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I'd been meaning to photograph some of my CD longboxes for quite some time. Glen beat me to the job!
I got this Jane's Addiction album waaaaaaaaaaay earlier than most people. The cover is insane! Does anyone else still have the longbox of this?
Atari Teenage Riot - Live In Philadelphia album cover, CD longbox, Gwar - Scumdogs Of The Universe album cover, Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking album cover, Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste album cover, Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine album cover, Orgazmo - soundtrack album cover, Type O Negative - Slow, Deep And Hard album cover.
movie: Orgazmo.
Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
February 23, 2008.
Pic by Glen.
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just because they're so cool looking! And James Bama painted 'em side by side on the samw canvas, but I think opposite of the way i snapped 'em.
Clint had just gotten his Jane's Addiction shirt with the Nothing's Shocking cover art. He has the longbox to match. He then had to explain to Svetlana what CD longboxes were, and show his collection to her. Can't believe people who remember cassettes would not remember CD Longboxes!
Also notice the buttons Clint was wearing. We had gotten a huge box of random buttons for Christmas, so several people were sporting some items of flair.
This picture was recovered from Christian's memory card after his harddrive crashed. It was scrambled, the colors were all yellow, requiring strange pixel shifting with JPG Recovery Pro, once slice going into the pimp hat was still the wrong color, and another slice was missing completely and had to be re-created with the healing brush. Pimp hats are frickin' hard to create out of thin air! This took 30+ minutes to recover and fix up.
Christian, Clint.
CD longbox, Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking album, Jane's Addiction shirt, pimp hat, posters, shirt.
music: Jane's Addiction.
downstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
February 28, 2009.
Pic by Christian D.
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BACKSTORY: Carolyn almost skipped her party this year after there were so many annoyances after Clint's party. But she decided to go through with it, and a good time was had by all. The only casualty was that a piece of furniture met it's demise.
oh god oh god we tried to organize my comics HELP
Not shown: five longboxes and one small box filled entirely with 100 issues of Invisibles volume 2 issue 1.
I'd been meaning to photograph some of my CD longboxes for quite some time. Glen beat me to the job! Of course, this isn't all of them.
BTW, Carnivore was Type O Negative before they were Type O Negative.
CD longbox, Carnivore - Carnivore album cover, Carnivore - Retaliation album cover, Ratos De Porao - Anarkophobia album cover, Samhain - Final Descent album cover, Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes album cover.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
February 23, 2008.
Pic by Glen.
... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL.wordpress.com
... View Glen's photos at www.flickr.com/photos/glenscolen/
... Read Glen's blog at rustyorgan.livejournal.com/
Cleaning out the mess my life has become has been exhausting. I don't think I'm more than a third of the way through.
And, believe it or not, these pics of the room represent a huge improvement over what it was before.
For those keeping track in the peanut gallery, here are some (hastily collected and probably inaccurate) stats:
At the beginning of the year:
-- I had over 400 unread books in the room. Current total: 200. This 'unread' stat doesn't include tech manuals, art books, or comics. Goal: have the 'unread' number equal 200 or less, after I tally in the above unincluded stuff.
-- I had around 4-500 read books. Current total: 350. Again, doesn't include tech and art books and comics. Goal: to have the number drop below 200, without the tech, art, and comic books (I will track those separately).
-- I had over 250 CD's. Current total: around 40. Goal: keep just the box sets and hard-to-find stuff, and rip the rest.
-- I had over 150 DVD's. Current total: around 80. Goal: met, really. There isn't much left, so I'll leave it the way it is for now.
-- I had over 250 tech books. Current total: around 100. Goal: drop below 75, if I can. Maybe another giveaway at the end of summer.
-- I had around 8,000 comics. Yes, you read that right: 8,000. That's about 21-22 longboxes. Current total: have no idea...but I can almost fit everything into 17 longboxes. Goal: get down to about 12 longboxes, if possible.
Why am I doing this?
