Collecting & Listening

darkprinceofjazz wrote: Sadly, it seems I spend more time cleaning vinyl than listening to them sometimes, as well as editing, backing up my digital music, trying to get itunes to run smoother.

Sadly, it seems I spend more time cleaning vinyl than listening to them sometimes, as well as editing, backing up my digital music, trying to get itunes to run smoother. Actually right now as I write this, I am listening to the album Coltrane from 1962, "Out of this world", it certainly is. That track is right up there for me, right up with the entire A love Supreme and an overlooked album during the impulse! years. his tenor tone is soul stirring to say the least.

Kazuhiro wrote: Please sometimes remember Haiku.

I haven't, Kazu Here's a couple of new ones from my trip to Italy

cameras jostle for position
Pompeii plaster cast

flecks of limestone
dogs curl up
by the pizzeria

js wrote: dreadpirateroberts wrote: Cool! It's a brutally hard sport I reckon (indoor for me) - not jsut because I'm only 6ft tall but because of all the timing and variations on the setter's sets and so on. But I am totally addicted. When was your last game, John?  Probably back in college, it was a male/female class, lots of fun. I like to block the shots at the net, slam it right back at them

Yeah, blocking is pretty ace - just last night got one of my teams through to a semi final in the local comp - expecting to get blocked out myself next week in the grand final but - opposition has some big players in it!

Matt wrote: I have never been to Canberra,  Ashley   Bad luck with the tournament, slip some laxatives in the other teams drinks next time  Might slow em' down.

Hahaha! Half of them were hung over and we still couldn't beat 'em (same for our team too but)! 

It's an odd place, Matt - you can tell it's almost an afterthought of a capital city, it's just sort of lurking in this massive valley - I'd been to Canberra a couple of times before, but nearly 15 years ago. It's like any other place I suppose - only no landmarks! Some fantastic restaurants though!

Please sometimes remember Haiku.

Cool! It's a brutally hard sport I reckon (indoor for me) - not jsut because I'm only 6ft tall but because of all the timing and variations on the setter's sets and so on. But I am totally addicted. When was your last game, John? 

A volleyball tournament actually - drove 6 hrs (not too bad) to our capital city (Canberra) for an interstate tournament in mens div 2 - and we were pretty convincinly beaten!  - think we won 2 out of 6 games for the weekend.

I feel bad that I started this thread and then disappeared, but I had a tournament over the weekend and have barely caught up last night. But it was ace to read everyone's responses - I'm still trying to do more listening and cut back on spending for a while, as I have a large backlog of albums I want to review, so that settles it I think!   Reviews then new purchases

I got the collecting bug when I was a teenager.  If it weren't for music I might be fabulously rich off of coin collecting.  I think.  I haven't quite reached the point where there isn't stuff out there that I'd like to have a copy of physically.  But there is no point in collecting if you aren't also listening to it.  I have been prone to discovering a new artist and making a "raid" on their albums and then wishing I had taken it more slowly.


Edited by Slartibartfast - 24 Nov 2011 at 7:15am

I'm more of a listener than a collector, it's more of a personal thing, I think.

Matt wrote: I was like John, trawling shops, fairs or anywhere there was music sold. I even knew what day my favourite stores import orders came in  I shop on the net and stay at home these days. Still love looking in a music shop. If I am unfortunate enough to wind up somewhere shopping with my wife.( I hate shopping) , I usually will suggest while she is looking at something that holds zero interest for me " I'm  gonna take of to the music shop"( if they have a decent one, even semi decent ). That is the other problem, popular cd stores are like musical deserts for me with todays charts music. Still though, I reckon I can sniff em' out those little gems when needed. Sometimes you find em' where you least expect too.   I will add that my favourite stores are no longer these days. Went broke the internet killed em' and I am just as guilty if not more so than all of us. I have not even mentioned what MP3s have done for their business prospects as well.