Sidehatch
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 19, 2020 at 05:48 PM UTC
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There's a spaz-man waiting in the NW
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
jrpa
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 19, 2020 at 06:21 PM UTC
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Old wrote:
There's a spaz-man waiting in the NW
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
Oh, Bravo.
hutch
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 24, 2020 at 03:31 PM UTC
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Anyone else going to the Doobie Brothers show tonight at Nissan?
Sidehatch
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 24, 2020 at 03:56 PM UTC
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Did anyone have
'Godzilla dust cloud' on their 2020 Apocolypse Bingo card?
hutch
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 24, 2020 at 03:59 PM UTC
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Are you cooped up at home post surgery?
I hope it went well and you heal fast..
Sidehatch
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 24, 2020 at 04:40 PM UTC
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hutch wrote:
Are you cooped up at home post surgery?
hanging in there, kinda sore today
Although the Cooping nom de plume is from a rabbit hole I went down on…you guessed
voter fraud and Batimorian Edgar Allen Poe
jrpa
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 25, 2020 at 10:32 PM UTC
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hutch wrote:
40th anniversary of Walkman going on sale in US …I feel a bit wistful
I just want to state for the record how offended I am by this post. The idea that walky, and by extension gay men as a whole, were “for sale” or promiscuous as children is wildly offensive. For someone who purports to be so woke, these sort of tired homophobic slurs are alarming, Hutch.
hutch
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 25, 2020 at 10:38 PM UTC
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Oh shit
(I am definitely not “woke”)
beetsnotbeats
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 26, 2020 at 01:36 AM UTC
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hutch wrote:
hutch wrote:
walkman 37 years young today…
40th anniversary of Walkman going on sale in US …I feel a bit wistful
The Walkman has quite an impact in the 80s but no it didn’t own the 80s
I remember that’s how I found out about the challenger explosion in science class…
I remember taking music to school and sharing with friends (“eat it” by weird al…)
Of course for the last two years of high school the Walkman made the trip back and forth from home actually fun

The Walkman killed vinyl, not CDs.
hutch
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 26, 2020 at 01:49 AM UTC
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I still like my Walkman..
But yeah that’s a known fact
I remember in the 80s joining those clubs where you got 12 tapes for a cent
I was actually all about cassettes until 1991 or so..a late adopter..the CDs were expensive..and I was still sometimes buying tapes until 1995…I remember getting wowed zowee on tape…
And of course mix tapes..I was listening to tapes until at least 1998..you would trade for say unreleased belle and Sebastian…I remember that’s how I first got tigermilk
And I had a high end Walkman I was toting around…it was so cool looking!
jrpa
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 26, 2020 at 02:21 AM UTC
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I feel like 1991 was still fairy early on the CD curve. My parents got a CD player when I was 6 (1989) and their friends were like “oh, I’ve heard of these but never seen one.” Could just be where we lived though.
WALKonBack
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 26, 2020 at 02:43 AM UTC
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The fact that you were 6 in 1989, makes me want to think about old versus young. You don't full6 understand the struggle of record, into cassette, into cd, into digital, into record again.
jrpa
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 26, 2020 at 04:05 AM UTC
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WalkOnBack wrote:
The fact that you were 6 in 1989, makes me want to think about old versus young. You don't full6 understand the struggle of record, into cassette, into cd, into digital, into record again.
I mean, other than the initial record into cassette phase, yeah I remember all that.
Who can firsthand testify about that scandalous 78 to 45 transition?
challenged
Joined: September 25, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 26, 2020 at 11:11 AM UTC
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Julian, wrote:
WalkOnBack wrote:
The fact that you were 6 in 1989, makes me want to think about old versus young. You don't full6 understand the struggle of record, into cassette, into cd, into digital, into record again.
I mean, other than the initial record into cassette phase, yeah I remember all that.
Who can firsthand testify about that scandalous 78 to 45 transition?
Bagley? ;)
BAGLEY
Joined: January 06, 2006 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 26, 2020 at 05:12 PM UTC
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challenged wrote:
Julian, wrote:
WalkOnBack wrote:
The fact that you were 6 in 1989, makes me want to think about old versus young. You don't full6 understand the struggle of record, into cassette, into cd, into digital, into record again.
I mean, other than the initial record into cassette phase, yeah I remember all that.
Who can firsthand testify about that scandalous 78 to 45 transition?
Bagley? ;)
Mind blower
btw, my first Victrola came equipped with steel replacement styli
challenged
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 26, 2020 at 07:23 PM UTC
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Bagley wrote:
challenged wrote:
Julian, wrote:
WalkOnBack wrote:
The fact that you were 6 in 1989, makes me want to think about old versus young. You don't full6 understand the struggle of record, into cassette, into cd, into digital, into record again.
I mean, other than the initial record into cassette phase, yeah I remember all that.
Who can firsthand testify about that scandalous 78 to 45 transition?
Bagley? ;)
Mind blower
btw, my first Victrola came equipped with steel replacement styli
that OG Victrola must've been sweeet!
Sidehatch
Joined: October 04, 2011 at 04:33 AM UTC
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 29, 2020 at 02:09 PM UTC
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The remake of Mr. & Mrs. Smith looks dreadful.
jrpa
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Re: random . . . randomness
June 29, 2020 at 02:48 PM UTC
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Lobster-hatch wrote:

The remake of Mr. & Mrs. Smith looks dreadful.
“Officer, I would like to report an armed hamburglary in progress…”