muzak by numb.ers

...work gives me a certain amount of time on my hands and a calculator...hee hee

may 8 2005

a friend or parent commented on the ridiculous amount of cash i spend on music a year.
i don't think i spend a ridiculous amout by any means; music enriches my life and fuck if i care that it unriches my wallet.

so i embarked on a mission: i recorded the amount of money i spent on music for an entire calendar year (may 8, 2005-may 8, 2006) and here for your statistical wonderment are the numbers.

the one thing missing is how many cds i bought. i'd be curious to know the quantity as well. averaging $18.00/cd i'm going to guestimate is bought about 120 cds give or take.

the numb.ers

total: $2155.42CAN

may 2005: $244.92
june 2005: $463.20
july 2005: $21.38 (apparently i was poor in july)
august 2005: $135.50
september 2005: $207.71
october 2005: $207.49
november 2005: $152.16
december 2005: $130.07
january 2006: $48.12 (post-christmas low, obviously)
february 2006: $132.29
march 2006: $68.62
april 2006: $336.33 (includes a good chunk of cash spent in nyc)
may 2006: $157.30 (to date)

these amounts do not include gift certificates or gifts.

average monthly spending: $179.62
average amount spent per purchase: $46.86

largest single purchase: $126.56 at etherea in nyc
next largest single purchase: $114. 73 at a&b sound. i JUST got my tax return. i was killing time on the south side, money was burning a hole...

smallest single purchase: $10.54 at tower records in nyc. fuck, tower is terrible...
next smallest single purchase: $10.69 at megatunes

the record store breakout. breakdown.

it's a bit odd that i didn't buy anything from listen but it's a proximity thing...i did buy blonde redhead tickets there though...

anywayz...

megatunes:

total spent: $176.47
percentage of total: 8%
largest purchase: $91.98
comments: can i just state for the record that i am not such a fan of megatunes and shopped there only 4 times in the past year. i used to love it but it's disorganized (seriously, i can never find anything) and some (not all) of the people that work there are rude and unwilling to help. 'do you have...' isn't a difficult question. anyways...

blackbyrd:

total spent: $733.10
percentage of total: 36%
largest purchase: $90.48
comments: i HEART blackbyrd. i'm in there pretty much weekly, i never pay full price anymore (ha ha...snob!) and i can always find what i want and if i can't i ask and they find it for me or make another suggestion. i used to be totally petrified of that store because i thought i wasn't cool enough...(and i'm still not) but i'm over it because i pretty much NEED it.

hmv

total spent: $463.33
percentage of total: 22%
largest purchase: $96.89
comments: i get a lot of gift certificates from hmv and i spend on top of them and the one in
'the mall' is pretty good. seriously, they have a decent selection. i know it's sucky for me to shop there but at least it isn't tower records. tower sucks!


a&b sound

total spent: $501.92
percentage of total: $23%
largest purchase: $114.73
comments: a&b sound actually sucks and i usually find pretty random stuff just by walking around. they have this new 'intellegent dance music' section that sort of makes me laugh though-has dance music been generally stupid in the past? what, wasn't aqua the height of smart composition? if you were wondering what intellegent dance music is it's M83, apparently. anyways, a&b sound is my time killer on the southside. sometimes i go there if i want some new 'idm' for the gym too...

other (merch, etc...)

total spent: $91.50
percentage of total: 4%
largest purchase: $20.00
comments: $20.00 at blonde redhead.

out of town

total spent: $137.10
percentage of total: 7%
largest purchase: $126.56
comments: etherea in nyc ate all my money. it was wonderful!

so that's that. next years tallies are going to include money spent on shows and number of cds in each purchase. that'll be a more accurate count of how much money i actually spend on music.

xo michelle.