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10 minutes ago, Requiem said:

I used to record the band, title and genre on a Word doc and had every single CD on there until I abandoned the project about ten years ago when I moved overseas. It's a pity really, because it would be great to have a full catalogue. A project for a rainy week perhaps. 

I'm not sure what happened to my previous post but I fixed it. I think maybe I had quoted someone but it got reversed or something? 

The catalogue idea is definitely worth doing! 

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On 17/9/2017 at 0:36 PM, Vampyrique said:

I used to keep receipts, still have many. I do keep track of the date of each CD acquired in a database and its corresponding chronological number pertaining to my collection. So I can tell you the exact date of when I bought a CD with perhaps a dozen unfortunate exceptions mainly due to computer issues.

I never keep receipts!!! I have read that the thermal paper that they are printed on can cause cancer - love music, but the cancer bit scares me!

As for paper and CD's: Am I the only one who stores their CD's in a weird way????? At first glance in my flat, you would not nknow that I am a music lover, because there is no visible CD collection!!!! I take my CD's out of the plastic case (and recycle the plastic), put them in a paper case with the band name and title written in runes...and store the CD in a very plain looking file box together with all my other CD's...the file box is the bottom one of four standing on my desk! I am very possive about my playlist...no one and I mean no one rules my CD collection and Hi-fi except for your truly...I decide what CD's are to be played (See, told you that I am possesive) *lol* But as for hiding them...who knows, it might have some deeper psychological meaning or that I am just a flipping eccentric :D

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3 hours ago, Tortuga said:

I never keep receipts!!! I have read that the thermal paper that they are printed on can cause cancer - love music, but the cancer bit scares me!

As for paper and CD's: Am I the only one who stores their CD's in a weird way????? At first glance in my flat, you would not nknow that I am a music lover, because there is no visible CD collection!!!! I take my CD's out of the plastic case (and recycle the plastic), put them in a paper case with the band name and title written in runes...and store the CD in a very plain looking file box together with all my other CD's...the file box is the bottom one of four standing on my desk! I am very possive about my playlist...no one and I mean no one rules my CD collection and Hi-fi except for your truly...I decide what CD's are to be played (See, told you that I am possesive) *lol* But as for hiding them...who knows, it might have some deeper psychological meaning or that I am just a flipping eccentric :D

So, do you keep the booklets and back covers or do you throw all that out too and just keep the disk? This is all very disturbing Tortuga. Very disturbing indeed...

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On 20/9/2017 at 10:21 PM, Requiem said:

So, do you keep the booklets and back covers or do you throw all that out too and just keep the disk? This is all very disturbing Tortuga. Very disturbing indeed...

Naaah, I just keep the disc *smiles insanely* Scary, isen't it :D

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On 22/09/2017 at 10:45 PM, Tortuga said:

Naaah, I just keep the disc *smiles insanely* Scary, isen't it :D

What the hell?? But the booklet is where all the lyrics, production notes, thank-you lists and photos are! It's tactile - you can hold it lovingly, smell its fragrance. 

My god, I won't sleep tonight because of this. 

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On 9/20/2017 at 9:58 AM, Tortuga said:

I never keep receipts!!! I have read that the thermal paper that they are printed on can cause cancer - love music, but the cancer bit scares me!

As for paper and CD's: Am I the only one who stores their CD's in a weird way????? At first glance in my flat, you would not nknow that I am a music lover, because there is no visible CD collection!!!! I take my CD's out of the plastic case (and recycle the plastic), put them in a paper case with the band name and title written in runes...and store the CD in a very plain looking file box together with all my other CD's...the file box is the bottom one of four standing on my desk! I am very possive about my playlist...no one and I mean no one rules my CD collection and Hi-fi except for your truly...I decide what CD's are to be played (See, told you that I am possesive) *lol* But as for hiding them...who knows, it might have some deeper psychological meaning or that I am just a flipping eccentric :D

Thought criminal! Arrest this woman! 

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On 10/3/2017 at 7:35 AM, Tortuga said:

But Sweeties...the lyrics are all online these days. So don't get yer knickers in twist :D:D:D

A guest in your flat wouldn't suspect you were a music lover because no music lover would ever do such a thing as you have! 

 

On 10/4/2017 at 12:09 AM, Will said:

Have you ever thought of just going digital? You'd have to do less throwing out.

 

Oh the horror! 

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On 04/10/2017 at 1:35 AM, Tortuga said:

But Sweeties...the lyrics are all online these days. So don't get yer knickers in twist :D:D:D

I've sprinkled holy water in a circle which I'm now sitting in, rocking back and forth with a large cross painted on my forehead, chanting incantations for Jesus to come and save me from the evil of your CD-case-destorying, lyrics-online-reading, ways! ;)

I feel the evil presence of your posts in the room even now... 

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On 10/5/2017 at 6:54 AM, Requiem said:

I've sprinkled holy water in a circle which I'm now sitting in, rocking back and forth with a large cross painted on my forehead, chanting incantations for Jesus to come and save me from the evil of your CD-case-destorying, lyrics-online-reading, ways! ;)

There are Pentecostals, there are militant Catholics, and then there's whatever the hell denomination you are from the sound of this description. Syncretic Ritual Fundamentalist? Sounds like either a tech-death album or a denomination consisting of six oddballs in a bakkie with a loudspeaker led by some prophet in Malawi or something...

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On 10/5/2017 at 3:54 AM, Requiem said:

I've sprinkled holy water in a circle which I'm now sitting in, rocking back and forth with a large cross painted on my forehead, chanting incantations for Jesus to come and save me from the evil of your CD-case-destorying, lyrics-online-reading, ways! ;)

I feel the evil presence of your posts in the room even now... 

Does she ever sound like Linda Blair! I can only envision your exorcism going the way of this: 

 

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On 5/10/2017 at 12:54 PM, Requiem said:

I've sprinkled holy water in a circle which I'm now sitting in, rocking back and forth with a large cross painted on my forehead, chanting incantations for Jesus to come and save me from the evil of your CD-case-destorying, lyrics-online-reading, ways! ;)

I feel the evil presence of your posts in the room even now... 

I am flattered :D:D:D

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On 15/10/2017 at 10:14 AM, Iceni said:

There are Pentecostals, there are militant Catholics, and then there's whatever the hell denomination you are from the sound of this description. Syncretic Ritual Fundamentalist? Sounds like either a tech-death album or a denomination consisting of six oddballs in a bakkie with a loudspeaker led by some prophet in Malawi or something...

Desperate times call for desperate measures! Even today when I was driving to work I was reading through a booklet (when safely stopped at a red light...) and thought of @Tortuga and the horror of it all. 

On 15/10/2017 at 10:38 AM, Vampyrique said:

Does she ever sound like Linda Blair! I can only envision your exorcism going the way of this: 

 

This is hilarious, Vampy! 

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