It's probably been one of the more painful experiences of my life, barring major life events like death, love and taxes. I have defined myself largely by my stuff for a long time. The process of throwing things away and getting my possessions to a reasonable level is really levelling me as a person. But, I think, for all the right reasons. Every time I throw away a box of stuff, the things I've been ignoring for so long bubble to the surface. I begin to see where I want the next chapter of my life to go. It's been very liberating and deathly frightening at the same time.
So, what's next?
-- Buy a flat-screen monitor...I have a TV card in my PC. So why keep the TV?
-- Replace the ridiculously large stereo I never use because I only listen to mp3's with a much smaller system for the remaining bits of vinyl, cassettes, etc. that I still have.
-- get rid of the bazillion cameras I have and focus on getting good at just a few.
-- To explain the next bit, I have to actually explain how I read: whenever I come across something I think is important, I dog-ear the page, and copy the quote into a master notebook. I now have a lot of this digitized. So, one goal is to get as much of the read books sold, but get the quotations digitized and into a bound and printed set of books that I can carry with me.
-- find space for the guitar and amp. Hopefully, I will be able to kill at least one bookcase and the TV stand in a month or two, so that may open up practise space for me.
You won't find many actual comics at a comic-con. It's a bum deal for vendors and I'm certain that they're happier selling these wares via eBay, which doesn't require them to schlep a hundred longboxes to a huge, expensive booth in the hopes of getting six bucks for a copy of Blue Devil #9.
The only real comics transactions are for the ultra-rare, high-grade old books where hundreds or even thousands of dollars are changing hands. For that amount of money, you want to peep the merchandise before you buy.
Afterward, I reckon, you also want the dealer to actually kick you in the nuts to discourage you from keeping up with a rare comic collection.
This is another hobby that I don't really get. There was a time when there was a real purpose to hoarding old issues. If you wanted to read John Byrne's run on "Fantastic Four" or Walt Simonson's phenomenal "Thor," you had to seek out a complete collection of individual issues. Today, you can just pick up a collected trade paperback. Or, if you're not quite such a stickler for the law, you can download them.
So, no. I respect people for engaging in a hobby that gives them pleasure. But the point is that a comic printed in the 40's was designed to be read, rolled up, stuck in a back pocket, re-read, and then thrown away a few days or weeks later. Unlike a book or a piece of original artwork, the physical comic doesn't have any real beauty or thought about it. It's just a container for the content.
Ach. That's the third time I've disrespected other collectors. Don't even listen to me. Honestly, if you can afford it and it makes you happy, then that's all that matters.
Well, I'll close by noting a fun bit of irony: as rushed as I usually am the night before I leave my office for several days, I made a special trip out on Wednesday night to buy the week's new comics. Because the next morning I was headed for a huge comic con, which is the last place yo'd expect to be able to buy new comics.
As the whole warehouse 727 gets searched two cobra long boxes are discovered. Not even the higher up new about this arsenal.
Shadow viper black: Sir its what we feared the most.
Nocturne: No, it can't be. Cobra has never held a nuclear war head. We've scared plenty of people but.
Shadow viper: We believe this is what the rebel was after. Sir we have to put the city under code Hiss departure.
Nocturne: We must find the rebel and the reason these were here. Nothing is to be unturned not even the paid cobras everyone is to be questioned and searched!
Singles! The best cheap solution I've found to keeping my stacks of singles readily accessibly an on display so I can just yank a particular tale out without having to flip through longboxes looking for them.
Singles! The best cheap solution I've found to keeping my stacks of singles readily accessibly an on display so I can just yank a particular tale out without having to flip through longboxes looking for them.
Singles! The best cheap solution I've found to keeping my stacks of singles readily accessibly an on display so I can just yank a particular tale out without having to flip through longboxes looking for them.
You can also start to seem my Ashley Wood books there on the left edge
Singles! The best cheap solution I've found to keeping my stacks of singles readily accessibly an on display so I can just yank a particular tale out without having to flip through longboxes looking for them.
