Just an easy way to kill time. Sometimes I’ll find an old music video I wanna watch like idk let’s say A-Punk by vampire weekend and I’ll watch it on the way back machine YouTube instead of regular YouTube, for immersion. A lot of the times this doesn’t work fully cus it’ll say u need a flash player or something from 2008 BUT you can read comments from that time still. pretty sick. HeavensGate.com is probably a close third.
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There’s a lot of Internet Archive talk on here (shoutout MJ Lenderman) but i haven’t seen many people mention the Wayback Machine, which to me is far and away the sites coolest feature. You can just throw in any old URL and explore the early internet. Amazing web design and fantastic informational resource.
My favorite thing to do is look up the websites of old defunct bands. I’m linking to one of my favorites from Geoff Farina’s (Karate) band The Secret Stars, where he and his bandmate Jodi Buonanno chronicle their time spent renovating a 19th century Grange Hall into a recording studio/art space.
Jan 23, 2024
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i know it’s kind of a circular response but literally putting in any url is so fascinating . i forgot what youtube used to look like in the early 2000s and it was a delightfully fun little nostalgia tour:)
Mar 6, 2025
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every now and then i like to go on youtube dot com and watch old commercials & bumpers from the past. also love going on wayback machine and reminding myself what my favourite childhood websites used to look like. feels like i’m transported back in time !!
Jan 24, 2024
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It’s what my basket is for, if it breaks then I’ll just die it’s not that serious. I don’t even have that many eggs to begin with. I grew up in a single-egg-basket-household, who are these people with multiple egg baskets, do they walk among us?
Feb 3, 2024
On 🔁🔁🔁. Love this song. checking out this album & honestly mazzy star for the first time. I’m a bit late to the Mazz but you know when the best time to plant a tree is? Yesterday, you know when the second best time is? Right now.
Nov 6, 2024
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I feel like I’ve picked up so much good music by just instantly downloading an opening act’s album right after their set. Just saw Wishy at baby’s all right last night and they had a band called Plastic open up, tight band & tight name, I’m sold. I feel like too many people skip the opener and I get it it can get tiring but I already know I’m gonna like the headliner lemme get a nice little surprise. this has GOT to be my last music rec for a little bit…
Nov 21, 2024