fruit CDs and old wire....

so um, i have to thank whoever it was that asked about the fruit CDs, cos
it made me remember a question i always meant to ask. um, how does one
know if it's an ORIGINAL prop CD or not? i mean, the place by me where i
get stuff has all of the ones he listed, but they all look different. so
is there some fail-safe test to tell if it's REALLY a prop remix CD or
just some bootleg copy of it?

and, what happened to the november and december archives? they're not
there. anyone? i missed a week or so in december, and i kind of wanted
to catch up, but Nov and Dec aren't clickable on the calendar thingie.
what's the deal?

thanks...

love,
mia.