i collect CDs. i like them a lot

i like physical media. not only is it nice to know that the content you paid for isn't going anywhere (as we are in the age of subscription services where you don't actually own anything), being able to hold something you love in your hands is just neat. also, you get more than just the music itself when you buy a CD, you get the lyric booklets and the back and inside cover graphics and even the disc itself often has a design. it's great.

admittedly, i use spotify a lot more than my CDs, but that's just because it's more convenient. mainly due to the fact that i don't pay for my premium lmfao i'd probably go back to the good ol' MP3 player if i were the one paying for spotify premuim. fuck them prices. i could buy like 3 CDs a month for how much a spotify premium plan is. that's a horrible comparison but i'm sure 3 CDs a month would add up pretty damn quick.

my CDs :)

there will be more images. eventually. i just gotta take them and host them on my filegarden.

i have uhhh. fuck lemme go count.

40 CDs exactly! that's cool. they're currently sorted by release date from newest to oldest.

the only CD's i'm suuper looking for right now are basically anything by the smiths or the cure and specifically american beauty/american psycho by fall out boy. how has that one been so fucking hard to find it's probably one of their most popular albums and it's the only one i need to complete my FOB collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (aside from SMFS but i doubt it'd be easy to find in person.)

there's my collection!! wooo!!! the CDs that are stacked atop each other i have not listened to yet and therefore do not count towards my total collection number.

most of these were bought at a local record store or at thrift stores! every once in a blue moon my local thrifts have a little more than just religious/classical CDs and it's like christmas day every time... although, most of my 'havent listened' stack is actually from my mom! she's got quite the CD collection herself, though most are self-burned mixes.

top row:

middle row:

bottom row:

the cure - wish | nirvana - nevermind | supertramp - breakfast in america | david bowie - the rise and fall of ziggy stardust | the beatles - please please me, rubber soul, revolver

"haven't listened" stack:

my CD player!!!

look at her. oh my god. she's so fucking COOL!!! i got her off of facebook marketplace for $20. insane deal. i haven't been able to find much information about this player online, so i don't know how much it was originally worth, but it looks like it could be expensive. i dunno. other vertically opening CD players i've looked at have been mega expensive.

i also don't know exactly which year she was produced, but the sticker on her front dates to 2003!!! may not be an accurate guess of how old she is, but. whatevs.

she's also got a radio function!! my alarm clock is also a CD player with a radio function.