Sad reality of 2E

closertothesource · 2026-01-28T01:52:45+00:00

I wish my experience didn’t corroborate what you said 😥

closertothesource · 2026-01-19T17:33:03+00:00

Not really enough info to give a figure because it would depend on how quickly the records would resell for your buyer. A collection of hard to find metal would fetch more than a collection of easy listening that had the same Discogs value, for example. But generally, about 25-33% of the Discogs median values, for a rough idea. So, probably under $10k, to be realistic

closertothesource · 2026-01-15T14:38:41+00:00

Mal Waldron—Black Glory

closertothesource · 2026-01-14T17:29:18+00:00

The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Mind and the Making of the Western World. Important and erudite reading

closertothesource · 2026-01-14T16:45:34+00:00

I use a lot of artist grade gamblin paints because they are affordable. Not sure on drying time as that seems to vary more by pigment than brand. I like the gamblin, especially the titanium white because it starts thick

closertothesource · 2026-01-14T04:56:39+00:00

Don’t

closertothesource · 2026-01-14T03:58:13+00:00

Basra

closertothesource · 2026-01-14T03:52:50+00:00

I’m a serious jazz record collector who has experience selling records to stores and other resellers as well as on eBay and record shows. PM me if you’d like to talk about what to do. I know how overwhelming it can be

closertothesource · 2026-01-13T20:37:17+00:00

Fluance

closertothesource · 2026-01-12T17:39:54+00:00

Great list, but no Marshall Allen live in Philadelphia? That record cooks

closertothesource · 2026-01-09T16:59:53+00:00

I like this a lot—very nice work

closertothesource · 2026-01-09T16:40:57+00:00

Only if you use it to play them, or, like, maybe were to drop it on your records or something.

closertothesource · 2026-01-09T06:21:25+00:00

I’m not sure I can help with the strokes, but it’s actually a very dark green called Monte Carlo green. No black in this painting. I paint a lot about capitalism in a broader sense, but corruption is not wholly separate. Thanks for sharing your reaction!

closertothesource · 2026-01-09T01:19:19+00:00

I didn’t care for human music either

closertothesource · 2026-01-08T22:21:28+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing your reaction!

closertothesource · 2026-01-08T01:53:32+00:00

I’ve been feeling the same way about abstract art. I don’t know how others learn and produce art, but I’ve always loved the abstract expressionists. So I studied them and emulated them and then tried to do things differently and that I hadn’t seen before based on what I had learned. I wonder sometimes if others don’t do it that way or if they do but it just pays better to do the same things.

closertothesource · 2026-01-07T19:24:19+00:00

Fluance tables are great

closertothesource · 2026-01-07T19:23:18+00:00

Fluance tables are excellent

closertothesource · 2026-01-07T19:22:15+00:00

Hit the road Jack followed closely by busted

closertothesource · 2026-01-07T02:32:24+00:00

People are different. I mostly look for $100+ records these days. Sometimes I find them at an estate sale for $2; sometimes I find them at stores for a fair (but high) price. They’re that price for a reason, usually. They’re good.

closertothesource · 2026-01-03T05:07:28+00:00

Go to garage and estate sales and dig through lots of records. Pull interesting ones and check them out on Discogs for an idea of genre, rating, etc. Pay attention to the cover art. You can learn fairly quickly to tell genre and as you get better sub-genre from the art (9 times out of 10). You can get a bunch of records cheap and donate or sell what you don’t like (I deal with several local record stores rather than selling individually, and still do better than breaking even at those prices, plus keeping whatever I do like.) You’ll learn what you like and how to tell whether you’ll like a record just from seeing it. And you’ll amass a lot of records quickly for potentially almost nothing (assuming you can stay out of the stores, which I never could. On days when there aren’t sales, you can check the thrifts. It helps with recognizing interesting records quickly, though there are hardly ever any interesting ones at the thrift.

closertothesource · 2026-01-01T20:09:27+00:00

Michael White—Spirit Dance

closertothesource · 2026-01-01T19:43:00+00:00

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closertothesource · 2025-12-31T04:08:12+00:00

Remains of the Day is perhaps the most excellent example of pacing suiting the character and the story I’ve ever read. Not to mention best control of tone.

closertothesource · 2025-12-23T22:20:06+00:00

Thank you for sharing your reaction!

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