Post by ronzak on Apr 27, 2020 13:28:02 GMT -7
I'm in the process of getting an old film projector for Technology Weirdness and because I want to start collecting 8'mm film. It's going to be a new thing for me. I'm not a stranger to old technology, however. I have a record player and I've been collecting vinyl for I think half a decade. I grew up watching VHS tapes. (There's a VCR in the van, as well as an analog television.) I remember watching Land Before Time on VHS while staying at at a hospital, (I'd rather not go into detail,) and I remember watching Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and I shit you not, a Ronald McDonald cartoon, while on road trips to Brohman in Newaygo county. I also vaguely remember that we used to have an 8'mm tape recorder, but I never got it to work. I also grew up listening to cassettes more than CDs or MP3 players, which I used as well.
I've always been fascinated with technology, to the point I started to collect audio ephemera, and now soon film ephemera. I blame Oddity Archive. Oddity Archive is quite possibly my favorite show. Ben Minnotte, the host of Oddity Archive, talks about radio oddities (like number stations and dx-ing,) television oddities (like the Max Headroom incident and the Emergency Broadcast System,) film oddities (like Betamax and the DuMont network) and music oddities (like Reel-to-Reel and backmasking,) all things that fascinate me.
I love the sound of vinyl (I have a record made for me that's a compilation of songs I've made; some of which have not been released,) and I am quite happy with my record player; a VibeSound. I like the sound of cassettes, though I've had my tragedies with it. (RIP my Choose Your Illusion II by Guns 'n Roses and Antisocialites by Alvvays cassettes.) I've also had cassettes made for my Rivertown album. I haven't put the cassettes up on Bandcamp yet. I also really like CDs, but I surprisingly didn't personally grow up using them. I did; don't get me wrong, but I was specifically a cassette kid growing up. I would like to have a Reel-to-Reel machine, but I don't know where to put it.
What are your thoughts on old technology?
I've always been fascinated with technology, to the point I started to collect audio ephemera, and now soon film ephemera. I blame Oddity Archive. Oddity Archive is quite possibly my favorite show. Ben Minnotte, the host of Oddity Archive, talks about radio oddities (like number stations and dx-ing,) television oddities (like the Max Headroom incident and the Emergency Broadcast System,) film oddities (like Betamax and the DuMont network) and music oddities (like Reel-to-Reel and backmasking,) all things that fascinate me.
I love the sound of vinyl (I have a record made for me that's a compilation of songs I've made; some of which have not been released,) and I am quite happy with my record player; a VibeSound. I like the sound of cassettes, though I've had my tragedies with it. (RIP my Choose Your Illusion II by Guns 'n Roses and Antisocialites by Alvvays cassettes.) I've also had cassettes made for my Rivertown album. I haven't put the cassettes up on Bandcamp yet. I also really like CDs, but I surprisingly didn't personally grow up using them. I did; don't get me wrong, but I was specifically a cassette kid growing up. I would like to have a Reel-to-Reel machine, but I don't know where to put it.
What are your thoughts on old technology?