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i love that mr. show skit. it leads into the dickie crickets megaphone skit.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link

68. They make people repeat themselves and others.

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link

67. They make people repeat themselves and others.

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:42 (twenty years ago) link

sorry, I was actually quoting a scene from Mr. Show where a guy declares that he only listens to vin-yeel and that his victrola is the only piece of modern technology that he will touch.

Is it a DAT player?

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:43 (twenty years ago) link

i think it's only been in the last 5 years or so that people have actually gotten the hang of making music for cd's. they're getting there though.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:44 (twenty years ago) link

66. They give this static crackling when you get them out the inner sleeve for the first time. It's like sex really.

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:51 (twenty years ago) link

65. Because zippers and other technological advances are the Devil's Work and it gives Steve Albini something to whine about.

― jack cole (jackcole), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:54 (twenty years ago) link

65. They catch dust easily, for that special fuzzy zound

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:56 (twenty years ago) link

65. You can't download it.
-- maypang
65. Because zippers and other technological advances are the Devil's Work and it gives Steve Albini something to whine about.
-- jack cole

Which is the more authentic number 65?

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:56 (twenty years ago) link

Amd now there's another.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:56 (twenty years ago) link

Roger in Mokum!

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:57 (twenty years ago) link

mine, it's a first pressing on 180g virgin vinyl in a gatefold sleave signed by the artist.

― jack cole (jackcole), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:57 (twenty years ago) link

I am so sorry. I counted 58, so the next post should be 42.

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Sunday, 22 February 2004 18:59 (twenty years ago) link

42. They make Roger in Mokum a liar, because this cd-addict doesn't even own one piece of vinyl.

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Sunday, 22 February 2004 19:00 (twenty years ago) link

41. If the world were to run out of power, you could listen to them with a comb and some rice paper

― ___ (___), Sunday, 22 February 2004 19:44 (twenty years ago) link

40. Because you can tape them and illegally distribute them to your friends, thereby screwing the record industry.

http://www.radrowdies.com/vt/asp/BO_ID-727/Affil-0/tv/gfx/prints/large/HomeTaping-wht.jpg

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:03 (twenty years ago) link

39. You never get to open a CD that's been sealed for thirty years, and even if you could, it just wouldn't be the same.

― maypang (maypang), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:52 (twenty years ago) link

what will i ever find in a cd to remind me of a bygone era? nothing, that's what.

What about one of those charming 'NICE PRICE' stickers?

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:56 (twenty years ago) link

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sorry folks...

― search and delete (searchanddelete), Sunday, 22 February 2004 22:04 (twenty years ago) link

38. Listening is an event. Through the album removal from its jacket and both inner and outer sleeves -- and cleaning. This isn't nearly as quick as discs or MP3s, but if your music's choice, it's like the sizzle before the steak.

37. Colored Vinyl; white, orange, blue,. etc.

36. There is such a thing a virgin vinyl.

35. Larger size makes co-storage of posters/news clippings/etc. much easier.

34. Walmart doesn't carrty it.

― christoff (christoff), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago) link

33. there are no AOL records

― kevin brady (groeuvre), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago) link

33. RPM!

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago) link

No encryption. But a pain in the ass to transfer to digital format.

― Spinktron 2000 (El Spinktor), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:35 (twenty years ago) link

39. Spherical vinyl (a big sticky black ball) is more impressive than spherical CD (a small silver ball).

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link

38. You can fit less goddamn music on vinyl.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:59 (twenty years ago) link

37. If you hold the jacket from Burton Cummings' My Own Way to Rock up to your face, you can trick people into thinking you're Burton himself. You just couldn't do this with a cd insert. No one would buy it for a second.

― maypang (maypang), Monday, 23 February 2004 17:09 (twenty years ago) link

36. Come armageddon, when there is no more electricity, you'll be able to fashion a crude turntable out of a ship's wheel and some bamboo and play your LPs. CDs may be useful for signal mirrors, but not really for any musical purposes.

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 23 February 2004 17:34 (twenty years ago) link

35--Cartridge Music by John Cage.
34--Christian Marclay, A.M.K., and...that guy from Czechoslovakia who cut records into pieces or melted them, put them back together, and scored performances for their playback...name?

