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Stoneage
Ecclesiastes 3:1: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 3:2: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3:5: A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing: 3:6: A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away.
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rtr
I also have shelves of Stones material, mainly music, video, "boots" and books. I wish I had thought more like a collector. I met MJ in a Borders in Chicago the day after the opening night of the Bridges tour, and met McCartney in '76 and watched two days of rehearsals in Ft. Worth at Will Rogers Coliseum. All I have is the memory of handshakes and bumming a cigarette from McCartney, in exchange for a sip from my Coke. My daughter who has 1,000's of pictures on her phone can't believe that I have no pictures to show of my encounters!
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rollingrichard
Since I have a new job this year, I wear a Stones -shirt every day. My collegues love it, they were just laying in the closet, happy to use them !
You can't take them in your coffin, either, can you ?
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Whale
Anyway, I'd agree with what somebody before me said. If you have the money to do so, pay somebody to digitize it, into for instance one nice bluray disc.
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Naturalust
Optical disks seem like the best long term storage media these days but like everything in that technology field, things are changing rapidly. I'd pay someone to transfer all your music, photos and other stuff that can be digitized to a Blu-Ray type optical disk so you can have easy access for years to come. I must admit your post kind of scares me concerning the fate of the IORR site and data.
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latebloomer
I don't have that much, having come back to the Stones late, but I'm not much of a collector anyhow. I buy things and am happy to give them away if I think someone else will enjoy it more than me. There's too much crap in my house as it is...but I do love my Stones shirts.
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Whale
It used to be real hard to get to hear Run Rudolph Run. There wasn't even ebay to buy it. Now you can just download it.
So all those people who have "run rudolph run" or the cd single of "she was hot" don't know what to do with it anymore. They are just things now, they no longer serve a purpose.
The only thing they still are is collectibles. But there is certain existential emptiness to mere collecting for collectings' sake.
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latebloomer
I don't have that much, having come back to the Stones late, but I'm not much of a collector anyhow. I buy things and am happy to give them away if I think someone else will enjoy it more than me. There's too much crap in my house as it is...but I do love my Stones shirts.
Why not give the crap away then instead, and stop giving away the Stones stuff?
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Whale
It used to be real hard to get to hear Run Rudolph Run. There wasn't even ebay to buy it. Now you can just download it.
So all those people who have "run rudolph run" or the cd single of "she was hot" don't know what to do with it anymore. They are just things now, they no longer serve a purpose.
The only thing they still are is collectibles. But there is certain existential emptiness to mere collecting for collectings' sake.
Some of the vinyl releases were lovely objects in themselves, though. I've never seen a CD cover or download as impressive as the original LP release of Sticky Fingers.
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Chris Fountain
The sad part about aging is that you start to realize every event in your life was prescious and worth documenting. However, it is heartbreaking when you have no kept memorbilia. I thank the world for providing Youtube & this forum to relive these times. At least I can say I was always there and will also continue.
We're going to the concert!
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latebloomer
I don't have that much, having come back to the Stones late, but I'm not much of a collector anyhow. I buy things and am happy to give them away if I think someone else will enjoy it more than me. There's too much crap in my house as it is...but I do love my Stones shirts.
Why not give the crap away then instead, and stop giving away the Stones stuff?
Trust me Treacles, no one would want it.
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latebloomer
I don't have that much, having come back to the Stones late, but I'm not much of a collector anyhow. I buy things and am happy to give them away if I think someone else will enjoy it more than me. There's too much crap in my house as it is...but I do love my Stones shirts.
Why not give the crap away then instead, and stop giving away the Stones stuff?
Trust me Treacles, no one would want it.
Why notgivethrow the crap away then instead, and stop giving away the Stones stuff?
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bv
I do envy those who have the time to organize their collections. For me, being a Stones fan has always been busy days. I do never have any spare time. In 1995 I was in line for the Brixton Academy club show. On my way in for the front of the stage I picked up three black Brixton Academy T-shirts. Souvenirs. I lost may be a minute on my way to the stage front but I was still pretty much up there in the front. I used to wear one of those three Brixton T-shirts that summer because I loved the show so much. Those other shirts have been in one of my basement boxes with all those other special shirts. A few hundred shirts never used. Souvenirs. I never wear them.
The only shirt I wear these days is the River Plate 06 Buenos Aires white and blue striped Stones tongue T-shirt, because it is nice when it is warm, and because it is unique. I will keep wearing it when it is warm, and it will be with me both to the summer NA tour and the fall SA tour. For me it is like being dressed up wearing that shirt. I love it.
I am not planning my exit. No way. I am just worried about how to get easy access to my music and my videos. I used to have a beta player, then a VHS player, vinyl, CD, DVD, minidisc, reel-to-reel acetates, casettes, so many formats. I have all those shows I recorded for my own memories, but I don't have all those devices to replay my sources on anymore. All those Swinging Pig, TMQ, TAKRL and so on, those guys were friends. I used to record every show. I have every single BA show complete on tape. May be one day when the Stones do not tour anymore, and there are no more mountains to climb, I can take a break and transfer some of the stuff into digital. Don't know when that will happen. Meanwhile, I am on tour, like I have been for ages now.
Well I am not too worried. I can play my CD's on my DVD player they say. I never watched that much video anyway. And as long as the Stones tour, I don't need to play their records that often. You don't need to watch pictures of flowers when the flowers are still out there in Mother Nature.
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bv
Or should I just order a big container and move on to Himalaya after these tours? Am I the only one thinking this way?
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bv
I do envy those who have the time to organize their collections. For me, being a Stones fan has always been busy days. I do never have any spare time. In 1995 I was in line for the Brixton Academy club show. On my way in for the front of the stage I picked up three black Brixton Academy T-shirts. Souvenirs. I lost may be a minute on my way to the stage front but I was still pretty much up there in the front. I used to wear one of those three Brixton T-shirts that summer because I loved the show so much. Those other shirts have been in one of my basement boxes with all those other special shirts. A few hundred shirts never used. Souvenirs. I never wear them.
The only shirt I wear these days is the River Plate 06 Buenos Aires white and blue striped Stones tongue T-shirt, because it is nice when it is warm, and because it is unique. I will keep wearing it when it is warm, and it will be with me both to the summer NA tour and the fall SA tour. For me it is like being dressed up wearing that shirt. I love it.
I am not planning my exit. No way. I am just worried about how to get easy access to my music and my videos. I used to have a beta player, then a VHS player, vinyl, CD, DVD, minidisc, reel-to-reel acetates, casettes, so many formats. I have all those shows I recorded for my own memories, but I don't have all those devices to replay my sources on anymore. All those Swinging Pig, TMQ, TAKRL and so on, those guys were friends. I used to record every show. I have every single BA show complete on tape. May be one day when the Stones do not tour anymore, and there are no more mountains to climb, I can take a break and transfer some of the stuff into digital. Don't know when that will happen. Meanwhile, I am on tour, like I have been for ages now.
Well I am not too worried. I can play my CD's on my DVD player they say. I never watched that much video anyway. And as long as the Stones tour, I don't need to play their records that often. You don't need to watch pictures of flowers when the flowers are still out there in Mother Nature.
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RockinBud
Im in S Fl also, have a ton of stuff since 1964, will be moving on soon, lets discuss
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treaclefingers
Just had a thought...as the weather's pretty nice right now, how about a yard sale?