[kj] OT: iPod

[Janean Lancaster]

<<<< Out of print or to obscure.  I have got stuff on
mp3 that I have been looking for for years. >>>>

Oh yeah, that too!  I'd been looking for Zeni Geva's Maximum Money
Monster for years.  Found it on Soulseek.  That was a good feeling.

Cheers,
Janean

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
On Behalf Of Christof hamille
Sent: 25 May 2006 16:31
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: RE: [kj] OT: iPod

I have discovered a lot of music I normally would not have because of
MP3s 
but more importantly I am able to get copies of artists from other
countries 
that I normally would not be able to get.
Either being small run.  Out of print or to obscure.  I have got stuff
on 
mp3 that I have been looking for for years.
The artists aren't making the money off of them at this point because
they 
are long gone and the only way to get some of this stuff is paying $40+
for 
a VG vinyl copy.
I am not a record collector to be a pretentious asshole.  I am a record 
collector because I want the actual music.  I don't need three different

variation copies of Hossannass on vinyl just so I have everything.  One
is 
good.
And with the iPod I have been listening to stuff that I haven't touched
in 
over a decade.

I love it


Chris


>From: "Janean Lancaster" <Janean.Lancaster at hopwood.ac.uk>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: RE: [kj] OT: iPod
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 10:18:12 +0100
>
><<<< What i do know is that my life is so full on that i couldnt really
>get to listen to it much, but the ipod allowed me to change that and
>start to enjoy what i was missing. And boy do i enjoy it >>>>>
>
>
>
>I agree.  Since mp3s, I now listen to music more than ever before.
>Probably even more than I did when I was a sulky teenager hidden away
in
>my bedroom.  Personally, it's totally changed the way I listen to
music.
>3 years ago I probably managed about an hour a week, tied to the
>armchair by headphones.
>
>
>
>Now I have everything on my laptop and spend most of my working day
>listening to it.  I have 20GB on my mp3 player which I can then listen
>to walking to and from work, sitting in the garden, cooking, cleaning,
>whatever. Oftentimes, after a few drinks at home, my other half will
>fall asleep and I'll listen to music.  Gone are the days of getting up
>on Sunday mornings to find piles of CDs all over the floor...
>
>
>
>As for the people who can't name 500 songs, my boss is one of them.
But
>in fairness, he's just got into mp3s and says he's really
re-discovering
>music.  Listening to all his old favourites from his youth, and really
>enjoying it for the first time in years. (OK, it could be a mid-life
>crisis.)  That's a good thing.
>
>
>
>I do buy CDs, and love the artwork.  But it's never been the same as
>pawing over the artwork on vinyl - that I miss.  But as I'm importing
>everything into iTunes, ready for my iPod purchase, I'm adding as much
>artwork as I can find.  Even images of vinyl labels from favourite
>albums/singles.
>
>
>
>I've also saved a ton of money.  I download things from Soulseek (hang
>on, let me finish!) and if I like it I buy it.  If I don't, I delete
it.
>I've wasted so much money over the years on music I thought I'd buy
>after reading a review only to find that it's bloody awful.
>
>
>
>One more thing is that if it wasn't for downloading, I wouldn't have
got
>into Killing Joke.
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Janean
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
>On Behalf Of iPat
>Sent: 25 May 2006 09:04
>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: iPod
>
>
>
>i recall similar conversations when CDs arrived spelling the ultimate
>demise (on a grande scale) of vinyl.
>
>What i do know is that my life is so full on that i couldnt really get
>to listen to it much, but the ipod allowed me to change that and start
>to enjoy what i was missing. And boy do i enjoy it. I cant argue with
>Leigh as its statistically unproven and just his expression and whom i
>to say hes wrong, but i will say that i have the cormorents egg in its
>box tied up and I show it to everyone - who seem confused at first -
and
>while at first they are bemused they eventually seem to utter a single
>word..."coool"
>
>Now thats presenting music in a new format and while it cant be mass
>produced it still is embracing modern technology in a different way. So
>i dont give a flying f*ck whether the 'masses' cant name 500 songs as
>its irrelevant. I use the technology for my own purposes and that alone
>justifies it. I put the i in front of the Pat as a piss take on my
>somewhat misunderstood addicition to mac technolgy.
>
>Will i download movies - no i dont think so but i may, however if there
>is a video function that allows me to utilise my time on what i think
is
>special it doesnt really matter if no one else can agree. It works for
>me. Full Stop! ; )
>
>good thread...for me
>
>
>
>On 5/25/06, Christof hamille <wessidetempest at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I agree but saying "fuck iPods" is only putting your head inthe sand
and
>avoiding the inevitable future of music and how we (as consumers)
>receive
>
>--
>Pat Davies
>www.amag.org.uk
>


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