Comments on: Music http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/ Novelist, comics writer, and librarian based in Portland, Oregon. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: anonymous http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-610 anonymous Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:00:30 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-610 Maybe u should think about that again... Maybe u should think about that again…

]]> By: ms_anthropy http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-609 ms_anthropy Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:40:17 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-609 Get...rid...of...*error! error! does not compute!* For me, neurotically, music is memory and if I get rid of, say, that skippy 45 of "99 Red Balloons" from the eighth grade, I'm secretly afraid entire chunks of my life might drop out of my head and be lost forever. I've been dumping tapes like mad, but I have two crates of 45's from high school that they can have when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers. My musical tastes in high school were beyond atrocious, but that's hardly the point. I don't have to play them, I'm just reassured to know they exist. Pathetic, isn't it? Get…rid…of…*error! error! does not compute!*

For me, neurotically, music is memory and if I get rid of, say, that skippy 45 of “99 Red Balloons” from the eighth grade, I’m secretly afraid entire chunks of my life might drop out of my head and be lost forever. I’ve been dumping tapes like mad, but I have two crates of 45’s from high school that they can have when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers. My musical tastes in high school were beyond atrocious, but that’s hardly the point. I don’t have to play them, I’m just reassured to know they exist.

Pathetic, isn’t it?

]]> By: nerdpony http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-608 nerdpony Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:00:25 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-608 Your parties are way cooler than the... two parties to which I've been. Okay, that might be because at these parties, most other people were drunk and people I didn't know too well... but still. Your parties are way cooler than the… two parties to which I’ve been.

Okay, that might be because at these parties, most other people were drunk and people I didn’t know too well… but still.

]]> By: bridgeweaver http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-607 bridgeweaver Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:58:50 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-607 We listen to everything from the IG to Tom Wates to Ella Fitzgerald to Avalon Rising to . . . Computers make djing parties much easier. Huzzah for the play list. We listen to everything from the IG to Tom Wates to Ella Fitzgerald to Avalon Rising to . . . Computers make djing parties much easier. Huzzah for the play list.

]]> By: nerdpony http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-606 nerdpony Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:36:45 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-606 You listen to the Indigo Girls at parties?!? I want to come to one of your parties. You listen to the Indigo Girls at parties?!?

I want to come to one of your parties.

]]> By: anonymous http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-605 anonymous Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:35:34 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-605 Oh, sure. I still even have crappy copies of dubbed cassettes I made in high school for some reason. CDs are like books -- the only time it's necessary to get rid of them is when there's no more room for any new ones, and maybe not even then. In fact, forget CDs; the real concern is, how many books do I have that I'm never going to open again that I'm keeping anyway, because, you know, maybe I'll want to refer to them again, or something. Jefe Oh, sure. I still even have crappy copies of dubbed cassettes I made in high school for some reason. CDs are like books — the only time it’s necessary to get rid of them is when there’s no more room for any new ones, and maybe not even then. In fact, forget CDs; the real concern is, how many books do I have that I’m never going to open again that I’m keeping anyway, because, you know, maybe I’ll want to refer to them again, or something.

Jefe

]]> By: the_misha http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-604 the_misha Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:54:15 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-604 A good 75% of my music collection falls into the category of "CDs I don't listen to, but can't bring myself to get rid of," I'm afraid. Part of the problem is that my tastes don't seem to change; they just <i>expand</i>. At this rate, I think I'm doomed to like a little of everything, and will eventually wind up crushed in an avalanche of jewel cases sometime in 2012... A good 75% of my music collection falls into the category of “CDs I don’t listen to, but can’t bring myself to get rid of,” I’m afraid. Part of the problem is that my tastes don’t seem to change; they just expand. At this rate, I think I’m doomed to like a little of everything, and will eventually wind up crushed in an avalanche of jewel cases sometime in 2012…

]]> By: anonymous http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-603 anonymous Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:00:45 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-603 I have about 1500 cds and only listen to about 300. The rest are just put away to rot, basically. Just can't get around getting rid of em. I have about 1500 cds and only listen to about 300. The rest are just put away to rot, basically. Just can’t get around getting rid of em.

]]> By: nevikmoore http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-602 nevikmoore Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:33:36 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-602 I tend to still like most of my CDs, although I don't find time to listen to them. There are a few to purge, however. Yet it is so hard to let go. CDs have always been so expensive in my life, that purchasing one was usually a big investment. So I spent a lot of time mulling it over before I got around to buying it. This is still the case. Several years will pass sometimes before I buy a CD from a band. Excepting, of course, the stuff I received as a record store employee. I had a nice discount. A "five-finger" discount. ;-) I tend to still like most of my CDs, although I don’t find time to listen to them. There are a few to purge, however. Yet it is so hard to let go. CDs have always been so expensive in my life, that purchasing one was usually a big investment. So I spent a lot of time mulling it over before I got around to buying it. This is still the case. Several years will pass sometimes before I buy a CD from a band.

Excepting, of course, the stuff I received as a record store employee. I had a nice discount. A “five-finger” discount. ;-)

]]> By: britainophira http://sararyan.com/2006/04/music/#comment-601 britainophira Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:37:09 +0000 http://oscorp.net/music/#comment-601 I've kept every c.d. I've ever bought/received/stolen from my parents, as well as cassettes and albums. Part of it's probably just being a pack rat (though only in a few select aspects, such as music, books, and shoes), but another part of me likes to be able to physically see what all I've gone through. I seriously doubt I'll ever listen to Marty Stewart again (I went through an unfortunate country obsession at about age eight), but he's still around if I want to remind myself of his mullety ways. Before I kept everything because there was no decent store around that bought used c.d.s, but now I've become a wee bit of an audiophile and a bit obsessed with the idea of record collections as insight into personality. (On that note mine's somewhat fractured thanks to Elton John, Kings of Leon, Ella Fitzgerald, the Backstreet Boys, Rilo Kiley, Janis Joplin, and so on.) (Also: Hello. I don't think I've ever commented here before but I do really love your work.) I’ve kept every c.d. I’ve ever bought/received/stolen from my parents, as well as cassettes and albums. Part of it’s probably just being a pack rat (though only in a few select aspects, such as music, books, and shoes), but another part of me likes to be able to physically see what all I’ve gone through. I seriously doubt I’ll ever listen to Marty Stewart again (I went through an unfortunate country obsession at about age eight), but he’s still around if I want to remind myself of his mullety ways. Before I kept everything because there was no decent store around that bought used c.d.s, but now I’ve become a wee bit of an audiophile and a bit obsessed with the idea of record collections as insight into personality. (On that note mine’s somewhat fractured thanks to Elton John, Kings of Leon, Ella Fitzgerald, the Backstreet Boys, Rilo Kiley, Janis Joplin, and so on.)

(Also: Hello. I don’t think I’ve ever commented here before but I do really love your work.)

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