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Man, talk about a backlash from people with lots of records. It is like talking to drug addicts. They just won't listen to reason. Vinyl is that dangerous black crack everyone is hooked on to. Hey, I totally understand the appeal of vinyl and CD's. I've been collecting weird forms of music since I was about 9 or 10 years old. If you count all the records I've owned in my life it's probably in the high thousands. However, I don't believe in keeping records I don't listen to. Instead of having 5000 records, I stay around 1,000-1,500. When I want to get some new stuff, I can sell some old stuff I don't listen to. It offsets the cost. Yeah, I still blow most of my expendable income on music, but we all do that. After all, figure I have 1,000 records. Averaging 12"s and CD's, I guess there's around 45,000 minutes of music. That's about a month of non-stop playing. So if you have 6,000 records, it would take you about six months, 24-7, to listen to everything. It's not going to happen, people. I'm trying to think right now if I'm ever going to listen to that Kid 606 record I bought again. It was awful. Why keep it? I'm not suggesting this is a dogma people follow, and I'm as fanatical about records as the rest of you, but why keep it if you'll never listen to it again? What we really need to do is establish a National Electronic Music Library where we can archive everything and people can come in and listen to whatever they want. Maybe I can petition the government to fund it. Matt --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

[snipped part about getting rid of cd's that aren't listened to or liked because anything more than 1000-1500 is wasteful] i've been going through a pretty big purge of my collection right now, and i've only got about 1000. it's great, i paid $20 for 5 new cd's at the local shop.

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>I'm not suggesting this is a dogma people follow, and >I'm as fanatical about records as the rest of you, but >why keep it if you'll never listen to it again? What we >really need to do is establish a National Electronic >Music Library where we can archive everything and >people can come in and listen to whatever they want. >Maybe I can petition the government to fund it.

public libraries seem to be about the only thing that the gov't has had a hand in that haven't gone completely to hell. the problem i see with this idea is actually the record companies. if someone reads a copy of a book at a local library and decided he/she really likes it, they're not going to sit there and photocopy 250-800 pages. it costs far less to actually purchase the book for $8 ($20 if it's hardcover). however if someone were to borrow a cd from the local music library and decide they really like it, they can spend $1 on a cdr and copy it. now while i *know* that no one on this list would do such a thing and would actually go out and *buy* a copy of said music, i don't really believe that the general public has that kind of scruples. dil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org