"It was hard work loathing everything all the time"

[katernater]

Good Christ.

Nick Cave's "The Secret Life of the Love Song/The Flesh Made Word" is incredible. Two "lectures" about religion, art, heresy, and the union of all three -- read by the man himself, in his rumbling, achy brogue.

One could drown in a voice like that.

And now you can drown, too: here

Comments

[gleam.livejournal.com]

Here you are, and I hope you enjoy it. I think this was the song that really gripped me and held me firmly in its grasp.

I never thought about vinyl like that. My sister has a turntable, but I never thought about it being that kind of experience. How expensive has the change been, from CDs to vinyl?

[arriterre.livejournal.com]

Vinyls range from more expensive than a common new retail CD to much less. Then again, both kinds vary a lot in second-hand stores. It depends on the condition of the record. Be careful if you buy vinyl because sometimes if you buy a second-hand record where they quality hasn't been marked on it, it can be very scratchy.

As for the turntables themselves, I wouldn't recommend buying a pristine new one. I'd say a new one would be about 250 US dollars. That's 500 over here. I got mine, which is from the 60's and works fantastic, for 150 NZ, which'd be about 75 US, I think. Try vintage stores if you ever get one. If they don't have one they can probably get one, they're used to getting hold of those things. Ask to try it out in the store, though, because of the age of the thing.