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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 "Information wants to be free! (Or for a small charge, which will be conveniently added to your monthly phone bill.)" -B. Sanders

On Thu, 14 Apr 1994, Barry Sanders wrote:

quoted 3 lines going for you. But still, import CD singles and vinyl doubles (and triples)

> 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.

hmmmm.... I usually pay less wherever I shop.. I picked up Outlander's Aural Scent doublepack for $19, the Parasols (Plink Plonk) *triple* vinyl pack for $17.99, Rising High's Secret Life of Trance v2 for $19, and Kenny Larkin's LP for $19. I think vinyl is a better buy for long players than CDs (corresponding CDs were $25.99 at the same store, the Rising High comp was $40), at least as far as dance music goes... I really pity the person who can only get vinyl LPs at those outrageous prices, the retailers in that area must be real twats... oh well... Peace, Matt <(hcy)>