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Comment author: David_Gerard 01 June 2012 11:04:19PM *  -1 points [-]
  • 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.
Comment author: Rain 13 June 2012 05:00:59PM 1 point [-]

Where do you procure your music? I can't find any cheap, legal means of getting most of the music you list.

Comment author: Alicorn 13 June 2012 06:30:41PM 6 points [-]

cheap, legal

Awwwww.

Comment author: Rain 13 June 2012 06:32:28PM *  3 points [-]

Copyright infringement == rational music acquisition?

Comment author: gwern 13 June 2012 06:46:54PM 9 points [-]

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.

Comment author: Rain 13 June 2012 08:54:59PM 2 points [-]

I guess my reason is so I can say, "I am the sort of person who follows the rules."

Comment author: gwern 13 June 2012 08:58:10PM 5 points [-]

An expensive preference; wouldn't it be cheaper to cultivate a liking for hookers & blow? But de gustibus, non disputandum est...

Comment author: Rain 13 June 2012 09:01:00PM 2 points [-]

It feeds a martyrdom complex. ("I was right; see how much it hurts?")

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