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

[hoodoo3005@xxxxxxx]

> "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."
>
> 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.'
>
> 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.
>
> It's hard for me to feel sorry for those who complain about having too many
> records and not enough life.B
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>

Not sure who you're aiming that at, but I agree.  If you read the article, the
guy had a separate storage room just for his records.  Now I know space is
limited in NYC, but really, that's where the line's crossed.

I wasn't aiming that at any specific person on this board, just at all the people who bought records just to buy them, then go through this self-righteous "I'm tired of records" period. Those are the same people who didn't know when that mythical line was crossed.

I should also add that this seems to happen the most with people who use records for sampling rather than listening - you know, people who will pay upwards of $10 for a ten-second open break.



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