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a friend actually told me that she will not buy the dvd of "eraserhead"--one of her favorite movies no less |
You've got some weird friends.
Actually, Eraserhead is one of my all time faves as well. When it first came out, I took several friends to see it....just so I could witness their reactions.
It's threads like this that have kept me coming back to this site. Like Jude and many others, I feel the social interaction with such a variety of people who share a common interest, is fantastic. I've been thoroughly pissed off at people at times, I've laughed my head off at some of the humour and wit that comes out of these threads, and I've been touched by some of the emotional confessions members have made. I've learned a lot from the members here, young and old.
Music has been a passion of mine since I was a little kid when all I had for music reproduction was a cheap mono record player and an even cheaper transistor radio. But like many passions, boredom sometimes sets in. Finding Head-Fi / Headwise more than a year ago, rekindled my interest big time.
Like Vertigo and many others, I went through an initial hardware buying spree like a kid in a candy store, and have no regrets doing it. I must admit, I've always had a strong attraction to A/V equipment, camera equipment, and musical instruments that goes beyond their practical purposes. To me, a finely crafted MD player, camera, or guitar, is a work of art.
That doesn't necessarily take away from creating photographs or listening to or playing music ... in fact, to me at least, it adds to the pleasure. I don't think you have to be completely disinterested in the hardware to truly appreciate music.
In recent months, I haven't spent a lot of time listening through headphones, as speaker listening and home theatre has taken up much of my spare time. But it's been Head-Fi which has fueled my interest in this as well.
I'm still listening to lots of music, but more often than not, it will be through a concert DVD ( I now have more than 50) or one of the several SACD's I've purchased to date.
I agree that a good song can hold it's own even when played on an AM radio, but let's not fool ourselves...it will sound better, reproduced with full frequency on quality equipment.