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mellowdoubt
Hey Meg! Just checking in as haven't seen you post for a bit, hope you're doing alright?
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mellowdoubt
Not sure if you've seen this already but it reminded me of our discussion about being amateur music archivists: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/16/archive-of-contemporary-music-new-york
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neonshuffles
thanks for sharing!! i’ve been aware of the arc but had no idea they were struggling, fingers crossed they can get a nice, new space asap!
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mellowdoubt
I wasn't even aware of it until I read the article, sounds like a record collector's dream. In ye olden days I can remember going to the local library and borrowing CD's to record on to cassette. If you'd told me in 1997 that in the future I could listen to almost every popular album in history for £10 a month I'd have thought you were crazy. On a completely unrelated note... Have you started compiling a best of list for 2023 yet?
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mellowdoubt
I also forgot to say... This Is The Kit + Gruff Rhys! Lovely line-up... I seem cursed never to see the former, there's always a clash or I'm away when she tours nearby. The new album is one of my 2023 favourites ^_^
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ricosesquites
Great librery neonshuffles. Olivia Tremor Control means love. They're so great. I feel like the take that beatleesque influence and run with in a way that's more interesting than say, tamales and palas
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mellowdoubt
Hey Meg! Thanks for adding me over on RYM! I've subscribed to your substack too. It seems you like logging things almost as much as me. How do you and Grace decide on the new albums you're going to listen to each month?
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neonshuffles
ah thank you so much, we appreciate it!! and absolutely - logging things is definitely a small joy in life. as far as deciding goes, just speaking for myself, it's really just a mix of connections to things i already listen to, albums that musicians and others mention in interviews and books, as well as just using rym charts looking for fun combos of languages and genres really!
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mellowdoubt
I find that's always a good way of discovering new stuff - always appreciate it when artists I like recommend the stuff they're listening to and/or make playlists. I've been making a conscious effort to listen to albums in full just lately (rather than cherry picking the singles!). I also read a lot of music magazines but I really miss the weeklies (NME/Melody Maker) and the monthly ones that aren't so focussed on nostalgia (though there's a place for that too).
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mellowdoubt
I've resisted the urge to buy old issues of NME though I did keep a few copies from back in the day (I'd always assumed it would be around forever). I did go through a phase of buying old Select magazines from '94 - '97. Unfortunately (?) my spare room has become rather cluttered with all my magazines, records and CD's - sometimes I feel like an indie archivist! It doesn't help that I can never bring myself to actually sell or donate any of my CD's.
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neonshuffles
oh, i totally understand you - getting rid of any of my collection, at least at this point, is absolutely unthinkable. and ahaha love the indie archivist thing! i'd say a spare room cluttered with a good music collection is definitely more on the fortunate side
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mellowdoubt
I like the indie archivist thing too, not that anything in my collection is too obscure (at least not to me). I do become quite obsessive about back catalogue collecting. I'm trying to be a bit more conscious about rating things on RYM too in the hope that I pick up some more nuanced recommendations.
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mellowdoubt
Pleased to make your virtual acquaintance Meg! Nice charts and kudos for sharing a bus ride with the indie legend that is Lammo! ^_^
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verachuckandave
At first glance I thought your new icon was four Julians lmaooooo, I guess I'm still living in 2011
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byronbuster
hey so I decided to be active on last.fm again l o l... where did our music compatibility go??
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