Vinyl

[Gol Dernitt]

I feel a little bad about this, but most of my record collection is bought online.  I like putting on records.  I don't like collecting a bunch of records that I will never enjoy spinning, and the ones I'm looking for will not show up in a record store in my city.  I got drunk and spent 60 bucks on eBay on a replacement The Love Language record, which I originally bought for 10 bucks and leant to a friend, I guess forever.  When I finally got it, (from Russia), I considered not opening it for about 10 minutes before I spun that record, collector's value be damned.

I'm not making a record collection because I think collecting records is cool.  I just like to use my record player, I like actively spinning/flipping records, I like listening to albums all the way through.  A lot of people roll their eyes at me when I say my record collection is small, focused, and full of 220 grams.  I get it, I'm not part of the real vinyl appreciation culture, I don't pretend to be.  It's not exploratory for me, I do that on Spotify, YouTube, and via some trusted friends.  But I feel a little bad that I can't turn around and have a beat up Dylan or Prine or Baez padding the collection, just as credentials.

But I like that hard copy of the music I'm into.  It's less transient and harder to misplace than cassettes or cds.

I'm pretty much indifferent to the whole vinyl-vs-CD-vs digital spat.

What I can't believe is that you spent sixty dollars for The Love Language.  Next time you get that urge, I suggest puncturing both of your eardrums.  The resultant atonal ringing sound is just as enjoyable as The Love Language and much cheaper.

Boru

So a dude doesn't like lo-fi crooning, this is the other opinion that keeps me buying the records I like. Mind, the sophomore effort from The Love Language is... well, very bad. But that first one, it gets me where it needs to get me.

And it is not streamable, as far as I've searched for it.