Do you remember longboxes? Most CDs issued in the States in the 80s and early 90s came in these 12" high boxes. They were capable of holding two CDs but the vast majority only ever had one packed inside. They became more or less obsolete when environmental concerns of unnecessary cardboard waste arose. I found this one, in a box -alongside a few other goodies, down in my cellar while looking for an old MiniDisc player. It's still unopened and is factory-sealed. I bought it alongside the band's "Third/ SistersLovers" album and Chris Bell's "I Am the Cosmos" the same day when Ryko reissued them in the early 90s. I probably never opened it because I'm not too keen on live albums. Except maybe for a couple of exceptions.
Big Star
Live
WLIR Radio Broadcast 1974
Rykodisc (1992)
RCD 10221
Cleaning out the mess my life has become has been exhausting. I don't think I'm more than a third of the way through.
And, believe it or not, these pics of the room represent a huge improvement over what it was before.
For those keeping track in the peanut gallery, here are some (hastily collected and probably inaccurate) stats:
At the beginning of the year:
-- I had over 400 unread books in the room. Current total: 200. This 'unread' stat doesn't include tech manuals, art books, or comics. Goal: have the 'unread' number equal 200 or less, after I tally in the above unincluded stuff.
-- I had around 4-500 read books. Current total: 350. Again, doesn't include tech and art books and comics. Goal: to have the number drop below 200, without the tech, art, and comic books (I will track those separately).
-- I had over 250 CD's. Current total: around 40. Goal: keep just the box sets and hard-to-find stuff, and rip the rest.
-- I had over 150 DVD's. Current total: around 80. Goal: met, really. There isn't much left, so I'll leave it the way it is for now.
-- I had over 250 tech books. Current total: around 100. Goal: drop below 75, if I can. Maybe another giveaway at the end of summer.
-- I had around 8,000 comics. Yes, you read that right: 8,000. That's about 21-22 longboxes. Current total: have no idea...but I can almost fit everything into 17 longboxes. Goal: get down to about 12 longboxes, if possible.
Why am I doing this?
It's probably been one of the more painful experiences of my life, barring major life events like death, love and taxes. I have defined myself largely by my stuff for a long time. The process of throwing things away and getting my possessions to a reasonable level is really levelling me as a person. But, I think, for all the right reasons. Every time I throw away a box of stuff, the things I've been ignoring for so long bubble to the surface. I begin to see where I want the next chapter of my life to go. It's been very liberating and deathly frightening at the same time.
So, what's next?
-- Buy a flat-screen monitor...I have a TV card in my PC. So why keep the TV?
-- Replace the ridiculously large stereo I never use because I only listen to mp3's with a much smaller system for the remaining bits of vinyl, cassettes, etc. that I still have.
-- get rid of the bazillion cameras I have and focus on getting good at just a few.
-- To explain the next bit, I have to actually explain how I read: whenever I come across something I think is important, I dog-ear the page, and copy the quote into a master notebook. I now have a lot of this digitized. So, one goal is to get as much of the read books sold, but get the quotations digitized and into a bound and printed set of books that I can carry with me.
-- find space for the guitar and amp. Hopefully, I will be able to kill at least one bookcase and the TV stand in a month or two, so that may open up practise space for me.
Another advantage of a regional con: when you see someone carrying longboxes (each one holds about 400 comics) into the venue, you can be pretty sure that they're dealers and not mere attendees. I've been to shows in which folks pull almost a thousand comics around the aisles on a cart and are absolutely determined to do two things: get Jim Lee to sign all 324 of his various X-Men books, and get in line just ahead of you.
Aside: a sure sign that you've made the transition from a Young Geek to...let's just say "a No Longer Young Geek"...is when you start transferring your collection from longboxes to half-longboxes.
"I'm just worried about what the acid in this cheap cardboard might be doing to my comics," you explain, but you're just saving face. In truth, you can no longer sling the full-sized boxes around your garage and closet as easily as you could 20 years ago.
I really hate longboxes, but I can't think of a better way to do it. Get rid of singles, and buy trades? Any suggestions?
(Note: this is a lending library. Check the original size photo for titles.)