Two box sets of Factory Records: Palatine, which I had already, and the new(ish) set on Rhino. This is the stuff that hooked me at sixteen, therefore I will like it forever. (This appears to be true for a worryingly large number of music fans, even people like me who’ve been listening to new stuff for decades. I wonder if there’s been any actual studies or if it’s just critics’ cynical anecdote.)
Capsule Stereo Worxxx (new album, just out). Straight-up ’90s disco, pretty listenable and catchy. Nothing like as annoying as World Of Fantasy.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Revolution. Yasutaka Nakata would have written the Capsule album and then this straight after.
Everything else by Nakata, including lots of Perfume and MEG. Mostly not bad, but often even more irritating than Kyary. The guy writes too much stuff too fast, but I like it often enough it’s worth checking.
I am just about to go on a week’s holiday, introducing the small child to her grandparents. I have put more music on my phone than I could actually play in a week.
The legal risk these days is pretty minimal, copyright is a diseased institution, the savings are substantial*… As rational as any other suggestion I know of.
* I have 1851 tracks currently; this would cost, at a minimum, thousands to acquire legally, and worse for me, because so many of them are Japanese doujin music, I would have to pay major premiums for international shipping or simple rarity of the physical release.
Two box sets of Factory Records: Palatine, which I had already, and the new(ish) set on Rhino. This is the stuff that hooked me at sixteen, therefore I will like it forever. (This appears to be true for a worryingly large number of music fans, even people like me who’ve been listening to new stuff for decades. I wonder if there’s been any actual studies or if it’s just critics’ cynical anecdote.)
Capsule Stereo Worxxx (new album, just out). Straight-up ’90s disco, pretty listenable and catchy. Nothing like as annoying as World Of Fantasy.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Revolution. Yasutaka Nakata would have written the Capsule album and then this straight after.
Everything else by Nakata, including lots of Perfume and MEG. Mostly not bad, but often even more irritating than Kyary. The guy writes too much stuff too fast, but I like it often enough it’s worth checking.
I am just about to go on a week’s holiday, introducing the small child to her grandparents. I have put more music on my phone than I could actually play in a week.
Where do you procure your music? I can’t find any cheap, legal means of getting most of the music you list.
Awwwww.
Copyright infringement == rational music acquisition?
The legal risk these days is pretty minimal, copyright is a diseased institution, the savings are substantial*… As rational as any other suggestion I know of.
* I have 1851 tracks currently; this would cost, at a minimum, thousands to acquire legally, and worse for me, because so many of them are Japanese doujin music, I would have to pay major premiums for international shipping or simple rarity of the physical release.
I guess my reason is so I can say, “I am the sort of person who follows the rules.”
An expensive preference; wouldn’t it be cheaper to cultivate a liking for hookers & blow? But de gustibus, non disputandum est...
It feeds a martyrdom complex. (“I was right; see how much it hurts?”)
Here’s “Feelin’ Alright” from said new Capsule album.