Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 17, 2023

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    pearlsbs  over 1 year ago

    In the BCD years, I got some of my best vinyl record albums from the cutouts.

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    MayCauseBurns  over 1 year ago

    Quantity has a quality all its own.

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Algorithms are great at finding stuff that’s like the stuff you already known, but really bad at that serendipitous finding of something you would otherwise never expect to like in a million years, but somehow becomes your favourite album.

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    well-i-never  over 1 year ago

    Full price, baby, no notches in my album covers!

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    holdenrex  over 1 year ago

    Cut-out bins is where I learned the band’s one big, catchy hit often sounded nothing like the rest of the album.

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    rugeirn  over 1 year ago

    Which do you believe? Empty recycled recitations from the media, including this media, or the experience of actually using an app and having it actually present music to you that is new to you? I prefer my reality unrecycled.

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    Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe  over 1 year ago

    38 million tracks on music streaming services were played ZERO times in 2022.

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    Detroit Dan  over 1 year ago

    EJ Korvettes had the best selection of cutouts in our section of Detroit, and we shopped there religiously for them.

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    sandpiper  over 1 year ago

    Algorithms on tv or music bands are only geared to keep a user traveling in one direction. For instance, after I have viewed a movie or two on Prime, the list, ‘movies we know you would enjoy.’ pops up.

    Unfortunately for them, I rarely even look at the listing anymore because I found they also list some of the worst films ever made in that genre. I also don’t use it because I have been a movie goer for over 75 years and I refuse to be ‘boxed’ into a single category as a user.

    Then, there ae the misplaced movies. Under the ‘comedies’ heading I found at least two Transporter films. Other than the sheer ridiculous scenes and script, has anyone ever seen anything resembling comedy?

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    prince valiant Premium Member over 1 year ago

    The discount bin at Woolworths is where I discovered Rory Gallagher!

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    mcintyre  over 1 year ago

    Frazz’s shirt is from Flat Black & Circular, East Lansing’s prime used record store.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  over 1 year ago

    Diversify your exposure. Two of the five presets on my car radio (one of the buttons is broken) play modern or alternative music, and I found more than a few songs on my playlist from snippets used in YouTube videos.

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    Chamfer  over 1 year ago

    Random purchases from the cutout bin served me very well. That’s how I discovered Tangerine Dream, and Planet P Project, both of which have remained favorites for going on 40 years.

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    SofaKing Premium Member over 1 year ago

    How many youngsters don’t know what the cut out bin is/was. Many know vinyl though. They can’t buy a Joe Walsh album for $3.99.

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    Caldonia  over 1 year ago

    You don’t know what “everyone” does. Music appreciation and listening habits vary too much.

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    Luke McGluke  over 1 year ago

    I’ve found that a good sign that something may be worthwhile is if it is not popular.

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    SarahZelan  over 1 year ago

    My brother had a personal rule: when he bought music he would always include at least one choice that he had never heard of. He had some disappointments but overall got enough delight from the practice to continue it as long as he lived. After a while the owner of the little music store he frequented would set aside things that he thought my brother might have missed. It was a great collaboration (since, after a while, my brother could not resist whatever the owner suggested and thus became a very good customer).

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    michiganmtbr  over 1 year ago

    Flat Black and Circular – still my favorite record store.

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    The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member over 1 year ago

    If (per Sturgeon’s Law) 90% of everything is crap, then the more of everything you listen to, the more opportunity you have to find some of that 10% that’s great.

    The only drawback is that you end up spending 90% of your listening time listening to crap.

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    eced52  over 1 year ago

    Sounds like the Eagles 1972 record. I bought the first copy in the South Korea PX and everyone said they had never heard of them. After one playing it was the favorite album of everyone.

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    tcviii Premium Member over 1 year ago

    One of my favorite records was from the bargain bin: Ginger Baker’s Air Force 2.

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    tcviii Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I listen to radio stations that give me a wide variety of music: 1. SiriusXM channel 27 “Deep Tracks”, 2. WDET Detroit Public Radio, especially Saturdays, 3. CBC Canadian music channel, 4. WBFH Bloomfield Hills High School station plays everything.

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    tcviii Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Every few weeks I send my daughter-in-law a list of new, and some old, music to listen to. I asked how she heard new music other than what her normal station provided (which was more of the same). She asked me to send her some suggestions for other things to listen to, of all kinds of music, which I have been doing.

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