Yeah you can frame it like that and of course Virgin swallowed it all up. Releasing as many singles as possible from the Swindle album. As long as the product had something I never previously had then I would happily buy it. But by the time of FaDH I had enough. I was only interested in the demos and live albums with bits of soundbites. But they in turn were an unbelievable minefield and con. However some of those semi legit albums were a lifeline to certain band members.
It really was a different world pre-Internet / P2P piracy. The ends we would and had to go to fill in gaps and just scratch itches. Yes, there was a thrill of finding something I'd never heard before, but I don't think it was the satisfaction of the chase, it was just being ravenous back in those days. I'd have been as thrilled to gain those demos and boots as mp3's (and my wallet would have been fatter).
As a collector I want(ed) it all. With the Sex Pistols that was milked to death. But it was fun eventually getting stuff. Would I be satisfied with mp3s. I doubt that as I like to play around with stuff so Wav or Flac files are what I like but I love all the artwork so much. So I need my physical copy with a book and a badge blah blah. Do I really need this stuff, no of course not. Do I want it, hell yeah.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
Yeah you can frame it like that and of course Virgin swallowed it all up. Releasing as many singles as possible from the Swindle album. As long as the product had something I never previously had then I would happily buy it. But by the time of FaDH I had enough. I was only interested in the demos and live albums with bits of soundbites. But they in turn were an unbelievable minefield and con. However some of those semi legit albums were a lifeline to certain band members.
It really was a different world pre-Internet / P2P piracy. The ends we would and had to go to fill in gaps and just scratch itches. Yes, there was a thrill of finding something I'd never heard before, but I don't think it was the satisfaction of the chase, it was just being ravenous back in those days. I'd have been as thrilled to gain those demos and boots as mp3's (and my wallet would have been fatter).
As a collector I want(ed) it all. With the Sex Pistols that was milked to death. But it was fun eventually getting stuff. Would I be satisfied with mp3s. I doubt that as I like to play around with stuff so Wav or Flac files are what I like but I love all the artwork so much. So I need my physical copy with a book and a badge blah blah. Do I really need this stuff, no of course not. Do I want it, hell yeah.
Fetishist.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Yeah you can frame it like that and of course Virgin swallowed it all up. Releasing as many singles as possible from the Swindle album. As long as the product had something I never previously had then I would happily buy it. But by the time of FaDH I had enough. I was only interested in the demos and live albums with bits of soundbites. But they in turn were an unbelievable minefield and con. However some of those semi legit albums were a lifeline to certain band members.
It really was a different world pre-Internet / P2P piracy. The ends we would and had to go to fill in gaps and just scratch itches. Yes, there was a thrill of finding something I'd never heard before, but I don't think it was the satisfaction of the chase, it was just being ravenous back in those days. I'd have been as thrilled to gain those demos and boots as mp3's (and my wallet would have been fatter).
As a collector I want(ed) it all. With the Sex Pistols that was milked to death. But it was fun eventually getting stuff. Would I be satisfied with mp3s. I doubt that as I like to play around with stuff so Wav or Flac files are what I like but I love all the artwork so much. So I need my physical copy with a book and a badge blah blah. Do I really need this stuff, no of course not. Do I want it, hell yeah.
Fetishist.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
Very neat (and cheap) eBook that I recently discovered where various people talk about how finding punk changed their lives. I suspect it'd resonate with many, if not most, of us here. I'll be using a few of the stories in my seminar in January.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Very neat (and cheap) eBook that I recently discovered where various people talk about how finding punk changed their lives. I suspect it'd resonate with many, if not most, of us here. I'll be using a few of the stories in my seminar in January.
Awesome. I have some Amazon digital credits so this is a perfect use for those. Sounds like a great read.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