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Monday, 23 February 2004 18:35 (twenty years ago) link

Well, it might have been (arguably) superior before, but if I can't stick it on a hard drive these days then fuhgetaboutit.

I'm just sayin...

― scottontharox (scottkundla), Monday, 23 February 2004 18:46 (twenty years ago) link

33. Finding something you've been looking for for years on CD or is kind of meh compared to finding it on vinyl.

― mmmmsalt (Graeme), Monday, 23 February 2004 18:50 (twenty years ago) link

32. You do not get the same visceral thrill from ringing a CD with razorblades and tossing at foes you wish to decapitate.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 23 February 2004 19:15 (twenty years ago) link

31. "goin' to hell in a hatbasket" by country bob and the blood farmers doesn't exist in any other format.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 23 February 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago) link

31. They're not easy to carry around, which is great because true music lovers only listen to music at the sanctity of their homes. Parties? Duh! Walkmans? Bah!

32. When you're lying on your bed and the vinyl is playing while you're reading a book, you're being constantly distracted because you have to switch sides, which is great because who wants to read books anyway? You can read the vinyl liner notes! That's all you need!

33. You can't program or randomize the track order of a vinyl, which is great because the tracks must be listened in the exact order decided by the musicians. It's their art, not yours!

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 23 February 2004 19:40 (twenty years ago) link

Whatever number it is (as the numbering is screwed up)

Because the playing of records defies centrifugal force.

― ___ (___), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:05 (twenty years ago) link

26. If you're DJ-ing, you can immediately see where the breakdown sections are on the track, because the grooves look different.

25. No CD can claim to be a PORKY PRIME CUT.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:45 (twenty years ago) link

89. You can place the neddle any where

A "neddle"- wot, like a small "ned"!!?!?!

http://www.glasgowsurvival.co.uk/pictures/nedGal15.jpg

I can't imagine putting one of these on one of my gramophones!!!!!!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:04 (twenty years ago) link

six years pass...

as i said in the "introduce yourself" thread, i just got a record player. i kind of love it, but i'm not sure why, e.g., is it the retro-feel; richer, warmer sound quality; the artwork and packaging of records versus mp3s or discs?

why do you “love vinyl”?

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link

was about to begin a separate thread on this in the new ILV board, but put it here instead. the search-function works well!

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link

you can decapitate zombies

quick quick quick 5points to the first person who guesses the obvious reference

― time for a chimmy changa run (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link

hey daniel what record player did you get. i am thinking about upgrading from my horrible record player.
i like vinyl mainly cuz it is cheap. or at least some of it is.

― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link

the remains of the day?...shit...the hot chick?...fuck man what do i look like imdb?

― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link

.......you both lose.

― time for a chimmy changa run (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link

when reading your posts, that's a given

― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link

also tyler:

how much are you looking to spend?

― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link

quick quick quick 5points to the first person who guesses the obvious reference

um Sean of the Dead obvy

― the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link

dunno, thinking that i'd want to stay under the $300 range? I have no idea how much this stuff costs nowadays. xpost

― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link

I like packaging/artwork/sleeve notes/posters/hidden surprises

it sounds great

sometimes (especially in the case of old stuff) it's WAY cheaper

tons of stuff that is either unavailable digitally and/or very expensive/hard to find is much easier to get on vinyl (thinking primarily of country, jazz, reggae, obscure rock/psych stuff, etc.)

― the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link

dunno, thinking that i'd want to stay under the $300 range? I have no idea how much this stuff costs nowadays. xpost

― tylerw

i can't find the seller's id i dealt with, who was completely brilliant, but ebay, for vintage (1970's) pioneer, technics, and also nice yamaha turntables won't cost you half of that. picked up a 1970's yamaha a few years ago, still goin' strong

― KC & the sunshine banned (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link

yeah i should just start trawling ebay i guess?

― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link

my advice:

as far as new turntables...the pro-ject debut III and rega P1 are both $400 and great....

under that, i would probably just scour craigslist and find a good old used turntable and maybe use some of the extra money to buy a good cartridge for it...

― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link

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100 Reasons why vinyl is the superior format.

33. RPM!