Record Collector Confessions

In this week's monologue, I start things off with a great, detailed listener confession, then I move on to the topics of tubes, Alan Zweig's 2021 documentary "Records", hypermasculinity in collecting, mono playback and Internet collectors getting it wrong when discussing the science of audio playback, a budget update, a new record, OCD, and DJing.

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I have a conversation with Instagram's @infinitesound__ a.k.a. Jamie, a 36 year-old Scottish collector, musician, and DJ who is currently studying to be a therapist. We discuss collecting as a mean of coping with loneliness, shopping addiction, eclectic taste in jazz, competitive collecting, and online collector communities, amongst other things.

Jamie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/infinitesound__

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I start things off with a budget update, then share some news about a new Friends of Van Gelder Studio nonprofit in the works. I bought a new synth and so far I like it. I talk about the recent $3,250 auction price for an OG mono copy of Joe Henderson's "Inner Urge", which leads me to discuss mono versus stereo.

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I have a conversation with Instagram's @dollar_bin_phil a.k.a. Phil. We discuss Discmans, eclectic collecting, Phil's OG copy of Blue Note 1530, selling vinyl online, ADHD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Austism Spectrum Disorder, divorce, and the movie High Fidelity, amongst other things.

Phil's IG: https://www.instagram.com/dollar_bin_phil

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This week's episode starts off with a listener confession about reading jazz books (or lack thereof). From there I talk about a recent conversation I had with a future guest about racism in jazz. I also give a budgeting update and I talk about recent shopping addiction struggles, particularly the struggle to buy or not buy a new synth.

Discussion between Gabriel & Malik: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZyDrWgpZcv

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I have a conversation with Instagram's @vinylalbumart a.k.a. Mike. We discuss coffee, NYC record stores, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, trolling, therapy, budgeting (or lack thereof), and buying records we think we should have versus records we actually like, amongst other things.

Mike's IG: https://www.instagram.com/vinylalbumart

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In this week's monologue I give an update on my budgeting, my current feelings about shopping addiction, and the emptiness and depression that follows not getting what I want. I read a listener confession and comment on pride in collecting, and I close by talking about why I feel "different" in most social situations.

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Rich has a conversation with an old best friend, Mike Capritta (@magicmikeypickles). Mike is 45 years of age, living in the Tampa area currently and from Schenectady, NY originally. Mike is a musician, bartender, NES nerd, '80s buff, and record collector. Rich and Mike discuss a bit of their history, collecting, music, recording, and OCD, amongst other topics.

Mike's IG: https://www.instagram.com/magicmikeypickles

Severe Severe, "Beyond the Pink" Album: https://badarcher.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-pink

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Rich shares his ideas on how to handle the money from reselling records when on a budget. Rich publicly responds to an Instagram DM about jealousy and overthinking. Rich also waxes pseudo-intellectual about "The VC".

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Rich has a conversation with Instagram's @retrohifiguy a.k.a. Jay, a 28 year-old music teacher and band leader from Georgia. Jay shares Rich's passion for Blue Note and Rudy Van Gelder, and also loves to nerd out about tubes and vintage audio equipment. Jay also opens up about therapy, performance anxiety, and feelings of jealousy towards "heavyweight" collectors.

@retrohifiguy IG: https://www.instagram.com/retrohifiguy

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