I AM THROUGH WITH CRATE DIGGING

mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
edited December 2005 in Strut Central
Haha not really but has anyone ever quit for a year or more?

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  • Haha not really but has anyone ever quit for a year or more?

    I've been pretty inactive for the last year at least. I've picked up a couple randoms though.

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    Haha not really but has anyone ever quit for a year or more?

    I've been pretty inactive for the last year at least. I've picked up a couple Sisqo's though.

  • aleitaleit 1,915 Posts
    never quit for a year, but i've limited my time scrounging around in the dregs of what austin has to offer for the past month and a bit. you'd be amazed how much more focused you can be about other things in life when you're not skipping lunch, driving 100+ miles, and dreaming about the shit. lots more to think about in these times.

    with that said, i'm back it heavy starting in the next week or two.

    In other words, I need to start making cash again.

    and reclaim my maglite that has been sitting in a certain abandoned house full of records somewhere in the gulf coast region.



  • I was out of work for a year and three months and had to force myself to not buy records, so that I could nourish myself. After that time I thought that when I started making money again I would'nt really start buying records again. I was able to see that I didn't really need them. I was wrong, however. It started with short trips to thrifts because I was needing clothes and furnishings as I was moving for my new job. I would casually look through the dustbins and if anything caught my eye within the first fifteen records, I would end up looking through a couple crates and maybe buying a record or two of something random for the interest of listening to something new. As I made more money and settled into my new life and location I began to see more thrift stores around as I explored. I one day decided to go out solely for the sake of looking through some thrift store crates. I headed over to the closest shop I knew of and looked through every stack they had. I then went on to four more thrifts that afternoon and looked through everything. I knew that evening when I was at home listening to a bunch of worthless music and but a couple tracks that got to me, that I was once again and will forever be an addict.

  • AserAser 2,351 Posts
    fuck records

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    What's Digging?

  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    Haha not really but has anyone ever quit for a year or more?

    two years

  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    I was out of work for a year and three months and had to force myself to not buy records, so that I could nourish myself. After that time I thought that when I started making money again I would'nt really start buying records again. I was able to see that I didn't really need them. I was wrong, however. It started with short trips to thrifts because I was needing clothes and furnishings as I was moving for my new job. I would casually look through the dustbins and if anything caught my eye within the first fifteen records, I would end up looking through a couple crates and maybe buying a record or two of something random for the interest of listening to something new. As I made more money and settled into my new life and location I began to see more thrift stores around as I explored. I one day decided to go out solely for the sake of looking through some thrift store crates. I headed over to the closest shop I knew of and looked through every stack they had. I then went on to four more thrifts that afternoon and looked through everything. I knew that evening when I was at home listening to a bunch of worthless music and but a couple tracks that got to me, that I was once again and will forever be an addict.

    yeah, this is pretty much exactly what happened to me. scary, eh?

  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    "relapse"

    &

    "I'll get out of the game, after this one last big score..."

  • HAZHAZ 3,376 Posts

    I think I'm done with records. MP3s are free & I'm used to their sound now. You can get all kinds of shit. With the advent of these blogs, you can even find random/private issue stuff that you would have had no hope of coming up on unless you'd travel & dig. Its crazy, but with modern tech, there's no reason to not have heard most stuff out there. Its right there just waiting for you to pick up. If you're a little dude today, its unforgivable - how can you not know the game, when its given away for free online?

  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts

    I think I'm done with records. MP3s are free & I'm used to their sound now. You can get all kinds of shit. With the advent of these blogs, you can even find random/private issue stuff that you would have had no hope of coming up on unless you'd travel & dig. Its crazy, but with modern tech, there's no reason to not have heard most stuff out there. Its right there just waiting for you to pick up. If you're a little dude today, its unforgivable - how can you not know the game, when its given away for free online?


    word, but not everybody has broadband yet

    I agree that MP3s or some digital distributed on demand format will really set us free in the near future, not that they haven't already.


  • I think I'm done with records. MP3s are free & I'm used to their sound now. You can get all kinds of shit. With the advent of these blogs, you can even find random/private issue stuff that you would have had no hope of coming up on unless you'd travel & dig. Its crazy, but with modern tech, there's no reason to not have heard most stuff out there. Its right there just waiting for you to pick up. If you're a little dude today, its unforgivable - how can you not know the game, when its given away for free online?

    true to a certain extent, but i still come across records i can't find info about online...and it's going to be a long time before everyone has unlimited access to every single private press freejazz/psychfolk/singingbirds record. until then, i'll still go digging every few weeks.

  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts

    DILDO

  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    mp3s are fine if you just like music.

    I can't get off on 'em personally - call me retro, I need a physical artifact

  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts

    DILDO

    exactly

  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Before stepping to me you rather step to jahova.

  • Parties in NYC still suck.
    Someone tell this dude that there are things called treble and bass,
    and that you can adjust those things on this other thing, called a "mixer."


  • Parties in NYC still suck.
    Someone tell this dude that there are things called treble and bass,
    and that you can adjust those things on this other thing, called a "mixer."


    If you are talking about the room w/ the coat check in it, yes that shit was piercingly bad and I could not maintain. Had to go chill in the other room with the santa guy in the wolf mask.

  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    I missed it. Brooklyn Dawn had me hemmed at like 4:30 am drinking Grey Goose and talking about Lithuanian ghettos.

    I did holler though.

  • I missed it. Brooklyn Dawn had me hemmed at like 4:30 am drinking Grey Goose and talking about Lithuanian ghettos.

    I did holler though.


    HOLLLLERRRRRRRRRRR fo sho! Good times though.

  • I bought a microwave, so I'm not "digging" as much.

  • I'm happy if I manage to stay off ebay for 31 days...
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