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made by Captain Sensible on Jun 4, 2007

So how many people here actually collect and how many are hipster …

So how many people here actually collect and how many are hipster trash who think finding that sweet Bowie record is "sooo vintage"?
I'm certain those are the only two options.

8 comments

Dave, Jun 5, 2007:

I don't think I fall into the hipster trash... I collect old classic rock and new indie albums on vinyl. I also pick up older records from people who no longer want them and just want to get rid of them... like these. I also collect CD's...

So, I guess I would be a collector.

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has monster in the title, Jun 8, 2007:

i know some hipster fucks (i too have 'coachwhips' on red, but i know john), but the the lame will never know the beauty of johhny paycheck's 'fifteen beers' or 'nimrod workman', or finding a studio cut from the 60's of a country song that that they completly fucked up, then crossed out with a crayon (so you have to use a fucked up needle for the first 10 plays to get the wax out of the wax), but then the b side has a skit featuring terrible impressions of bugs bunny and tweety bird just talking on the phone about a girl named iris, recorded, for no reason, at 78. i could go on about albums all day but then i'd be either super cool or nerdy, and i don't want to be either. but, if you can ever find 'the grand canyon suite', buy that shit. johnny cash talks about going to the bottom of the grand canyon and recording sounds for twenty mins. the front cover, however, is very misleading, so check the back if you find a old, dirty record with a terrible picture of the grand canyon on the front because there is a very young johnny cash on the back. and you can ebay that shit...you won't find it there now (it's super rare like the muhammad ali 'tooth decay' shit), but when it is it drops for $500 - i, however, wouldn't sell mine. i dig.

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Shanski, Jun 12, 2007:

If DJs fall under "hipster trash," then maybe I joined the wrong group. I'm definitely a vinyl junkie, tho. Nothing quite like th' black crack (maybe except real crack, but I can't say - never done it even though a lot of it gets circulated in my neighborhood). I don't do a lot of vintage, but I do have a lot of rather rare dance singles. By nature, even many new dance singles are rare, due to limited pressing. Sheesh - maybe I'm the filthiest of the trash, fostering other rubbish who think they're cool, but download the track and still think that sweet Bowie record is sooo vintage... Mr. Monster, what do you think?

I'd say there are all kinds of collectors. And non-collecting posers. Seems like there are a number of "options."

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Captain Sensible, Jun 12, 2007:

The dj is a tricky beast. There are real dj's and there is hipster trash who started becoming a dj in the last few years so he could be in charge of the music at all the dance parties that started happening every weekend. I think that trend has faded considerably, though.

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charlieD, Aug 5, 2007:

I have a fairly large collection of mostly jazz and/or hip-hop stuff. I collect obscure vinyl records and other stuff I can pull samples from. I also keep up with current hip-hop singles as much as I can. I have some old Chuck Mangione that I'm pretty happy about. And I have the Bye Bye Birdie soundtrack. I have all the instrumentals from Kanye's first album on a two-LP set. I also have some obscure stage band stuff that goes back to when high school jazz bands pressed up their own records. Those are probably my favorites. Perhaps I'm hipster trash, but I'm still a collector too. Peace and blessings, vinyl addicts.

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Nik Jade aka Humanite, Aug 14, 2007:

im hipster trash that collects david bowie and prince vinyl, i also collect micheal jackson vinyl and then get naked and oil up and rub the records all over my balls..........sometimes when im feeling really frisky i stick them in the crack of my ass and do duck calls and get the neighbors dogs all worked up, i think the simple fact that this question was asked in itself implies some level of hipsterism...i.e whos more of a ____ than who......who really cares is what i say......i appreciate vinyl for it being vinyl lets leave it at that, whether its a large collection or small, what does it matter, most of the vinyl i buy nowadays are newer releases to support the artists i love, and because in my mind it has more relevance in the physical realm than cds do now, i collect old jazz fusion and funk for sampling and listening purposes....

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Charlie Hartman, Sep 9, 2008:

I think I have trouble fitting myself into a classification, but I don't know if I fit either. I've just started getting into Vinyl, being born past it's heyday, I'm a a slight disadvantage to claim bizarre quantities. Just this summer, in Japan, found a cool record store and came home with some music. Been bumming around record stores in Portland buying stuff I want to listen to, not that I want to own. Collecting, I suppose, is the major side effect of enjoying. I don't buy old records, rare records, and "White label hipster shit" to be cool, or to make myself something I'm not; I buy them to listen, because that's what it is all about for me. When I can just chill out and enjoy the fantastic sound of it all, through a pair of cans or speakers, reading or musing next to the Debut III, I'm happy. Contentment is what drives this addiction, not image. I'm just a fan of Jazz LP's and Funk 45's.

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White Car, Mar 30, 2009:

I collect weird records. spoken word, moog, incredibly strange music, etc.. Also I'm 38 and I've been buy records because that's what I do so I already own a lot of sought after rock and jazz records, but I never 'collected' those. I just love vinyl. Hate mp3s.

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