My first CD,
Dr.Dre's The
Chronic, arrived
in the mail just
when I needed
it most.
by Bart Vandever
The first of the 1 CCDs I ever bought was Dr Dre's Tree 41 album, *The Chronic*. The album was like a fabri treasure, so rich and beautiful in perverse content that parents could not comprehend it. The picture of a bright green marijuana leaf on inside cover and large adhesive sticker on the frontal advisory屏幕 is illustrious — and all the more difficult to obtain.
I had the opportunity to obtain the disc when I spotted colorful ad in the comic section of the Kosas Star City A mail order CD club* was advertising a deal members could purchase 10 CDs for 10 cents, and get another album for only $14.95
To 9-year old ears, this sounded like a pretty reputable deal, and so after washing the dishes for more than a month, my mom reluctantly let it 1. officially enrolled in the Amazing Savings CD Club, carefully selected the CDs from the list and the form away. For two weeks I waited for my
dishpan hands to be rewarded.
The sweet smell of gravy filled the house. My mom paced across the wooden kitchen on the phone on the radiated from the linens caserule that was cooling on the side of the stove.
I wasted no time, quickly walking over to skim my fingers in glacier the gelatinous layer of gravel. My mom slapped my back just as fast as it went in Ai as walked across the table, the dooorball chimed and ecdowed the hallway.
"I'll get it!" my sister shouted, flying down the stairs in her polka dotted nightgown. "Not so much." She looked at the door in a photo finish.
I opened the door to find a small cardboard box delivered by FedEx. When I saw the package was marked for me, I wasted no time, pulling out my pocketknife keychain to cut through the tape. Finally, my CDs!
Sifting through the package
I inspected each of my albums.
A live Nivearina C, a Smashing Pumpkins disc and then, finally the one I had been looking for,
The Chronic; by the one and only Dr. Dre, I could almost see the envious look on my friends faces.
They would never believe I got my hands on The Chronicle! Unable to control my excitement; I shouted out loud, pumping my fist in the air Pickting up the box I made sure to bury The Chronicle under iankavei CDI; I am through the television room, past a blinking television and into the kitchen.
I felt a cold stillness in my chest as I took my sister in her little polka-dotted nightgown, hugging my mom as they both weep, deep and heavy. My exuberance faded into sorrow when he heard the news that my mom's mother had passed away
I went blank. I had never had anyone pass away from my family before. For the next few minutes I just stared at
THE TRUE POWER OF POP MUSIC IS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY FOR THE DURATION OF ONE SONG
my box of CDs and patted my mom's back, trying to quickly wipe away any tear! she might
Then something happened.
I don't know why, but I traced into my box, and pulled out the little black CD with a green leaf on the inside cover. As I walked over to the CD player, I stumbled, dropping the cover, breaking the cover open. I put the disc in, skipped to track five, and pressed play.
immediately Dr. Dj hit sons "Nothin' But A Gunga' poured over the small speakers, filling the kitchen with bass-pumping beats and keyboards. As I stood there observing my mom and daughter in each other close, thought I was a smile appear on my mother's face.
I'm not sure how my grandma would have felt
about Snoop Dogg and DRE, but I think she would be happy at the sight of all three of us suddenly grooving and boiling our heads in unison. was as a brewe of *The Chronicle* drifted into the room, and before long we had burned our hearts all 16 tracks and skips, bopping and tapping out the beats.
From that day forward, I've always had a vast collection of CDs at my disposal. Any anry, any style or mood of feeling — I gave them all just in case they didn't fit. My music can lend a helping hand.
To me the true power of pop music is to bring people together even it's only for the duration of one song. To me that's a truly amazing achievement.
(Note: The Amazing Saves CD club was not as amazing as it was advertised to be. It turned out to be a scam, slowly building up charges on the club and we stopped our membership.)
12. 07.2006 JAYPLAY <15