[kj] Perceptions so far - discovering an album in the store

[Jiri]

 >death wish wrote:
Extremities was also the last time I walked into a record store to find 
a new kj album staring at me that I had no idea was coming. The internet 
has shot that experience.

 
Ooh, I do kinda miss that feeling. The unexpected Christmas. Or when I 
would be at school and discover a friend flashing a new album I didn't 
know was coming out,  then be tortured the rest of the day waiting to 
get home, grab money, and run to the record store.


death wish wrote:

>
> I clearly remember listening to Extremities for the first time and I'm 
> one of the few who like OTG, for what it is. As each track played, I 
> got more and more excited that this was the masterpiece I'd been 
> waiting for. Track after track it didn't disappoint, and when it 
> finished I put it on again, despite having come home from a long day 
> and being exhausted at 2 am.
>
> Just an album? PAH!
>
> Pretty much the same experience with 2003 and Hosannas. Pand and Demo 
> I grew to love - quickly. It's the great thing about the first listen 
> to an album - like a laugh or an erection, there's no faking or 
> rationalizing the experience - you are held in thrall or you are not.
>
> Extremities was also the last time I walked into a record store to 
> find a new kj album staring at me that I had no idea was coming. The 
> internet has shot that experience.
>
> T.
>
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