you did.
i mean for me a pristine unused box is kind of strange. i think that someone who really really loved music would have used the box.
its kind of like the extra living room set the grandparents had in the second living room with the plastic still on it.
why did they buy it. i mean times really were that good for a lot of people where they could have two of everything.
i have never really been the kind of person who would buy anything and not use it. sure theres some exceptions but ultimately i like to use the stuff i have.
i kind of like finding a box where the part around the tuner is worn all smooth you can see that the user loved to listen to his radio. where the tape decks transport keys have that rounded look to the edges from being handled. this is a radio that was loved and used.
its cool that there is boxes out there unused but i must confess to a certain degree it is kind of strange.
the nice radio i got unused for the most part with a hand written note on the back of it
taped with masking tape so old it has become brittle and dry so much to the point where its almost become one with the backside of it.
it reads to whom it make concern i would like this radio to go to my son after i am gone. hand signed by a elderly woman who obviously valued this radio so much it looks as if it had been turned on maybe two or three times.
some decades pass by obviously the son keeps this radio and also hardly uses it.
now it is passed onto the thrift store as discardable goods.
almost unsused.
the note on the backside was so faded it took a magnifying glass and a tactical flashlight to read it.
is this the story behind all my really mint boxes i get from the thrift stores.
owned by someone older then passed down then donated to a thrift store by there children.
these things were very costly for the most part when new so why not use them.
i just dont get it.
was it out of fear of breaking them. i mean how many people do you know who have things and say they wont use it because they are afraid of breaking it. how did this wierd behavior begin i mean what kind of excuse is that anyways.
i know several people in there forties with ipods in there dressers unused because they are afraid of breaking them.
why buy something you think is going to break if you use it.
i am sure this same syndrome can be applied to some of the people who bought boomboxes and did not use them.
sad really life is so short why wouldnt you want to listen to music i mean it does not make anysense.
for some music is just pure entertainment and this is ok however music serves a much different purpose than that i think.
music from the past can provide insight into a way of life that no longer exists it can paint a picture of the times.
music from a different culture can also do the same thing .
some music particularly folk music can take you to a different place.
could it be is it possible many of these old pristine boxes that show up were owned by people who didnt care much for music.
strange as it might sound it could be possible.
lets face it as much as we like to imagine all the m90s big bens and other hi end early boxes were sold to kids wanting to break dance that just isnt the case.
i think they helped fuel that culture but a m90 more than likely was dads radio in the beginning. it was only after we got our hands on it after they were finished with it.
i think a lot of them must have gone to even older people.
some of these old radios i dont think have even spun a tape in them. if they did maybe it was only one or two tapes.
i think in some ways a used up well loved box has a ton of character to it and saving it from the dump is really a great feeling.
i think a box that is never used is cool to obtain but the fact it was bought then just tucked aways and unloved and unused is a weird kind of phenomenon.
its like the car that never got driven .
i guess a lot of people bought radios in case of a emergency or for camping trips . it got used once and then put back in the closet.
where people who bought boomboxes into music or into having something that looked visually appealing.
perhaps it is both i mean a well used box obviously belonged to a music lover where as a unused box was owned by someone who liked the way it looked.
strange i think i have a equal mix of both.
i mean for me a pristine unused box is kind of strange. i think that someone who really really loved music would have used the box.
its kind of like the extra living room set the grandparents had in the second living room with the plastic still on it.
why did they buy it. i mean times really were that good for a lot of people where they could have two of everything.
i have never really been the kind of person who would buy anything and not use it. sure theres some exceptions but ultimately i like to use the stuff i have.
i kind of like finding a box where the part around the tuner is worn all smooth you can see that the user loved to listen to his radio. where the tape decks transport keys have that rounded look to the edges from being handled. this is a radio that was loved and used.
its cool that there is boxes out there unused but i must confess to a certain degree it is kind of strange.
the nice radio i got unused for the most part with a hand written note on the back of it
taped with masking tape so old it has become brittle and dry so much to the point where its almost become one with the backside of it.
it reads to whom it make concern i would like this radio to go to my son after i am gone. hand signed by a elderly woman who obviously valued this radio so much it looks as if it had been turned on maybe two or three times.
some decades pass by obviously the son keeps this radio and also hardly uses it.
now it is passed onto the thrift store as discardable goods.
almost unsused.
the note on the backside was so faded it took a magnifying glass and a tactical flashlight to read it.
is this the story behind all my really mint boxes i get from the thrift stores.
owned by someone older then passed down then donated to a thrift store by there children.
these things were very costly for the most part when new so why not use them.
i just dont get it.
was it out of fear of breaking them. i mean how many people do you know who have things and say they wont use it because they are afraid of breaking it. how did this wierd behavior begin i mean what kind of excuse is that anyways.
i know several people in there forties with ipods in there dressers unused because they are afraid of breaking them.
why buy something you think is going to break if you use it.
i am sure this same syndrome can be applied to some of the people who bought boomboxes and did not use them.
sad really life is so short why wouldnt you want to listen to music i mean it does not make anysense.
for some music is just pure entertainment and this is ok however music serves a much different purpose than that i think.
music from the past can provide insight into a way of life that no longer exists it can paint a picture of the times.
music from a different culture can also do the same thing .
some music particularly folk music can take you to a different place.
could it be is it possible many of these old pristine boxes that show up were owned by people who didnt care much for music.
strange as it might sound it could be possible.
lets face it as much as we like to imagine all the m90s big bens and other hi end early boxes were sold to kids wanting to break dance that just isnt the case.
i think they helped fuel that culture but a m90 more than likely was dads radio in the beginning. it was only after we got our hands on it after they were finished with it.
i think a lot of them must have gone to even older people.
some of these old radios i dont think have even spun a tape in them. if they did maybe it was only one or two tapes.
i think in some ways a used up well loved box has a ton of character to it and saving it from the dump is really a great feeling.
i think a box that is never used is cool to obtain but the fact it was bought then just tucked aways and unloved and unused is a weird kind of phenomenon.
its like the car that never got driven .
i guess a lot of people bought radios in case of a emergency or for camping trips . it got used once and then put back in the closet.
where people who bought boomboxes into music or into having something that looked visually appealing.
perhaps it is both i mean a well used box obviously belonged to a music lover where as a unused box was owned by someone who liked the way it looked.
strange i think i have a equal mix of both.
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