wow. excellent collection, but maybe a little excessive/obsessive. personally i like to recycly my collection every now and again, and keep it to a well focused minimum. but there are a few titles you have i wish i had my hands on. here are a few of my suggestions:

INTERPOL - TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
JOAN OF ARC - SO MUCH STAYING ALIVE AND LOVELESSNESS / THE GAP
AUTECHRE - LP5
KID 606 - P.S. I LOVE YOU
AND A LOT MORE I CAN'T THINK OF NOW!

that's a nice beginner's collection...

contrary to popular belief, i don't like snotty indie jokes!

snotty indie jokes!

where's the joke?

MY PENIS IS BIGGER THAN YOUR PENIS

OH WAIT LOOK, LEIGH IS A LADY.

Leigh, you are fully tripping because I didn't see the following:

The Black Heart Procession: 1
Curve: Come Clean (not to say it's a great CD or anything, but the last song "Recovery" makes it worth it, to me anyways)
Xiu Xiu: Knife Play
(Matthew) Herbert: Bodily Functions
Shellac: 1000 Hurts
The Duran Duran Tribute Album (just to hear the Deftones cover "The Chauffeur" and Jimmy Eat World cover "New Religion")
Elliott: False Cathedrals
No Motiv:...And The Sadness Prevails
Autechre: Confield
Cursive: The Ugly Organ
The Appleseed Cast: Low Level Owl Volumes I and II
The Weakerthans: Left And Leaving
I Am Spoonbender: Shown Actual Size EP

Ummm, that's it off the top of my head...and quit pretending you don't want any Interpol, Cat Power, or Elliott Smith CDs.

If you have any of the above on vinyl already, feel free to say something about my mom.

P.S. (My collection is better, haha)

beefcake, drei
mouse on mars, idiology
four tet, dialogue
manual, ascend
ulrich schnauss, far away trains passing by
sigur ros, agaetis bjyrun

i'm sure i could come up with some more...

avoid any references to autechre until you've heard tri repetae++ and have enjoyed it.

oh dear god should i even start?

here are just a few:

pavement - slanted and enchanted
sonic youth - daydream nation
television - marquee moon
velvet underground - everything (get the box set)
galaxie 500 - everything (get the box set)
modern lovers - modern lovers (i thought you had this)
jesus & mary chain - psychocandy
dream syndicate - days of wine & roses
john coltrane - anything (get a box set)
captain beefheart - trout mask replica

and about 500 more that i don't have time to list right now ;)

vinyl:

pavement - slanted and enchanted
galaxie 500 - on fire
galaxie 500 - this is our music

we talked about this, but i never got it [i think someone put my hold pile away and that is why i didn't get it]:

modern lovers - modern lovers

your cd collection is crazy-go-nuts. you have like have every cd that i want, but can't afford, because i'm an idiot who spends all of my money on manga and make-up.

Red house painters – songs for a blue guitar
Thingy
Trans am
The van pelt
The jim yoshi pile up
Ed Harcourt
Early day miners
PJ Harvey
The shipping news
Tarwater
The walkmen
Broken science scene
Explosion in the sky
The gentle waves
calla

can't remember what it is

oh yeah and
flaming lips-yoshimi battles the pink robots is really excellent, i dont know if you have it otherwise though. maybe so. i can never think of these things in an organized fashion. i just put my list up in an entry but i'm too embarassed to have it be public. yours is impressive, needless to say.

your collection is completely devoid of john tesh.