I am Kyle's self-indulgence

In preparation for Black Friday, Amazon.com is offering 500 albums for the very reasonable price of $5 each (I don't really understand why this is a Black Friday deal, seeing that it's kind of hard to buy an mp3 download FOR somebody else, but I'm not going to complain).

Now that manufacturing, materials, and shipping don't have to be figured into the costs of music albums, I think $5 is the perfect price to pay. I hope that Amazon continues to offer music at these lower prices.

Go browse the entire selection or look at my recommendations:

Flight of the Conchords by Flight of the Conchords

The Crane Wife by The Decemberists (one of my favorite albums of the 00's)

For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver (I haven't heard the whole thing yet, but I know a lot of hipsters were drooling all over this last year)

Paul's Boutique and Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys

Space Oddity by David Bowie

Noble Beast by Andrew Bird

Wait for Me by Moby (One of my favorite albums of the year. In fact, I insist that you download it immediately. It's only five bucks!)

I Might Be Wrong by Radiohead (excellent live recordings by the world's greatest rock band)

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

Raditude by Weezer (I have no idea if this is any good or not, but this is very cheap for a brand-new release)

Also available are numberous recording by The Avett Brothers and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (although the latter feature only the tracklists of the original vinyl releases and not the additional tracks included on the CDs).