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Obviously don’t bootleg like, a local band. But I have a bootleg Springsteen and Hole records.
It’s one thing to tape over a cassette, but recording over vinyl is really cool. Plus they’re incredible shows and sounds excellent. Just really cool additions to a collection. find a recording of a show you could only dream of attending!
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I have a handful of recordings stacked up in the voice memos app, but the tascam ones and anything I brush up a bit gets sent to the itunes library. custom album art is just the cherry on top :)
Jan 24, 2024
a cassette will cost you a third of what an LP will, while offering you that same sense of physical ownership. but it puts everyone – major label, indie label, local band, bedroom improviser, mixtape compiler, bootlegger – on the same level. cheap to make, easy to do in very tiny limited runs, easy to make into beautiful objects.
the affordability and the small form factor make them easy to keep picking up - at any merch stand, bandcamp page, overseas record store or charity shop. even if I do most of my listening digitally these days, it's a lovely treat to bring the walkman out if I'm walking into town.
Dec 4, 2024
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there is a twice a year record show in my area, and I was just thinking about it because I was looking through my records, and my god I just love it. just a bunch of people selling their records informally. I’ve gotten so many good deals on old and obscure records from that. I found one of my favorite albums that way. and the people are such a hoot. I love it so!
Dec 12, 2024
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It sucks for a long time and then it doesn’t suck quite so bad and you just keep doing it. I don’t know why I like it so much but I do.
Jun 11, 2024
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I’ve been volunteering at a Victorian cemetery since 2016. We plant era-appropriate flowers and plants in the grave of people who have been dead for 100-200 years. It’s such a peaceful, meaningful way to remember the long dead and interact with nature. also I’m certain I have ghost friends who are coming through for me on the astral plane.
Feb 16, 2024