Back on my Luddite bullshit
@roonie Its nice. The constraint of "oh I have loaded this album into a player" is enough for me to commit to listening to something as a whole and not just keep hitting the skip button constantly.
I sold all my CDs at a garage sale around 2014. Figured physical media was dead and why am I hauling this shit around. Within 6 months, I ended up in a record store and realized I missed records.
A decade later we’re thinking of moving/downsizing and am torn on what to do with all these records, CDs and cassettes I now have again.
But glad I have them.
A decade later we’re thinking of moving/downsizing and am torn on what to do with all these records, CDs and cassettes I now have again.
But glad I have them.
Our CDs are in storage (many digitized, still actively working on that), tapes were digitized and thrown out back in the oughts, records are in storage (but a few came out over the last 10 years after a gift of an all-in-one). I still enjoy looking at them all, but I don't go out of my way. It's about the music for me. Still I don't think I I'd want to sell them or throw them out.
FWIW: "River" from that Leon Bridges CD came up on my phone's MP3 playlist this week!
FWIW: "River" from that Leon Bridges CD came up on my phone's MP3 playlist this week!
nice haul right there. i really gotta pick up that deftones album when i get the chance. i'm a couple behind on their discography.
i never fully gave up on my luddite madness - still have about 500 CDs and 250 LPs - but sadly the CDs did go into storage for long stretches of time. on top of that, i only had a macbook to play them, which mostly fed the behavior of ripping to MP3, loading onto my phone, and putting it back into storage limbo.
getting them back out again after i'd reacquired a proper CD changer was a delight. the thing i missed the most was looking at the booklets while i listened, reading the liner notes and lyrics. it definitely encouraged me to listen in a more active way, rather than fiddling on my phone once i'd cued up the song.
i never fully gave up on my luddite madness - still have about 500 CDs and 250 LPs - but sadly the CDs did go into storage for long stretches of time. on top of that, i only had a macbook to play them, which mostly fed the behavior of ripping to MP3, loading onto my phone, and putting it back into storage limbo.
getting them back out again after i'd reacquired a proper CD changer was a delight. the thing i missed the most was looking at the booklets while i listened, reading the liner notes and lyrics. it definitely encouraged me to listen in a more active way, rather than fiddling on my phone once i'd cued up the song.
I wish everyone the best of luck spinning their preferred physical media!
I'm waiting for a new CD player to be delivered. I haven't played a CD for more than a decade now and I'm looking forward to diving into my collection (which has been ruthlessly thinned) as much as I am looking forward to buying new music while avoiding apps, itunes and sundry downloading bullshit.
hops down from soapbox