I'll keep collecting cd's and LPs till I'm dead.


Last 10 physical cd's sent to me via http://www.musicboomerang.com and http://www.swapacd.com

Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
The Black Keys - Brothers
Luomo - Vocal City
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Aqualung - Words and Music
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Yeasayer - Odd Blood (new/sealed)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (new/sealed)
Ladytron - Witching Hour
Glen Danzig - Black Aria II

on the film front, i've always been very selective with my purchases as well. i'm never going to get tired of watching The Big Lebowski, Goodfellas, or Fight Club, etc., so those are the types of films i've purchased (now on blu ray).

I gotta own it.

For the first time in my life, I'm torn on this one. Frankly, I much, much prefer having the physical product. I like looking at it on the shelf, I like looking through the liner notes, and I like dropping the needle on the vinyl (and less so putting a CD in the tray). However, I've accumulated so much, that while I currently look for apartments due to my separation, I wonder where in the hell it's all going to go. Plus, digital media really does provide conveniences as far as transportability.

Bottom line: the clutter issue is a real one, but if I have the space, I'm going to choose the physical product nearly every time.

i don't own movies, except for kids stuff my kid likes to watch ad nauseum

i'd like to own a small library of books, just because it makes my house look neat

my CD collection stopped growing around 2004

i would love to have zero physical product if I could. in the process of getting rid of all my dvd's.

I'd live in a vast media library if I could.

But I agree that DVD cases are pretty ugly and Blu-Rays are even worse (not that I've bought any yet). I keep my DVDs tucked away in drawers. I think CD jewel cases generally look fine, though.

I feel like there's a sweet spot, where you treat audio more like the descriptions here of video - you buy phyiscal copies of the classic stuff and listen to the Album Of The Year Of The Week digitally for awhile... then when your hard drive crashes or whatever and you lose it, -shrug-

I've become way attached to the ritual of buying the CD, ripping it to FLAC, converting it to AAC for the iPhone, running it through MusicIP to see what other albums in my digital collection are acoustically similar, and storing the original disc and booklet in my most current Case Logic book.

While I rarely listen to CDs directly anymore, they are still a vital part of my process.

Damn Sketch, you're like 2 steps away from diggin' a well in the basement and buying some night vision goggles

I've been running out of cd storage lately- friend of mine brought this over the other day. He's a helpful kind of flea market addict.

Put the fucking lotion in the basket.

I've started migrating a little more to downloading, but I still much prefer having a physical product in my hand. My wife would probably prefer me to rip all my CD's to my hard drive, since my CD collection does take up a lot of space. And, like others have already said, I don't have many DVD's. Mainly just stuff I know that I'll watch over and over (like "Seinfeld", "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", and "Curb Your Enthusiasm".) Although, I do have some DVD's of movies, but mostly just stuff I consider my favorites of all time (like "Fight Club", "Memento", "Pulp Fiction", etc.).

But my obsession with buying and owning CD's will probably never really go away.

i'm sorry but that'd go right back out in the trash.

anyone have any suggestions for box storage for cd's minus the jewel cases?

I am in the process of transferring all of my CDs to these:

http://www.buyonlinenow.com/viewproduct.asp?SKU=IDEVZ01049

It's an expensive and time-consuming process but it costs no more than good shelving would and it allows me to get my ugly CD collection out of sight.

likewise, and i think this is the real point. some people are content with collecting via itunes and the ilk. but some of us just enjoy shopping and will continue to do so. there are few greater feelings as a consumer than finding a much sought-after album.

i am lucky to live in a city where record shops are doing well and in no danger of disappearing altogether. i also make it a point to sell back a large lot once a year so that my music collection doesn't become an overbearing mess of clutter. i'm completely content with that.

I wasn't expecting any appreciation for the finer things in life from you, chooch.

**Edit- forgot **

anything art/artist related?
just askin'.

not really. i would gladly send you them if I did.

yeah, i'll never stop buying physical product. i love the packaging, artwork, liner notes...hell, i love even the smell of the damn booklet too much. that said, we are running out of room quickly these days, but as long as i'm able to have a home office/study, my shelves with my cd's will be in there.

I sometimes look at the mess of CDs in my guest room and think: I should really put all those back in their cases and back in order. Then I shrug and listen to something off my computer.

I did buy that Exile set, and it's pretty awesome. I could see owning some more vinyl...

i think this often, but knowing myself as the collector that i am, it would be a big, expensive mistake....

There's nothing quite as fun as digging through old stacks of vinyl in the local used store and coming across something cool. So glad I got a turntable.

bookmarked. thanks!

Exactly. Plus, thanks to thrift stores and garage sales, I have a ton of albums that I never would have heard otherwise, without really spending much.