interesting article about decline in vinyl junkies etc

[nathan]

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1748089,00.html

 

[Biskit]

top read that nath, nice one.

i think ive got the same sickness lol

 

[nathan]

i liked the quote

top read that nath, nice one.

i think ive got the same sickness lol

"are you collecting music or collecting money" about the vinyl hoarders lol

 

[sweet sensation]

That was really interesting, some top quotes in there

Because we can obtain music more easily than ever before, we value it less

I think thats unfortunately true

Every digger I speak to regards eBay as a guilty pleasure at best, fostering greed among sellers and laziness among buyers.

Deffo true :S

"I want to find it in the wild," he says. "It's become such a rat race buying online. All the mystery's gone."

I love finding things in charity shops, its so much better than buying it online. Its like a big rush when you find a gem in amongst all the crap, you dont get that feeling when you buy on the net

With every rediscovery, the diggers have to delve deeper. But the reserves of great, unexplored music seem inexhaustible and that awareness can weigh heavily on a digger. When your enthusiasm and knowledge is this broad, even a lifetime isn't long enough to listen to everything. Chris Malins keeps a list of records he wants to hear and it never gets any shorter. "It's sheer compulsive obsession," he laughs. "Why do we do this? It has to be mental illness of some shape or form. It doesn't lend well to living an ordinary life because it's not the sort of thing you can discuss with ordinary people."

I know I dont have half the knowledge as some people on here, but since being on this site, my wants list grows and grows everyday And I know I cant talk about my tunes with a lot of my mates, spesh my girlie ones as they dont get it at all :| :S

"I dread the day that I die," Gareth Goddard says solemnly, "because I think, 'What the hell's going to happen to my collection?'"

Lol! Who would you give your record collection to when you die??!! :| Might start a thread with that!!

 

[Jiglo]

Cheers for the link!

 

[lippiatte]

GREAT read...thanks for that.


i must admit that places like ebay and gemm are a lot more than a guilty pleasure for me....i'm f'ing addicted i think. i sold a LOT of records and i find myself buying a lot of the same stuff i ditched 7 or 8 years ago. stupid isn't it? however, i will never, never, never, ever, ever, EVER sell my downtempo stuff again. FUCK THAT!!!!! i'll rot with them before i sell anything again. it's cost me a fortune in shipping charges.