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Alright, confess odd things.

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Alright, confess odd things.

For example, I'm jealous to my big brother becuase he discovered The Smiths first. Dammit, now I can't have a crush for Morrisey without feeling weird about it.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 5th 2023 at 5:46:13 AM

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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#28977: May 15th 2010 at 2:11:31 PM

OC: The vast majority of my music collection is on either vinyl or cassette. I have a few albums in more esoteric formats, and also a good deal on MP 3's, but I deplore CD's for anything but skip effects.

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BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
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#28978: May 15th 2010 at 2:15:57 PM

I confess that I prefer CDs. I dislike the relatively low quality of MP3s, I have to use my dad's player if I want to play vinyls and then I have to worry about them jumping and getting damaged, and tapes seem to deteriorate far too easily (although it's perfectly possible I'm not taking sufficient care of them).

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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#28979: May 15th 2010 at 2:19:11 PM

Probably, tapes do take a lot of care.

I prefer the warm crackle of vinyl, and the soothing hiss of cassettes.

CD's? Fuck those guys.

Another reason is, I enjoy collecting obscure, and even local and homemade recordings. I have the entire discography of Sky Serpent and am probably their only fan, the spoken word recordings of a guy named Daniel Arrit are also a favorite of mine.

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BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
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#28980: May 15th 2010 at 2:20:46 PM

See, I dislike crackles and hisses. It even bugs me that when I have the volume low I can hear the CDs spinning. If I want to hear the track, I want it to be flawless.

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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#28981: May 15th 2010 at 2:23:20 PM

Ah, see I'm not like that, a lot of people are though, I suppose.

I even have one recording on a steel track, which is a really fucking old method of recording. I can't play it though, I lack the necessary equipment.

Another thing, I'm involved in the local hip-hop scene, which aside from a few aspiring superstars, is all vinyl-only or cassette-only.

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OuttaTheBLAM resident moonatic from your other left Since: Aug, 2009
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#28982: May 15th 2010 at 2:28:20 PM

My parents have a bunch of old cassette tapes that I sometimes listen to.

The Ice Castles soundtrack is like white noise for if you need to drown out people while you do homework. >_>

edited 15th May '10 2:29:08 PM by OuttaTheBLAM

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#28983: May 15th 2010 at 2:29:12 PM

I record Deadliest Warrior, just so I can skip to the fight scenes at the end and ignore the rest.

edited 15th May '10 2:29:22 PM by Myrmidon

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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#28984: May 15th 2010 at 2:29:17 PM

Blam: Can haz partial list?

Myrm: That reminds me

I record tv shows as well as an audio diary.

edited 15th May '10 2:29:54 PM by SpainSun

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OuttaTheBLAM resident moonatic from your other left Since: Aug, 2009
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#28985: May 15th 2010 at 2:37:05 PM

@Spain: Nothing particularly interesting, and I don't listen to all of them. In the box in the pickup there's like, Metallica, ZZ Top, Heart, Guns N Roses, George Michael (oh God), The Cure, Rush, and Poison. I can tell somewhat which are my mom's and which are my dad's.

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#28986: May 15th 2010 at 2:37:55 PM

Interesting.

I'd listen to most of that (sans Poison, blech).

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OuttaTheBLAM resident moonatic from your other left Since: Aug, 2009
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#28987: May 15th 2010 at 2:42:20 PM

I have far too much knowledge of Eighties hair bands. By the list of music pages I think that's easy to tell. I don't have any particularly consistent taste with music. Or movies. Or anything.

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#28988: May 15th 2010 at 2:45:22 PM

I'm kinda like that. I have to side with my brother on the "I don't like genres, I like bands" notion.

Though I do like some genres as a general concept, like rock and metal.

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Weissritter Super Fighting Robot Since: May, 2010
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#28989: May 15th 2010 at 2:47:18 PM

I'm in the same boat as the lucky one.

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#28990: May 15th 2010 at 2:47:31 PM

I like pretty much everything that's not Top 40 Country, contrary to what I've been flanderized as, I even enjoy some pop music (like Train, for instance).

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OuttaTheBLAM resident moonatic from your other left Since: Aug, 2009
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#28991: May 15th 2010 at 2:50:21 PM

It's true, if I recommend something more likely than not it's going to not be anything spectacular. I'm open-minded about any sort of media, but my taste is pretty bad. I like whatever I find entertaining, that's about it.

edited 15th May '10 2:50:49 PM by OuttaTheBLAM

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#28992: May 15th 2010 at 2:52:00 PM

I listen to pretty much everything.

BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
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#28993: May 15th 2010 at 2:52:02 PM

I tend to listen mainly to rock, but I like some music from most genres. I find it hard to describe my music tastes succinctly, so I usually just say I listen to whatever.

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#28994: May 15th 2010 at 2:53:38 PM

I have to listen to everything, including Spoken Word and instrumentals. I love creating sound collages.

And as I said, I love collecting obscure recordings. I own a record in an all-white sleeve with no artist info that is merely a two-hour long flute solo. And I adore it.

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Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
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#28996: May 15th 2010 at 2:56:07 PM

Incidentally, I'm one of two people I know who likes or even knows of Flogging Molly.

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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#28997: May 15th 2010 at 2:56:51 PM

Lusta: I know who Flogging Molly are, they're an Irish (or is it Scottish?) band.

Don't try to out-obscure me. tongue

There's an entire local scene built around vinyl and cassette releases, starting with 1986-founded rap group The Riot Mobb.

edited 15th May '10 2:57:42 PM by SpainSun

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Nornagest Since: Jan, 2001
#28998: May 15th 2010 at 2:59:17 PM

They're from Los Angeles, actually, but they pretty much define modern Celtic punk.

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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#28999: May 15th 2010 at 2:59:33 PM

Norn: WHAAAAA?

I'm surprised.

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TheLuckyStar Keep the faith. from the cozzymoses. Since: Feb, 2010
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#29000: May 15th 2010 at 3:00:36 PM

Oh, I didn't say they were obscure. I know of a lot of people who like them, just not in person, and they're one of the more popular and successful Celtic Rock bands. It's just, most people IRL just go, "who?"

They're Irish, yes. Well, American. Only the lead singer, Dave King, is actually from our fair homeland.

edited 15th May '10 3:01:22 PM by TheLuckyStar

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