Re: [bomp] Re: "When the grooves of a lifetime start to feel like a rut..."

["Immortal Porpoises" <immortalporpoises@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rule of thumb for anyone launching into an arcane, time-consuming, expensive 
hobby -- if it doesn't improve the quantity or quality of your sex life, 
there are hungry people who could really use the money, or you could buy 
yourself a more environmentally friendly car.

If it does improve the quantity or quality of your sex life, let 'em call 
you a nerd. Maybe name-calling is what gets them laid. It's a big world --  
live and let live.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <hoodoo3005@aol.com>
To: <bomp@router.xnet2.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:43 AM
Subject: [bomp] Re: "When the grooves of a lifetime start to feel like a 
rut..."


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> Subject: Re: [bomp] "When the grooves of a lifetime start to feel like a
> rut..."
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> "In the first place, there is D.J. culture, with its nerdy machismo, where
> the
> size of your collection definitely matters. 'The people that D.J.s look 
> up
> to
> are the people that, they play a set and you dont know even one record,' 
> Mr.
> Dier said."
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> It's not just DJs, but collectors, writers (full-time critics as well as
> bloggers) and people who dwell on lists like this.  The lure of the 
> obscure
> and the sheer thrill of one-upsmanship all feed into this 'nerdy 
> machismo.'
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> It's fun and educational, but though having far fewer records than this 
> guy,
> even I know that at some point a line gets crossed where it becomes more 
> of a
> burden than it should.
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> It's hard for me to feel sorry for those who complain about having too 
> many
> records and not enough life.B
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> When you start becoming a capital-C Collector, you stop being a fan, and 
> you
> stop being able to differentiate between good and bad. You start 
> accumulating
> all sorts of SHIT just to have a collection, without regards to whether 
> it's
> your taste or not - you just collect because it's THERE. And these are the
> same people who bitch later on about "oh, I need to quit record 
> collecting,
> I'm not fulfilled, I need a life, yadda yadda yadda." There's another 
> e-group
> I'm on where every six months, like clockwork, somebody posts a crybaby 
> "I'm
> quittin' rekkid collecting" thread.
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> Ah, who forced you to buy all those wack records in the first place, bro? 
> Who
> told you it was a good idea to buy multiple copies of the same record? I'm 
> as
> big of a record buyer B as anybody, and even I take advantage of the 
> customer
> turntable so I don't wind up bringing home trash.
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> James
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