That Moment when a Silverfish remembers History
There are many many of these moments in history during my life... most of them more on a side line, since i never really cared much, if it wasn't about music, the key to life. Enough going on in my personal life and there was never really enough time for being interested in some Mainstream-Media-Whatev's...
The ones i can remember a bit more then of others where:
- The first human on the moon in '69 (first time i was allowed to watch TV)
- Nelson Mandela becoming President (since catholic school made me aware, i was interested in why there was all this injustice happening in Africa)
- 9/11 (Managing an internet center at the time with a huge TV screen, couldn't miss that one)
- Hurricane Katarina (because some friends where in the area at that time, they where lucky enough)
...but all these moments weren't really important to my personal life. I was mostly into music and what was happening there. The Beatles, Elvis Presley, the beginning of Disco in the seventies, Funk, Blues, Jazz and so on. That was MY 'focus point' in Mainstream Media.
Brought up in a noise carpet of classical music of my fathers collection, i started had to start playing wind instruments in school. No choice! Then, to get that classical stuff out of my only eight years old ears, i started recording music onto tapes from billboard radio shows. Which some of them i dealt also at school.
With 12 i became a DJ 'by accident', when i found the whole collection of 'The Beatles' in a cellar clean-out of our local youth center. This found was also the reason the town did spend some money to get us everything we needed for our own 'disco', right there in the same cellar. Long story short: in the years to come i became a collector of vinyl. 45's in the beginning, to the 33's with time. With eighteen i had already a 'big' collection and that's when it happened...
That Moment In Music History
...when in 1983/4 Sony and Philips 'brought' us the Compact Disc. This medium definitely changed the history of music and my way of being a DJ... for sure.
Right away everyone was taking the piss, telling me: Hahaha, all your vinyl is worthless now and you have to change and buy everything again. Ha! I was like, WTAF! What to do now?! Though since it took a while until folks had the money to go and change the disco equipment to the new standard, i went on with my vinyl collection.
It even came to the point i realized that i actually need to hold on to it, the quality of the sound was simply too good compared with that digital sound... and yep, i was right, some folks where even asking especially for me as a DJ later, because i had that vinyl. Also bought me all i needed to assure that i will always be able to party on with it. I knew in my guts that Vinyl will never die. It even has had a few comebacks until today...
Why am i writing about this...
It's all my MadBrother's fault. He posted the Silverbloggers Chronicles Prompt #18 today and made me right away remember one of the most impressive moments in history, to me anyways.
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Aha! So you are/were a relentless vinyl collector, a DJ at a very young age, your key through life has been about music and the first time your parents let you watch TV was in 1969? ¿Huh?
¡Holy Hopalong Cassidy! Now I finally understand better your sympathy and empathy towards me, buddy. :)
You are indeed an Ol'fart and a true silverblogger who has many things in common with the Cranky Gandalf, eh old fucker?
Hahahaha, I knew something as weird as that must have been behind your unconditional support for a long time. Our very similar stories and alike experiences that we probably have both gone through.
Because I must mention, point out and highlight. That those same memorable historical moments that you have selected in your bullet points in this post as remembered a bit more than others, these have also been part of mine in one way or another.
And yeah, despite all that, you decided that for the purposes of "The Chronicles" initiative the only memorable story worth telling had more to do with your experience with music. For which I sincerely must tell you; that perhaps your post and your story have tempted me to want to participate in the initiative as well.
LoL, let's see if I'm actually in the mood to get into it as well. In the meantime...
Long 'uninteresting' family story... which sure take a big part in me becoming a Rebel the moment i had to go to school. Asking always the questions "we do not ask ever". So, music was the only thing that never lied to me. Somehow like John Miles sung in his top hit.
I've been thinking that for a moment, when i read your posts. Especially in your beginnings. Your message and the way the 'rulers and their lackeys' react on it, triggers me somehow.
My whole fecking life must be about that actually... made me even say long time ago, that i'm born to piss off the imbeciles.
Born and conditioned in one of the richest countries in Europe, i had my fair share on all this. Tried to adapt for not getting ruled over all the time, but it did never really work.
All that lead to the moment when i cancelled all contracts and just kinda 'disappeared' with a big MiddleFinger into the liberty of mother earth...
This would be some awesomeness for sure. Looking forward to that possible participation...
Hehe I wondered if you would do something related! Vinyl, do you still have them?
Hm, your fault MadBro... :smirk: It's for a while i wasn't really triggered to write. Lately it's more just to get me head straight somehow. But then you came up with an awesome prompt that literally lit up my brain. Hehehe!
And: No, i sold the collection for 'road money' when i left all the societies obligations behind me. Wow, that's 15 years ago already. 🙃