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Ode to Vinyl?

windysblog — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:13:44 -0500

Thanks for sharing about Sleevefacing. I never heard of it before your blog. I find the phenomenon interesting and a little bittersweet, since most of us no longer have album covers in our collections.

I love my mp3's, don't get me wrong. But I so miss the old albums and even cd packaging. I spent hours reading the song lyrics or the stories behind the songs that were printed in the album and cd cases. Now it seems that we just get music from the web and I think we're missing out on understanding the creativity that makes a song.

You've inspired me to blog about this subject. Thanks again for sharing!

My "click" moment..

peaches — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:18:00 -0500

Since I pretty much live in a state of nostalgia, I was glad to run across this post. My feminist music revelation was definitely '92 when I discovered L7's "Bricks Are Heavy" (the cassette, of course).

Now that I think about it, god, my mom pretty much consciouness-raised me from birth by playing the "Free to Be You and Me" album. Good stuff.

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Yep, I think you're

no_I_am_zoe — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:38:09 -0500

Yep, I think you're right, kids are the memo we didn't get. Hopefully we'll be getting the "end of nightlife as we know it" memo soon.

Being Thirty-Something

Vered — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:44:42 -0500

Many thirty-somethings are raising small kids and so their nightlife is non-existent for a few years.

May happen to you and BP pretty soon. :)

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I'm Right With You On This One

MSmith — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:52:52 -0500

Hi Elisa,

I can't wait 'til this season of "Idol" is over. The Battle of the Davids is going to be about as exciting as blow drying my hair. And when David Archuleta wins---notice I said when, not if---it will signal the end of "American Idol" life as we know it.

Megan
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It's amazing how quickly

no_I_am_zoe — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:32:35 -0500

It's amazing how quickly time moves by. I still just don't know where the people my age are. There always seems to be the younger crowd and some of the older crowd, but never the my age crowd. Maybe it's just the type of music I like.

I can't think about omni-celibate because I can't get past the thought of being celibate. I mean, why? Who would do that? Just why? I just can't even think about that.

You know who I want to see

Denise — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:25:23 -0500

And also, I have no idea when we got so old. I'm really old. Really really old. How did that happen?

Omni celibate. Fascinating. Also a little frightening if I really start to think about it.

~Denise
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I agree--totally!

ByJane — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:49:43 -0500

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What about a language center?

sassymonkey — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:20:48 -0500

You never know, they might be be willing to take your English fiction off your hands?

I had to do a big purge of books and other items over the last few moves because they were big moves and I was limited by the number of boxes I could take. At one point I started leaving boxes of books on the sidewalk with a sign that said "Free!". They were gone within an hour. :)

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I completely agree

sassymonkey — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:16:46 -0500

When I moved into this apartment I unpacked my books almost as soon as the movers left. By the time friends came over after work that evening they said it looked like I had been here for weeks. It makes me feel settled.

I really don't want to move that often but I seem to be on track for it! I need to at least stop moving between cities and provinces...

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Someday I'll have a rainbow

sassymonkey — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:13:59 -0500

But I need more bookcases because right now I'm on the "however I can get them all to fit in the bookcases" plan. But I'll have one some day.

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It's such a brilliant idea

sassymonkey — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:08:53 -0500

But potentially very bad for my bank account and bookshelves.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Always on the move

Achaessa — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:27:30 -0500

Oh, gods, do I feel all of your pain. I have always been a bookhound and by the time I was 48, I had lived in 53 different places, including a silver 1984 Mazda pickup - and even there I had three boxes of essential reading. I have given away enough books to fill a small town library. I don't even count the boxes it takes anymore because it's an embarassment. And I certainly don't mention my National Geographic and Poets&Writers periodical collections.

I just completed my 54th move and found boxes that I hadn't unpacked from the last move in October 2006 because the house I moved into didn't have enough room. In the new apartment I have a half-wall divider bookcase between the living and dining room, and three walls of my office are bookcase - but it still isn't enough.

I do intend to purge some books - and have actually set aside a whole box of junk fiction, but then it occurred to me that I can't even have a booksale and there is no place to donate them because they're all in English and I live in Mexico.

And now I've started buying Spanish language books...

Achaessa - life in the extremely big city
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I feel your pain

Maria Niles — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:55 -0500

I've moved on average every 1 1/2 years for ~25 years. I tend to pack the books last and unpack them first. Unpacking them and setting them up is relatively easy and gives me a sense of accomplishment :)

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The Bad Idea Bears May Be Cute, But....

nannygoats — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:07:39 -0500

You are so right about those cute little evil tihngs.

Margaret

Nanny Goats In Panties (www.nannygoatsinpanties.com)