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@pleiovn

I'm moving into a pretty small apt. with my girlfriend this weekend. I'm a drummer and have an extensive record collection. Right now I can play my drums (quietly) with special sticks and can turn my music up fairly loud. I'm afraid I'm going to lose these luxuries due to close neighbors and little room for the drums. I may be making a big mistake since this is my passion. Yikes!

"i'll be glad to see the back of the cow-hide/ skull/ antler/ taxidermy thing... basically the dead-animal-parts trend... when it eventually goes"

I couldn't agree more, worst trend ever.

I'm moving into an apt. with close quarters in a couple weeks. Right now I'm able to enjoy listening to my records at a decent volume and can even play my drums quietly (with brushes). I'm afraid I'm going to lose these luxuries. I kind of hope my neighbor is cool and makes some noise his/herself that way I won't feel so bad doing the same. We'll see!

I know this is probably not the place for this but my mom works for a guy that does clean outs and estate sales and she just picked up a Paul McCobb storage/cabinet. I haven't seen it yet in person (I live 6 hours away) but it has the sliding front doors and sits on the base with is attached to the legs. The base comes off. It's part of the Planner group series. It's so hard to gauge what something is worth on the internet. She paid $200 for it. I'm thinking of selling it for more if I can.. if I can't I will just keep it. Any thoughts or info appreciated.

I believe it is this (or something very similar)

http://artifacts20thcentury.com/paul-mccobb-cabinet/

Greasy food.
Exercise (sweat it out)
Water, water, water, water....!
More alcohol.
But mostly just wait it out. I usually feel better by the evening.

Don't buy records at Urban Outfitters, they are grossly over-priced. Most cities have local stores that sell new and/or used vinyl. Also hit up garage/yard and estate sales. Don't buy any of those record players.. they are all junk. Buy a good vintage turntable, receiver and speakers off of CL. You can get them on the cheap if you are patient and it's well worth it! Watch out, it's addicting.

The thing about tapes is that they start to make noise after a while... and remember when the tape players would "eat" the tape? And the artwork is tiny.

@bunnee... the 1st order of business would be "The Flea For All". It a local flea market that takes place every Saturday and Sunday. We could do a meet up.

Oh yeah? We would love to! I'm not sure how to do a private email on here... do you?

I've been collecting records since the 90's and if my apartment caught on fire I would save my vinyl first. Needless to say it's a lifelong labor of love. Everything about it. The thrill of the hunt, the artwork, the sound, the liner notes/posters/photos and all of the rituals involved. Most importantly it just feels REAL.. something to hold on to. Did I mention the sound? If played on a decent system you will notice a big sound difference between vinyl and compressed digital music. One more thing to add is that most of albums that came out back in the day were recorded in sequence to fit the Side A Side B format. Another plus!