when I saw this book availabe at a damn bargain: "Why the hell not?" With this and hopefully more devout watching of FC, looks like I'm back on track.