We were going to watch a movie on our TV this evening, which would have been the second time this year to have used our TV as a form of entertainment. We have not had cable for years, and no, we do not have an antenna either. The only time we watch TV is when we are unwittingly hypnotized by the thing while dining in a restaurant that has placed them in all corners.

Instead, we stopped at Tower Records at Desert Ridge in Phoenix and got lost listening to dozens of CDs on the listening stations. We left with Cheb I Sabbah’s new disc La Kehena, Royksopp’s new Understanding, Mediaeval Babes’ disc Mirabilis, and a compilation from the Opium Garden in Miami Beach featuring tracks heavily influenced by ethnic rhythms.

For some reading, we picked up the magazines Kyoto Journal – Perspectives from Asia, Planet – Global Culture and Lifestyle, VegNews, Vegetarian Times, and Radar, a magazine about pop, politics, scandal, and style.

Maybe next week we can sit on the couch and watch a movie like normal people.