What do you collect? ***The Collectors Thread***

[FlamingGlobes]

I mean, come on, stay on topic!

[LaBelle]

If Zodiac had more moments as tense as the basement scene, i'd get behind it. I felt it was overly long and plodding.

[FlamingGlobes]

Man, I just love every minute of that movie. But whatevs. The battery on my laptop is dying and I have to pee, good night y'all!

[teh b0lly!!1]

yeah Zodiac is definitely plodding and takes a very long time to get rolling.
but that scene where Gyllenhaal goes over to the hardware store and looks him in the eye, and that ring just goes off - that's one of the most powerful moments i can recall, and has stayed with me forever.

[buzzard]

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

Cobalt I do not know. Cascadian bm is wolves in the throne room and other nw bm. i thought weakling might be included.

Wolves in the Throne Room were always a little too cheesy to my ears.

I'd be willing to bet that you'd enjoy the mountainous black metal delights of the aforementioned genre-benders, in any case.



P.S. I still can't figure out which song it was that sampled the Bride of the Monster speech from Ed Wood, which you had recently posted. It keeps me up at night.

[fuzzyroes]

[ohnoitsbonnie]

This thread already has 3 pages. I do the dishes and eat a banana and it has 3 pages

[fuzzyroes]

Oh and I also collect Archie Digests.

And that just goes to refute what Globes was saying about collecting being a symptom of spending money when being depressed.

Collecting CD's/VHS/Cassette Tapes/Trading Cards/Archie Digests/Old Toys are all collections that you can amass by spending very, very little. And that inherently is one of the large reasons why partaking in a hobby can be so enjoyable

[fuzzyroes]

Some of the sweetest scores are the ones that you pay next to nothing for.

[Run To Me]

Originally Posted by ohnoitsbonnie

This thread already has 3 pages. I do the dishes and eat a banana and it has 3 pages

Boarding like there's no tomorrow, cause who really knows anymore

[LaBelle]

I collect the tears of the innocent.

[FlamingGlobes]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

Oh and I also collect Archie Digests.

And that just goes to refute what Globes was saying about collecting being a symptom of spending money when being depressed.

Collecting CD's/VHS/Cassette Tapes/Trading Cards/Archie Digests/Old Toys are all collections that you can amass by spending very, very little. And that inherently is one of the large reasons why partaking in a hobby can be so enjoyable

Regardless of money spent, you're filling a void by accumulating useless ephemera. A sign of unhappiness/unfulfillment to be sure.

[FlamingGlobes]

Tonight on O-Hoarders, fuzzy comes to grips with his VHS collection and how it has come to rule his life.

[FlamingGlobes]

Also, last night's convo re: Fincher inspired me to pop in the Blu-Ray of Fight Club. Fell asleep half-way through, woke up just at the end (right when Pixies came in). Still love the film like a teenager, even if I know every single line and beat by heart at this point.

But Zodiac's still the better film.

[D.]

i don't know that i actively collect anything. too much stuff makes me feel weird.

i have a decent-sized, double-sided bookshelf full of books and i have a pretty nice-sized wardrobe and i have a lot of rigidly-organized mp3's and movies on a hard drive; but besides those things, i don't have a lot of stuff.

add my plastic tub of random journals/clippings/memories/loose little things, and i'm set pretty okay. could fit it all in my car and that pleases me pretty well.

[The Omega Concern]

as a kid it was baseball cards. that swerved into music and now that i play my own I collect guitar effect pedals for the most part, but its not like they sit around and do nothing.

[D.]

Originally Posted by FlamingGlobes

Oh man, the purge of useless junk I made back in the summer of 2015 when I moved would make the average person vomit. But it felt soo damn good to rid myself of so much crap.

that sounds awesome tbh

i make a routine cleaning out/up (of what little i have) prob once a year. (like, we own a house and furniture etc but what means the most to me is a pretty small amount.)

[D.]

Originally Posted by FlamingGlobes

I will say, if Deadsy came back and toured here, I would totally pay $15 to see them. Not that I still listen to them, but my curiosity would get the best of me.

FUCK YEAAAAAH

I still fucks with those two deadsy albums

[buzzard]

Originally Posted by The Omega Concern

I collect guitar effect pedals

Have you checked them for listening devices?

[The Omega Concern]

no. just earthquaker devices:

[fuzzyroes]

That's rad man. Music equipment's always a great thing to collect because the resales always super easy.

[reprise85]

i love throwing shit away. anti-hoarder

[teh b0lly!!1]

tbh i have a lot of old stuff i kept back in Israel. i don't know if they could really be regarded as 'collections' but i had lots of shit. moving to China has been interesting in that regard, because i basically resetted everything. i have nothing now except for some clothes, an acoustic guitar, and my laptop. it's a bit strange not really 'owning' anything, but it's also very liberating to be unweighted. the only thing i really truly miss is my guitars/studio gear, and my cat.

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Do your parents have the cat?

[teh b0lly!!1]

back home i have a record collection, dvd's and movies, maybe even some VHS's. some books. boxes and boxes of old paintings i made, stuff i wrote, etc etc.

if i lived in japan i would probably become a hardcore collector, they have so much cool fucking shit over there. large, hyper detailed 'action figures' (though collectors would vehemently refrain from calling them that), 80's-90's video game consoles, games and memorabillia, just generally tons of cool pop culture shit that appealed very strongly to the huge geek inside me.

[teh b0lly!!1]

Originally Posted by ohnoitsbonnie

Do your parents have the cat?

my sister, yes.

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Originally Posted by teh b0lly!!1

back home i have a record collection, dvd's and movies, maybe even some VHS's. some books. boxes and boxes of old paintings i made, stuff i wrote, etc etc.

if i lived in japan i would probably become a hardcore collector, they have so much cool fucking shit over there. large, hyper detailed 'action figures' (though collectors would vehemently refrain from calling them that), 80's-90's video game consoles, games and memorabillia, just generally tons of cool pop culture shit that appealed very strongly to the huge geek inside me.

It's not Japan but that's what our apartment is. Or what Mike's stuff is. My stuff is more boring.

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by teh b0lly!!1

back home i have a record collection, dvd's and movies, maybe even some VHS's. some books. boxes and boxes of old paintings i made, stuff i wrote, etc etc.

if i lived in japan i would probably become a hardcore collector, they have so much cool fucking shit over there. large, hyper detailed 'action figures' (though collectors would vehemently refrain from calling them that), 80's-90's video game consoles, games and memorabillia, just generally tons of cool pop culture shit that appealed very strongly to the huge geek inside me.

You weren't tempted to bring any of that shit back to your digs when you visited?

I don't think I would have been able to resist.

[The Omega Concern]

Originally Posted by reprise85

i love throwing shit away. anti-hoarder

rather buddhist of you. be free of material longing, it's a good way to go.

[teh b0lly!!1]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

You weren't tempted to bring any of that shit back to your digs when you visited?

I don't think I would have been able to resist.

haha, i did buy some stuff, but i tried to keep it to small, cheap stuff as to not spend too much money. i got a simpsons hand towel, TMNT socks, and the most whimsical of all - a Yoshi stuffy, that now sits proudly on my desk

(i don't need to explain that Yoshi is mario's dragon, everybody here knows that right?)

i aalllllllmost bought a supercool Terminator action figure, arnie from the first movie. i got some photos of all that stuff, can post some if anybody cares.