The Death of the Record Collection

Also, I see dudes on the street of New York selling shit out stolen binders like every day.

Serious question since I've never seen this: Do they reassemble them with jewel cases or do they sell just the CD (sometimes with booklet)? If the latter, how much does something like that go for?

It's so hard to find stuff in binders.

I don't understand this. I have hundreds of DVDs in binders and just like my CDs with jewel cases, they're all in alphabetical order. Very easy to find stuff.

ftr i still love cds too (because as i'm sure i've said i do a lot of music listening in the car and ipod hookups can blow me) but will go to vinyl + download before i go to anything else if cds die. i have a small (< 100) but thoughtfully selected lp collection.

yeah when a thief sees jewel cases he's like "shit! if these were more conveniently organized, I would boost them, but these cases are inconvenient as fuck. guess this house is unrobbable!"

John, you're so stupid sometimes I can't believe you can put chords together.

To go back to the thread idea, I fucking love CDs. I'm not stopping buying them any time soon.

"I was going to grab this vintage gibson, but it hardly weighs anything. those binders on the bookshelf, though...those've gotta be worth money. it's hard to hear with the alarm system going off so loud, but there could be a copy of the crop circle hoax cd in there...I have to risk it, my indie cred is at stake"

will you guys stfu about whether or not cds can be stolen?

All those CD binders for sale on the street must have just grown from the ground! Or came from houses/cars where there was literally nothing more of value!

CD BINDERS: AMERICAS SILENT KILLER

I don't understand this. I have hundreds of DVDs in binders and just like my CDs with jewel cases, they're all in alphabetical order. Very easy to find stuff.

I imagine it is if you make the effort to always put them back properly.

WONT ANYONE THINK OF THE CD BINDERS

what happens if you buy a new DVD, kebin? do you have to take them all out of the pockets and move them over?

chris hansen should do a dateline sting where he posts ads online looking for cd binders full of cds

seriously whiney if your scaredy dream of somebody robbing my house & my huge concern ends up being "oh no my cd collection which I have backed up in two different place" instead of "fuck, it sucks to get robbed & messes with your everyday feeling of safety" then I will rebuild the collection & give it to you

have you never been robbed? I have. I didn't give a shit about what they took, still don't. nobody who gets in here is going to give a shit about blank binders in a side room. they'll take the guitars, because I haven't put cannonballs in the soundholes the way you, I guess, would.

just stopping by to register my outrage at JD's method of media storage. OUTRAGE I TELL YOU

sir i hope you know that i will no longer frequenting any of your chain of mountainous goating establishments.

harummph

whiney can I recommend taping your jewelboxes to the floor, then covering them with dry grass. then they will be safe from robbers. I can set this up for you, I only charge for the at-cost price of the dry grass & the tape.

what happens if you buy a new DVD, kebin? do you have to take them all out of the pockets and move them over?

WONT ANYONE THINK OF THE POCKETS????

lol

what happens if you buy a new DVD, kebin? do you have to take them all out of the pockets and move them over?

Seriously! It just sounds like too much effort, unless you live in a really small place.

sarahel knows whats up

i know, and DVD's are SO HEAVY!!!!!!

my jewel cases are made of platinum btw

you guys really have no idea how theft works, huh?

NO IDEA TELL US O MASTER THIEF

break it down for us

Oh shit, I love watching J0hn D. rile up Whiney.

twitter style

lol @ u guys gettin mad over this

In New York, ppl just grab what they can take in one armload, Mr. Que also you are a dumbass tbh

So, know they are not going to take k3vin k3ller's prize collection of animes if he still had them in cases

OH MY GOD NEW YOERK IS FULL OF PUNKS

THEY JUST TAKE YOUR CD BINDERS BY THE ARMLOAD

HOW DO YOU STAND TO LIVE THERE

STAY STRONG BRO

whiney can you fucking chill? it's a discussion, you're even worse than me with the gettin aggro about shit! people who are worse than jd with the aggro shit need to chill imo

step 1) take down the blinking neon sign that reads "i keep my cds in a binder"
step 2) put your cds in a heavy jukebox with bulletproof glass

lol @ new york superiority complex

"theft is different here"

still will need pics of dudes selling shit out of stolen CD binders cuz i have never seen this.

you cant like own music man

not trying to wind you up btw I got nothing but love for you & have no idea why you're always on my fucking case about shit, move to my town and maybe understand that your experiences aren't actually universally applicable everywhere

jesus j0hn d. how can you ask whiney to chill when you know goddamn well that people in nyc are just walking into apartments in nyc and just taking armloads of whatever they can find, he's gotta be primed for battle

they probably hang an open binder on the inner lining of a raincoat

lol @ new york superiority complex

"theft is different here"

he wasn't saying this happens only in new york, just that it does happen some places and that new york is his point of reference

what happens if you buy a new DVD, kebin? do you have to take them all out of the pockets and move them over?

Yes which sux. But I have to do that with my CDs with jewel cases and my vinyl which sux equally. I really don't understand the difference here.

All those CD binders for sale on the street

Ok I'm seriously not being a jerk here and am asking honestly: the entire BINDER is for sale??

Love, kebin

"psst 3 echobelly cds for $1"

"because I haven't put cannonballs in the soundholes"

this would be the awesomest guitar ever! nautical warfare jamboree!

In New York, ppl just grab what they can take in one armload

They do this in Oakland too ... unless they have more time to do the deed. But in general, they're more likely to take easily portable shit that they could sell for a few bucks, than more unwieldy items with a comparable resale value.

i know crutis but posting "in new york ppl steal things THIS way" is a good way to make yrself look silly imo.

thank you crut and sarahel for not making me feel like i'm fighting an army with a sword made of a subway footlong

this would be the awesomest guitar ever! nautical warfare jamboree!
patented that as soon as I posted btw so don't try

the point is none of your record collections are worth stealing or even owning really because you all have shit taste in music

if you cut that footlong in two you would have two more easily transportable daggers