Fiat Listening - Soulseeking

You can't do that with I-Pods anymore, can you? At least, I couldn't last weekend nor any other times I tried. You and those girls must all have first wave machines or something. Interesting article on the possesiveness we lay on our materia. This is the difference between a hoarder and someone who just acquires stuff I guess. I've lost loads of things to friends that I wouldn't mind having back (Ultrasound gatefold album, first edition Gorky's Tatay, Mogwai's 'Blur: Are Shite' t-shirt etcetcetc...). It doesn't really matter though. Can you really cherish all this stuff so dearly that you genuinely miss it, or is it just the nagging hole in a complete run of releases that you can feel? One is an emotional attachment, the other is just OCD.

Mmm, interesting stuff. I am a notorious hoarder/anti-lender/archivist, call me what you will.. But I don't see anything wrong in prefering to not lend out your swag; I'd much rather do a copy - or indeed I'm always making compilations for mates. I also think the vast majority of true music fans are interested in the physicality of having a collection. Surely that's part of the fun - and the gentle ego-massaging. Either way, I simply don't like lending for the obvious reason, I may never see it again. And that's what having a record collection is about. Plus through experience I'm not overly keen on seeing my records used as a coffee mug mat.

ps: I wish there were more of these Soul Seeking pieces.