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artist:counting crows
album:hard candy
this doesn't rank among the highest of the crow's albums for me, but it does have a rather special story behind how i acquired it.
at the time i was interning for MTV, and actually spending most of my time interning for Direct Effect, which was a hip hop show that they aired that featured DJ Clue and La La as the hosts. it was totally not my scene at all, but i think that's why it was a good spot for me. i didn't know who the artists were, so i didn't have to worry about being in awe, i just did my job.
at any rate, we were hanging out in the production trailer one day and for some reason or another, one of the producers asked one of the other interns to run some ridiculous errand. i added "while you are at it, Corey, can you swing by the record store for me?" since it was a Tuesday, everyone in the trailer knew that that meant new records came out that day. the producer asked me what i needed from the record store, and i said "oh, the new counting crows album came out today." she spun around to a stack of CD cases on her desk, pulls one out of the pile and says "this one? hard candy?" and then tossed it at me. i said yeah, and i went to toss it back and she told me to stop. "this is a hip hop show. what the heck am i going to do with that? its yours."
i was excited because it meant that i didn't have to go to the mall on the way back to my dorm, and that i didn't have to spend 15 dollars on a new CD. i think of Direct Effect every time i listen to hard candy.
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