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New CD Day

bdelehantbdelehant Posts: 12
edited September 2009 in The Porch
I don't think there is much better than 'new CD day'. Downloading music can not replace the ritual of buying the actual CD (or LP).

Step 1 - Go to your locally owned record store.
Step 2 - Purchase the CD.
Step 3 - Open the CD and play it in your car on the way home. I prefer to skim the album and go quickly through all of the songs to get the general feel.
Step 4 - Playing the CD on your home system with the volume turned WAY up so you can hear EVERYTHING!
Step 5 - Rip open the case and booklets and find all of the cool shit that they put in there this time.
Step 6 - Absorbe!
Step 7 - Repeat steps 4-6 over and over again.

Happy New CD Day!!!!
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  • cannotstaylongcannotstaylong Posts: 668
    That sounds like a great process, although I can't always force myself to listen to it the whole way through once before skimming. I like the entire experience right upfront. Even if it is just playing on my car's stereo.
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  • InMyTree4InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    im going to have to do that because i just checked my shipping info to make sure it was being shipped to my dorm and not my house...its being sent to my house...this sucks.
    PJ:7/2/03.9/28/04.5/25/06.8/5/07.6/14/08.6/27/08.6/28/08.6/30/08.
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  • StacyStacy Posts: 128
    :D I can't wait to get my hands on Backspacer!! I'm dying! I hope us 10C members get it tomorrow, friday!! I wanna rip it open & study it & learn it & see what brilliance these guys came up with now!!!
    STACY *6Burgh* Go Steelers!!
  • cannotstaylongcannotstaylong Posts: 668
    Stacy wrote:
    :D I can't wait to get my hands on Backspacer!! I'm dying! I hope us 10C members get it tomorrow, friday!! I wanna rip it open & study it & learn it & see what brilliance these guys came up with now!!!

    Where are you located? If you're east coast you might be getting it today...
    5/28/06 - Camden, NJ
    5/30/06 - Washington, DC
    6/22/08 - Washington, DC
    10/31/09 - Philadelphia, PA
    8/5/16 - Fenway Park
    Temple of the Dog - 11/5/2016 - Philadelphia, PA
    7/1/2018 - Prague
    7/3/2018 - Kraków
    7/5/2018 - Berlin
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    edited September 2009
    To me its all about the music, not the ritual.. the ritual is for obsessives. It does nothing for the art coming into my ears.. as long as the download is good quality, I couldn't careless.
    Post edited by LikeAnOcean on
  • QuadrupleDekeQuadrupleDeke Boston Posts: 168
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    To me its all about the music, not the ritual.. the ritual is for obsessives. It does nothing for the art coming into my ears.. as long as the download is good quality, I could careless.
    I think you mean "couldn't care less"... unless you actually could care less, in which case your post makes no sense.

    Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine.
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  • cannotstaylongcannotstaylong Posts: 668
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    To me its all about the music, not the ritual.. the ritual is for obsessives. It does nothing for the art coming into my ears.. as long as the download is good quality, I could careless.

    I fall somewhere in the middle. Obviously the music is the most important part, but the ritual is very important to me. How I listen to an album for the first time can really determine how I'm going to feel about it for a long time. I know that's not how it should be, but it just is. For instance, feeling rushed when I listen to an album is never a good thing. Also, listening to it with other people is usually a bad thing for my mojo, especially if its a PJ album. For whatever reason I find myself thinking about how much I hope they like what they hear rather than simply absorbing the music for me. Of course just when I say that, I'm going to forced to break that rule today when I have to hear Backspacer for the first time while driving up to Philly with my roommate.
    5/28/06 - Camden, NJ
    5/30/06 - Washington, DC
    6/22/08 - Washington, DC
    10/31/09 - Philadelphia, PA
    8/5/16 - Fenway Park
    Temple of the Dog - 11/5/2016 - Philadelphia, PA
    7/1/2018 - Prague
    7/3/2018 - Kraków
    7/5/2018 - Berlin
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    LSDemon wrote:
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    To me its all about the music, not the ritual.. the ritual is for obsessives. It does nothing for the art coming into my ears.. as long as the download is good quality, I could careless.
    I think you mean "couldn't care less"... unless you actually could care less, in which case your post makes no sense.

    Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine.
    Fixered. 8-)
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