Random Thoughts

[astfgyl]

I have bought a fair few over the years purely from the artwork and the faint hope I might have stumbled upon something good. The best one I can remember off the top of my head was my 15th or 16th birthday when I bought Strapping Young Lad - City purely because of the artwork. Was fucking delighted when I took it on home and threw it on. The minute All Hail The New Flesh busted in I knew I was on to a winner.

[blessed1]

Yes, so convenient now but I do miss the "hunt" for a record so to speak. The release date in printed magazines often your only guide, lost count of the amount of times you'd make your way into town only to be told it's not in yet. Though having made the journey I'd often pick up something else.

i would do something similar to that only id go in wit hthe intention of buying a certain album and even if it was in stock id buy something completely different.

[Juggz]

I used to love doing that. I picked up Control and Resistance back in the day purely because of the cover and it changed my musical path forever. It was more exciting, in general, back then when you bought music without ever hearing a note of it based purely on the history of the band or the scene they were associated with. I bought Unquestionable Presence because I read it had a guy from some band I had never heard of who were also selected by Chuck to play on his latest album. I thought "if they're good enough for Death..." and made the purchase.

Aside from our impending surveillance, scrutiny and slavery, the digital age has really taken a lot of the fun and mystique from music... as well as destroying it.

[ochoill]

When browsing bandcamp, fb groups, or youtube, I would still consider the album art when making a decision on whether or not to listen to something found otherwise at random.

[Hambeast]

I'm definitely guilty of the same. There's just far too much stuff out there to click on every single album. Although there have been a few bands I've listened to because the album cover was hilariously terrible, but they turned out to be fantastic, such as Scanner's Hypertrace



Which has me thinking, we should really get another "Shitty album covers" thread on the go

[Eoin McLove]

Who'd win in a fight- Terry Wogan's accent or his toupé?

[astfgyl]

i dunno who would win but they would surely make an unreal tag team

[Juggz]

Modern chocolate bars are about 2/3 the size they were twenty years ago. At this rate, they will vanish before the ice of Antarctica. I suspect the media are also chocolate-change deniers. The future will be wet and not as tasty.

[ochoill]

Modern chocolate bars are about 2/3 the size they were twenty years ago. At this rate, they will vanish before the ice of Antarctica. I suspect the media are also chocolate-change deniers. The future will be wet and not as tasty.

I often think about this but then I wonder if my hands just got bigger

[Anvil]

I bought a twirl on Sunday... Was tasty but so small...

[Juggz]

Modern chocolate bars are about 2/3 the size they were twenty years ago. At this rate, they will vanish before the ice of Antarctica. I suspect the media are also chocolate-change deniers. The future will be wet and not as tasty.

I often think about this but then I wonder if my hands just got bigger

That's what they want you to think.

[astfgyl]

The old reliable Frys Turkish Delight has held its own for many a year while all around it shrink and shrink.

I was going to say its peers, but it is peerless.

[ochoill]

The old reliable Frys Turkish Delight has held its own for many a year while all around it shrink and shrink.

I was going to say its peers, but it is peerless.

There are few chocolates that come close to the quality of a Fry's Turkish.

[astfgyl]

The Cadbury Rum and Butter was another classic, alas lost to the dim mists of ancient time with the bar of Top Deck

[Juggz]

Top Deck. The greatest achievement in chocolate technology, ever.