31-and-11/12ths-year-old Barry here.
quoted 1 line Age is a state of mind (and wrinkled skin and rounder tummies (-: ) anyway ...>Age is a state of mind (and wrinkled skin and rounder tummies (-: ) anyway ...
Tell it, brother!
quoted 4 lines (Plus, it can have its benefits - even IDM-wise. I saw Kraftwerk ... I saw>
>(Plus, it can have its benefits - even IDM-wise. I saw Kraftwerk ... I saw
> Bowie do "Warszawa" live ... I saw "Live at the YMCA"-era Cabaret Voltaire ...
> etc.)
Aw, man. I was too busy being herded to Bible Camp in those days. I lived in a
town that was about as likely to host Kraftwerk as Kraftwerk was to switch
over to country and western. You City Boys were lucky sonszabitches. What I
wouldn't have given to see Bowie on the "Low" tour, or Kraftwerk on the
"Trans Europe Express" tour. Wow!!!!! You were lucky, that's all there
was to it.
quoted 6 lines What I'd *really* like to know is how all you young'uns keep up with all this>What I'd *really* like to know is how all you young'uns keep up with all this
>stuff. Being as how we're in the era of "I just spent US$115 and all I got
>were 4 import CDs and 2 import CDS's ... " It just costs WAY too much money to
>keep up with music these days, *sigh* ...
>
> - Greg
I agree. When I had my 'habit', in the late '70's and early '80's, I was
picking up
used LP's for $2.00 to $3.50 each. Remember, minimum wage was like $3.35/hr
in the U.S. at that time, so I could get my fave band's latest wax, used,
for an
hour's worth of sweat working at a typical teen-age job. Nowadays, you get
$4.50/hr, and the used CD's are nine bucks! It's tough. But then I would have
*killed* for the kinds of Techno compilations that kids today can buy. That is
a relatively recent trend, and a very good one IMHO. So, you've got that
going for you. But still, import CD singles and vinyl doubles (and triples)
are *way* too expensive. I'm sorry, but $45.00 for a double CD comp?? I
think not. $35 for an import double-vinyl LP? Bzzzt. Too damn much.
Finish this phrase:
Old IDM'ers don't die, they just _________.
(Well, Gene, I'll pick Charles Nelson Reilly. No, wait, I mean Kitty Carlisle.)
Barry
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conveniently added to your monthly phone bill.)" -B. Sanders