To take this thread off on a slightly different tangent, what sacrifices has everyone made in the name of 'this thing of ours'????
Has anyone ever stood in the record shop knowing that you only got enough coinage for either the slice of wax in your hand or to buy food to keep you alive for a few nights??
I've got two kids these days and I put them before anything else in life but I have to admit in all honesty that before they were around, when it came down to myself, I've stood there with a handful of cd's, red letter bills burning a hole in my pocket and the only thing in my fridge was the f***ing light and I just thought, f*** it, I'll get by on a space raider sandwich and worry about tomorrow when it comes!!!
Is it better to be hungry but with new beats or with a stocked pantry and no new music? Yeah you can always dig through the crates to rediscover old albums, it's always nice for a change, but nothing beats the feeling of travelling back from the shop on the bus reading the sleevenotes, checking who produced the tracks, reading who your favourite rapper shouts-out in his thankyous and anticipating what freshness is going to be contained within. And when you finally get home and the needle hits the groove or the laser hits the disc and the beat comes pouring out the speakers?????? There's nothing finer!
Over the years I have to admit I've got myself in some serious financial sh!t which I'm still struggling to get out of through buying music, be it in shops or loading up my cart on Sandbox, and hovering the pointer over the 'confirm order' button whilst I hastily do an erroneous currency conversion in my head (biased to my plight) thinking whether its morally right to pile more debt on the credit card before drunkenly saying 'aaah f*** it!' and clicking the mouse. It's a hedonistic, almost addictive thing I have going on but there's nothing makes me happier than the sound of drums and that's all there is to it. I wish I was more financially responsible but I'm just not.
By the way Enjoilax, your problem is a tricky one but you will have guessed by now what my opinion is gonna be. If it was me, I'd go to the show but then again my pops has never paid for my education and the P have never been round my way!
It could be worse though; he could want to go with you!!! I had a spare ticket to see the Roots last year, my dad reluctantly came along as the disgruntled designated driver and now he quotes Black Thought to me infront of my girl!!! At the end of the show he was geeking out cos he'd shook ?uestloves hand!! And now he's bugging me all the time asking when they're touring next!! And he's 50!!!
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Posts: 524Posted 20 years ago #SimonSamoorye said: By the way Ren, feeling your rhymes man!
haha, that wackness?
Yeah doc needs to get on the forum and check the members only section
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