My wardrobe consists of black and white/my wheel wells are lit to glow in the night

Farking awesome is the time I have had, and I have (mostly) finished early to boot, so I wander home tomorrow after tying some simple crap up.  I have missed my cats so much!  But I have had (and am still having) a great time.  The highlight was the finding of one song that has haunted me FOREVER for positive today, and getting a solid lead on another one.  Seriously.  Am I pathetic, or what?

These are both songs from EVER ago, in my pre-coherent years; the one I have for sure I remembered hearing, thought I remembered who did it, but could never ever find out *anything* more about the group--could never find their cds, nothing.  I have been on lists BEGGING for help locating these two songs since I had to go begging via lynx browser. 

Ummm...yeah.  *That* long. 

And I am no huge fan of Cali New Wave from the '80s; I lean towards goth and techno, but...these are some cool-ass songs.  Okay, OKAY!  I like Cali (Old) Wave; some of it is cool.  I also listen to Big Band and Classical.  Don't tell anyone.  Shhh!  

Well, a run-of-the-mill goth girl from the top of Our Fair Country has to stand apart from the pack somehow, eh?  ;-)

Over dinner Friday night (a few of them, despite my protests that I was sick of looking at their faces and needed sleep, insisted on taking me), those songs came up in conversation (I wandered onto the topic of music with one of the people there, and seem to have lucked out), and this guy (let's call him CaliBoy, seeing as how he is from there, and at the right time, too) had actually heard of the group (that alone damn near put me on the floor; I was almost convinced that I had made them up or something, or was really looking for an obscure Romeo Void or Debora Iyall song--Low Riders has a Romeo Void-ish sound) Personal Effects, though CaliBoy did not remember the song I was seeking, (Low Riders), he did remember that they had another song called "Nothing Lasts Forever". 

I had time to look today, and I will be damned if searching for '"personal effects" nothing lasts forever' doesn't bring up THIS

And they have a lot of their music (including Low Riders) available for free download. 

Oh, CaliBoy, I could smooch on you something *fierce*!!!

Despite the fact that you are a blond, that is.  :-)

So I am taking advantage of Conrad Hilton's largesse with the Wi-Fi and making off with the entire damn collection tonight, if I don't fall asleep.  :-) 

Now I just have one more song to acquire before I can die happy, but all I have is lyrics, not a song title or band name.  So CaliBoy also thought that he recognised my "microwaves, television, and suicide" lyric (and others), and said he thought that it was 20/20's American Dream; I went to Amazon, and it sure sounds like it is American Dream from the teensy sample Amazon puts out, so I have ordered the cd and have my fingers crossed.  It for sure has the same sound.

But then again someone else a few years ago was positive it was Alan Vega, and it wuddn't.  Anyone want an Alan Vega LP?  Ummm...yes--I said LP.  The only medium I could find, and I had to buy a damn turntable to listen to it.  *That* is how desparate I have been to get this song. 

After I get them, if 20/20 is correct as well, I am going to have to come up with some new obsession about something.  Yikes!