when you can tell a styrene 45 from a vinyl 45 from a photo of the label on the computer screen.
when you get a wart on a finger from cleaning disgustingly dirty 45s that must have been covered in cat piss and 30 years of grunge. the bright side is that the 45s were hot keepers and became playable after heavy cleaning, the dark side is that after putting off/forgetting to put wart medicine on, the wart stays for 3 or 4 years, then finally mysteriously disappears.
you have no friends and you set your cell phone clock to go off at random times just to give yourself a split second of excitement and think someone might actually be calling you. peace, stein. . .
you have no friends and you set your cell phone clock to go off at random times just to give yourself a split second of excitement and think someone might actually be calling you. peace, stein. . .
+ You buy sealed records because they are sealed and they are a buck
Just today I was going through some sealed Dimple Fields and early 80s Four Tops records trying to figure out what to do with them and wondering why I bought them.
+Tomorrow I would buy them again "because they are sealed and they are a buck".
For 6 pages I was making a list of everyone that fit me.
Then I accidentally closed the tab.
+ When you read 8 pages of a 10 year old soulstrut thread.
you look forward to your wife going away on a business trip because it means you get to... go off by yourself on daylong digging excursions without making excuses
you give the death stare to people who happen to be casually browsing records at one of your regular digging spots
When you're out you keep thinking about going home to listen all to those records you picked up the other day. When you get home you keep thinking about the all the thrift stores you need to hit up.
Visiting exotic countries with deep culture, beautiful scenary, fascinating people and new interesting foods & spending the whole time in dark basement records shops experiencing non of the above.
When you know you've paid too much for a record and you go on cfrenzy scouring past auctions and even double back to popsike and work your own imaginary math equation that helps you accept your impulsive blunder.
When you find yourself buying records with the intention of giving them to other people because you know they're GOATS and you need to satisfy the jones but you can't find anything new for yourself.
Agonizing over buying a really nice pull because your not sure if you all ready own it.
Even worse, buying it on iTunes thinking "I'm just going to give in because I'll never find it" except you did 10 years ago and stumble on to it the day after paying $10.99 for the iTunes LP.
When you find yourself buying records with the intention of giving them to other people because you know they're GOATS and you need to satisfy the jones but you can't find anything new for yourself.
I do this all the time with stuff that $5. I figure it's good record karma and a nice thing to do for your friends.
Comments
or do you live in a mansion in antarctica?
when you can tell a styrene 45 from a vinyl 45 from a photo of the label on the computer screen.
when you get a wart on a finger from cleaning disgustingly dirty 45s that must have been covered in cat piss and 30 years of grunge. the bright side is that the 45s were hot keepers and became playable after heavy cleaning, the dark side is that after putting off/forgetting to put wart medicine on, the wart stays for 3 or 4 years, then finally mysteriously disappears.
luck, I gotta call this one out man. Foul.
you can do this? how?
peace, stein. . .
Sheeeeeet... like I ain't famous. I sign autographs, foll!
I had that once with weird read along comic book records...
+Tomorrow I would buy them again "because they are sealed and they are a buck".
For 6 pages I was making a list of everyone that fit me.
Then I accidentally closed the tab.
+ When you read 8 pages of a 10 year old soulstrut thread.
you give the death stare to people who happen to be casually browsing records at one of your regular digging spots
- finding a really underpriced record and then buying extra records at that store with the imaginary profit
- sympathy buys at a store
- dealers text you when new stuff has arrived
-
Even worse, buying it on iTunes thinking "I'm just going to give in because I'll never find it" except you did 10 years ago and stumble on to it the day after paying $10.99 for the iTunes LP.
Guilty as charged
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
I do this all the time with stuff that $5. I figure it's good record karma and a nice thing to do for your friends.
When you scour the local home furnishing store looking for wooden boxes that can hold your 45s.