Shift

[notbamf]

So...I recently read in some newspaper, possibly the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but I did not actually take that big of a notice at the masthead, that upcoming is National Record Day, and that Pittsburgh's diverse record store population was getting ready with new vinyl releases and big sales

Comments

[notbamf]

People love vinyl. People love reading about Bradgelina. It doesn't make it RIGHT. :-p Titanic is the highest grossing film ever. My opinion of what people like is not very high. ;)

I'm trying to recall when the last time I PAID for music was, and...I can't. Though, to be fair, if I am not the world's biggest music fan. Music to me is something to be passively quasi-enjoyed while driving or jogging, neither of which entails usefulness for records.

If I WAS a music fan, I'm sure I'd find a technology that has come out since the 1830's to enjoy it on. :)

[notbamf]

*shrug* It's a different experience. Music doesn't do anything for me except give me something to dance to in my car. In college, I played the whole "Go to club shows, find underground, obscure bands, follow them, love them" thing, and I really can't believe I ever cared as much.

It'd be kind of like me scolding you for not seeing 26 movies in theater last year like I did. To me, movies are genius, and the current perfect entertainment medium, but...that's me. I will pay to see a movie every week or every other week, even though I can find them online for free or in Blockbuster or OnDemand for less than $4, but I demand the theater experience. Conversely, I'd rather eat my own chest hair than pay for a song. :)

[mercymydarling]

Records are boss, and you are lamebot, as per usual. The sound quality kicks MP3 ass every time.

Once, I had a customer come in and, in response to my standard "how are you today", I got "I just found out that I have an inoperable brain tumor and I'm going to die soon" and seriously the only thing I could think to say was "...so what the fuck are you doing at Lowe's?"
(Don't worry, I ended up just saying, "...sorry?" and listening to him babble for like an hour.)

[notbamf]

Records are NOT high quality, and the transportability of MP3 players trumps any imagined usefulness that records could ever possibly pretend to have.

Like I said...you're not watching TV on a 1950's TV set. You're not using a Commodore 64 to browse LJ. You're not wearing a bonnet.

Why do people say retarded things to others? I'll never understand.

[mercymydarling]

THE FUCK IF I'M NOT WEARING A BONNET.

[notbamf]

Oh, go churn some butter.

[scintillated]

I had a Rainbow Brite record back in the mid 80's. True story.

I have a Schon & Hammer record in my possession, too. If I could find a record player to play it on, that'd be awesome, but alas, almost everyone I know has caught up with technology so I'll just frame it instead. =D

[notbamf]

Heh. Framing it. THAT is about the only worthwhile use for records. They have pretty cover art.

[scintillated]

Haha...yeah...I know a few people who have tons of their records framed! The cover art on some of them is awesome, for sure. The cover on the Schon & Hammer album I have is a variation of the Arm & Hammer logo. Wheeee.

[mercymydarling]

I have a lamebot pink 80's kids record player as my "spare", would totally send it to you whenever I find money for shipping.

[shidoikarji26]

Records..not that's there's anything wrong with them. Nostalgia factor and all but, I always saw them as deadly weapons XD

You made a list on death's and their importance. It actually makes sense. Celeb deaths are like everyone else's: painful and sad to those close to them. There's no greater importance.